I don’t get it when I see college students studying petroleum engineering, geology or land. Why would anyone want to go into an industry that won’t have domestic positions in the next decade. The narrative is against the industry and I doubt they will be able to make a 30-40 year career out of the profession. Makes me question their intelligence.
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@ddp+1fw0r8Uo ya'll geologists are rockstars
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The industry will throw money if they can’t find people. Just give it a little time and watch all the other companies start to throw money at people to capitalize on the current price.
The hard part is that industry first won't, and then can't throw barrels of money at candidates. In ten years time, all who will be left are those who truly love the science, kinda like astronomers today.
@jbf sounds like you're parroting the AAPG /SPE line. What you don't mention is that the transitioned industry will only need 25% of current staffing to do those tasks. Mines (and other petroleum related schools) grads will be fine, but look around at all the Geology departments shutting down or downsizing in academia.
They will resort to the two finger rule…place two fingers on the wrist and check for a pulse..you’re hired!
Really OP?
A student going to a School of Mines will be relevant no matter what is powering our economy. Think storage, think batteries, think periodic table of elements that are contained in most batteries, PV panels, windmill stator windings, etc.
It's profoundly ignorant to believe that renables don't impact the earth. You're going to see strip-mining at a level you've never witnessed in the history of man. We're going to have massive heavy metal water pollution in third-world counties we turn a blind eye to.
You want a Tesla and you want it cheap, but the reality is you're poisoning the people and communities that make these shoddy batteries, and because you insist upon the resulting pollution occurring out of your sight they have to ship the products to multiple locations during the supply-chain cycle. What do you think those ships run on?
Money. The item that’s sways all. Offer enough money and you get whatever you want. Look at Epstein, they got what ever they wanted with cash.
I studied it because I actually like geology and would have been happy in an academic research position. Why tf would you assume that people only major in geology because they want an oil job?
This was meant for students currently thinking about going into the industry/studying those professions in college currently. Not employees that are 10 years in and don’t have much of a choice at this point.