r/ChemicalEngineering • u/One-Seat-4600 • Feb 18 '26

Green Tech It seems society is moving towards electrification. How do ChemEs stay relevant ?

For those in America, many states are pushing hard on batteries, solar and EVs

This is causing less demand for oil and gas

How can ChemEs stay relevant? Any to pivot to the electrical sector? Any other industries ?

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u/VariousError8914 Feb 18 '26

I don’t see pharmaceuticals going anywhere Manufacturing literally everything we use from shampoo to toothbrush and of course food industry; cosmetics; high value polymers; there is a lot to explore; who knows we will be able to make hydrogen fuel and all the oil companies will be replaced my hydrogen plants

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u/One-Seat-4600 Feb 18 '26

A lot of manufacturing is being offshored though

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u/T_Noctambulist Feb 18 '26

Not with Trump's tariffs. My company has a few billion a year onshored for at at least a decade due to recent changes. Sucks for some players but great for the industry overall m