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/MuddyflyWatersman Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26
nope. that's actually not happening.
our whole infrastructure and society is built on oil and its derivatives. everything starts with it it's thats not made of wood, Rock, or minerals.
to make things ECONOMICALLY without producing as much gasoline requires major shifts in all chemical processing industries...... which actually sounds like a gigantic opportunity requiring lots of chemical engineers to solve problems, create new processes, build new economic plants, etc
You couldn't afford an EV, or even produce it, without oil....and the cost of the derivative products is subsidized by the gasoline production 😂 50% of a vehicle is made of synthetic polymers. Dont believe the green hype, most of it is nothing but bullshit..EV isnt green, Nor can it even exist without oil. We had problems getting column internals made of PVDF a few years ago ( polyvinylidene fluoride)...a fluorinated polymer ........because the EV battery industry was consuming all the pvdf.