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<blockquote data-quote="smathis30" data-source="post: 257710" data-attributes="member: 1803"><p>Its a little bit of "oil is bad" but with a lot of european countries pushing for having entirely electrical fleets, Tesla's rise to power in the auto industry have all caused a lot of uncertainty. Its not necessarily that oil and gas is bad, as much as it is renewables are perceived as good. Even if an electric car in West Virginia's coal heavy power grid is perceived to be better than a F150 just because of the word "renewable". Its not that oil is bad, it just doesn't have much good PR going for it. When I think of BP, i think of their spills. Even if they are one of the largest producers of biofuels, its just what their biggest reputation is, and its something oil companies just need to do a better job of advertising. </p><p>One other thing I left out is the push for startups that tech has. With the Innovation prize, start up money has flown into Georgia Tech. I have tons of friends who work for start ups, and two of my friends actually won it last year. This has created a small push to "do better" in the world, and as above, most people want to try to change the world. </p><p></p><p>Oil is here to stay, and many will still work there. I've got 3 friends at Exxon right now, and another just accepted her offer a few weeks ago, so its not like they are dissapearing. They still by far had the longest lines at the career fair for chemical engineers. For what its worth, Reynolds and Reynolds (Tobacco) was vacant at the career fair. So people do see oil as more of a "necceasry evil" as opposed to smoking, which has been pushed as bad down our throats since we were 5. Which no one wanted to apply for. at all. So its not entirely bad. People will still do it for the money. Especially for 6 figures out the gate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smathis30, post: 257710, member: 1803"] Its a little bit of "oil is bad" but with a lot of european countries pushing for having entirely electrical fleets, Tesla's rise to power in the auto industry have all caused a lot of uncertainty. Its not necessarily that oil and gas is bad, as much as it is renewables are perceived as good. Even if an electric car in West Virginia's coal heavy power grid is perceived to be better than a F150 just because of the word "renewable". Its not that oil is bad, it just doesn't have much good PR going for it. When I think of BP, i think of their spills. Even if they are one of the largest producers of biofuels, its just what their biggest reputation is, and its something oil companies just need to do a better job of advertising. One other thing I left out is the push for startups that tech has. With the Innovation prize, start up money has flown into Georgia Tech. I have tons of friends who work for start ups, and two of my friends actually won it last year. This has created a small push to "do better" in the world, and as above, most people want to try to change the world. Oil is here to stay, and many will still work there. I've got 3 friends at Exxon right now, and another just accepted her offer a few weeks ago, so its not like they are dissapearing. They still by far had the longest lines at the career fair for chemical engineers. For what its worth, Reynolds and Reynolds (Tobacco) was vacant at the career fair. So people do see oil as more of a "necceasry evil" as opposed to smoking, which has been pushed as bad down our throats since we were 5. Which no one wanted to apply for. at all. So its not entirely bad. People will still do it for the money. Especially for 6 figures out the gate. [/QUOTE]
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