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Originally Posted by ifidie2nite
First off, greetings all, im new to the forums  .
Let's face it guys. Our days of driving to the gas station to fill up our 30-gallon tank SUVs are soon to be over. With oil production expected to peak in about 5-10 years, and demand expected to grow exponentially thanks to China and India we have to find an alternative.
The best way to go is hydrogen. Yes, we may still have a ways to go before massproduction, and we need alot more hydrogen refuelling stations, and the costs need to be sliced, it's going to become a reality. Actually it already has. But anyway, I am a 17 year old senior ready to wrap up my last year of high school and head into college to become an auto mechanic.
But with hydrogen cars to hit the road, and me along with thousands of other mechanics who rely upon our job, how will this affect us? Different cars require different repairs. My question is this: In order for mechanics to be paid, parts need to break, and with hydrogen cars having much less moving parts and not to mention a whole different energy source, how will this affect us? How often will people even need a mechanic for these cars? Will dealerships and shops decide to drastically reduce pay? All this is on my mind when I hear oil traders have jacked up the prices yet again.
Personally I don't know what kind of a transition it will be from oil to hydrogen, but I sure hope it benefits all of us in the long run.
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I think if hydrogen catches on fast mechanics will be essentially screwed. There'll always be the folks who don't go H and maybe a brief market for conversions, but you can't fix something that won't break.
Think of people who work with oil too, in refineries, drilling outfits... a lot of people are going to be screwed out of their jobs.
What I think should've gone down is rather than the US spending $127 billion on bombing and fixing iraq to save the oil would be to invest that in alternative fuels, and part of that would be to support oil workers to either repurpose them or give them support. Just imagine how much progress could be made with that kind of capital....