I’ve currently got three young nephews (25 yrs and under) working on “frac crews” in those dreaded “flyover states.”

The pay is good, but can they live with themselves considering that they’re making a nice contribution to environmental destruction?

Oil should have been left in the 20th century — we should be 95% renewable, hydro, and nuclear energy at this point, using hydrogen for high-density storage. Really not a science problem at this point, just engineering and infrastructure. Ah well. Hoping for trouble in the M.E. and $7/gal gas will finally wake America up and force them to wean off of petroleum.

Me, I’m happily doing I.T. and (more and more) back-end web design and app design on a freelance basis, and this pays the bills quite nicely. Corp-to-corp, no middleman involved of course 🙂

I have to say that mechanic isn’t a bad trade to be in, though. At least on the East Coast, it needs a business license and auto inspection license, but it’s not like plumbing or electrical where years of experience being someone’s b*tch is required by law to be licensed.