Is it okay to dream of becoming a nuclear engineer?

little research i've done on nuclear engineering suggests field relatively stable due balance between available positions , incoming nuclear engineers. according bls handbook, nuclear engineering experience 11% growth on decade due current engineers seeking retirement. there's nuclear medicine aspect of nuclear engineering (pet scans) , related matters.

point of view, entire energy field interesting , lucrative (as long 1 not bank on oil long term). reason solar, wind, , other alternative energy sources inferior oil because oil still relatively cheap obtain. portion of oil utilized globally comes "gushers" (in oversimplified terms, oil comes out after digging hole it). however, amount of oil coming other sources (tar sands, shales, deep ocean fields) steadily increasing; oil not cheap (because not pure, meaning, has separated other elements in order used).

coal cheap extremely dirty , might see less coal plants in in next 30 years. think biggest growth in energy field increase on use of natural gas (another hydrocarbon cleaner coal , petroleum). wind, solar, nuclear, etc. might experience increases sources vary location (solar thrive in southwest while wind/tidal/geothermal might thrive in northeast).

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