Impending Aluminium/Magnesium Shortage ...

[Zimmerframe]

The Car Shortage Is About To Get A Whole Lot Worse

A critical element in everything from engines to bodies is in short supply

jalopnik.com

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

 

[steve_sordy]

I doubt the world will collapse because we aren't producing enough cars
It will be tough for those whose jobs depend upon it though.

Back to steel/iron?

 

[chamaruco]

there will be always a FIAT ready for you....

 

[R120]

I doubt the world will collapse because we aren't producing enough cars
It will be tough for those whose jobs depend upon it though.

Back to steel/iron?

massive steel shortage too, in fact all metals right now

 

[steve_sordy]

We are all going to die!

 

[Zimmerframe]

I doubt the world will collapse because we aren't producing enough cars
It will be tough for those whose jobs depend upon it though.

Back to steel/iron?

It's not just cars though. OK, that's where the story focuses. But most of the bits on your bikes are made from aluminium.

 

[Planemo]

But most of the bits on your bikes are made from aluminium.

People complaining about the current cost of ebikes, they will be £20k in a few years when the manufacturers cotton on that they can charge an additional premium because raw materials are dwindling. Remember folks, you read it here first

 

[chamaruco]

Few years ago….

 

[GrahamPaul]

It certainly isn't engineering.
Maybe Marine Biology, maybe Media or Environmental studies.
Either way they ain't contributing much or paying their student loans back working in Costa, Stabucks and Amazon warehouses.

I'm MICE & MIStructE. I left Britain in 1980 because of the way that the two institutions providing my professional "ticket" were employers' organisations intent on holding down wages so that only "gentlemen" could afford to be consultants.

Over the past 40 years my views haven't changed (having recently met a Civil CEng who took weekend gardening jobs to top up his miserable wage).

Britain is reaping its rewards for having a low wage economy based on "vocation" and not on a proper standard of living wage.

In my field, this will not change because now all the jobs have been outsourced to India and China, with only supervision jobs for old dogs like me. Anyone trying to get on the ladder in the UK has to compete with the outsourced wages. Good luck with that.

 

[R120]

I don’t know about that, I work in construction and on the consultant side there is no shortage of of good young engineers at the firms I work with all on good wages.

I work in high end private resi and the average fees for a SE firm on my jobs would be circa 100k.

There are shortages on everything and rampant inflation, but what we are seeing is that the bigger construction firms in my sector have no issue getting hold of stuff because they have pull with the supply chains, but the smaller operators are at the back of the que.

We are also seeing problems because a lot of firms panicked and took on more orders than they usually would as they thought the market would dry up and have a lot of cancelled orders, and actually it has gone through the roof and they now are struggling to fulfill all the orders. Good example of this would be window companies.

Personally if I was 18 again I would train as a Mechanical engineer, real shortage of quality ones and earning potential is well into 6 figures once you are established.

 

[RustyMTB]

You would not believe what I'm charging for haulage right now. This is not a brag. I'm a freight forwarder & by extension, I'm being charged fortunes. The balance sheet is ripped, the P&L not so much and it's all down to missing drivers.

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

calling the scrappie every day waiting for the balance point to shift so I can weigh the Levo in

 

[MartinD.]

The earths human population doubles every 24 years.

No, that’s not right. It has taken the last 50 years to double in size (approx) and most projections have the growth slowing in the next 30 years to less than 25%.

 

[Zimmerframe]

No, that’s not right. It has taken the last 50 years to double in size (approx) and most projections have the growth slowing in the next 30 years to less than 25%.

You've not accounted for the @BAMBAMODA factor .....

 

[Tubby G]

Personally if I was 18 again I would train as a Mechanical engineer, real shortage of quality ones and earning potential is well into 6 figures once you are established.

I work in Bulding Services within the Construction Industry and the majority of our employees are mechanical engineers, as are my clients. I wholeheartedly agree with your statement. Recruitment is an absolute nightmare

 

[chamaruco]

I do recruiting too with scientific medical degrees and is a nightmare too…maybe the new gen is waiting somewhere to become YouTuber influencer?

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

I work in Bulding Services within the Construction Industry and the majority of our employees are mechanical engineers, as are my clients. I wholeheartedly agree with your statement. Recruitment is an absolute nightmare

true, I went through engineering and ended up (like most people) doing control and automation, no one wanted to do 'mechy shit' as it was known

 

[Tubby G]

true, I went through engineering and ended up (like most people) doing control and automation, no one wanted to do 'mechy shit' as it was known

Recruitment is an international process now, and has been for years. We have employees from all corners of the globe, which we are very proud of. We’re only an SME, with less than a hundred employees.

All the mechy shit is done on computers these days, CFD analysis, thermal modelling, Part L etc

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

Recruitment is an international process now, and has been for years. We have employees from all corners of the globe, which we are very proud of. We’re only an SME, with less than a hundred employees.

All the mechy shit is done on computers these days, CFD analysis, thermal modelling, Part L etc

yea, I still get the usual mails every day because my old CV is still out there, a large proportion of them are for overseas.