No more oil changes, transmission fluids, radiator fluids what not - and the solar panels on my roof charge it daily.

Assuming you have oil production fields around you (central OK),  if I were you I'd consider training in electrician or welder.  

Yet, in other parts of the country pricing is well below peak pricing that actually occurred post 2007 and did not start adjusting back down until after oil pricing began to crash again after 2014. 

Bakersfield was mostly an oil and ag community and both sectors were hit pretty hard which obviously took the area down pretty far, but in the past few years there have been massive changes and adaptations away from the solely ag and oil community. 

I moved to pursue work in the Oil Industry.

Same way Mercedes wants $500 for an oil change and justifies it by looking over the car with a BS multi point inspection. 

Discusses the history and future of boom-bust oil prices.

Heck, they built a pipeline for oil all the way from AK.Your info on desalination is very interesting. 

When life hands us a lemon, make lemonade instead of blaming the circumstance. 

Most experienced investors will tell you they have been dealt a lemon and lost money in the real estate game.