Evidently they've never heard of Chaos Theory or chaotic number systems, as in "when a butterly flaps its wings in Detroit the weather changes in Peking". I used to play around with computer simulations of chaotic positive feedback systems, and there's NO WAY to predict weather for more than a few days at a time.
Other neat things the ES is used for.
# Research for method of protein structure analyzing using X-ray by using Drug Design system on computer (NEC)
# Simulation of Organic Material for Optical Properties (Sumitomo Chemical Corporation, Tsukuba Institute)
# Development of Ecological High-Performance Tire by Modeling of Nano-Particle Network Structure in Rubber (SRI Group/Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.)
# Development of environment symbiosis urban planning method with whole building environment simulation (Taisei Corporation)
# Large-scale simulation for design the structure and property of novel nano-material (Honda R&D Co., Ltd. Wako Basic Technology Research Center)