[The_Victor]

But the study, using computer modeling, ...

Until the model is verified with real data, it's nothing but a guess. Any proctologist with a flashlight can provide numbers that have the same bearing in reality.

[ecsmceo]

Yes, these are the same MODELS they have tried to use to persuade us about global warming. You show me some conclusive laboratory analysis confirmation/ evidence of impact of the fracking injection compounds in the underlying aquifers as a result of this and I will believe it.

[thepoodlebites]

But the study, using computer modeling, ...

Until the model is verified with real data, it’s nothing but a guess. Any proctologist with a flashlight can provide numbers that have the same bearing in reality.

Good point. I think that the patient (model predictions) has the flashlight firmly implanted in the nether regions of reality. The same crap (pun intended) happens with “climate models” where the conclusions are assumed in the premises, i.e., circular reasoning. The conclusions here are highly speculative, another example of bad science. Bad mathematicians become physicists, bad physicists become meteorologists, bad meteorologists become climate scientists.

-Frank