Syracuse U Study Tries, Fails to Connect O&G to Methane in Water

One of our main criticisms with what is supposed to be real scientific inquiry in recent years is that real science--observation and testing to verify a hypothesis--has been replaced by computer models of what "may" or is "likely" to be true. We have yet another case in the form of a study recently published by a Syracuse University researcher who says using computer models he can prove regular old conventional oil and gas drilling is just as bad for methane migration into water supplies as horizontal shale fracking. The researcher claims there's not a dime's worth of difference--that both are bad for groundwater supplies.

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