Independent think tank, Data for Progress, concluded in the 2023 report, “Accountable Allies” that 27 US Universities accepted over $677 million from six oil giants over a decade. This influence has led to fossil friendly constraints. Since the adoption of plate tectonics in 1962, fossil fuel consumption has risen 2000% while Earthquake prediction has seen no measurable progress in forecasting. If Earth is a vortex driven mantle environment, like my models suggest, a plate driven set of constraints would the produce anomalies and imbalanced results that characterize the industry.