Since the adoption of Plate Tectonic Theory in 1962, fossil fuel consumption has risen 2000% while Earthquake prediction has seen no measurable improvement.

The 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 universities to shift priorities and consolidate resources in the interests of the oil and gas industry. The result: a complicated, anomaly plagued, low innovation industry using fossil fuel friendly constraints that cannot be questioned, creating a culture of humiliation and conformity, which contributes to stalled energy innovation and low diversity.

If Earth is a cluster of vortex driven supercell fossils, a plate driven set of constraints would the produce anomalies, imbalanced results, and low innovation that characterize the geoscience industry. All of these issues, contribute why it is the least diverse STEM, dead last for 50 years. My dad always said, follow the money. In this case, the money tells one piece of the story, and Zealandia and vortex fossils tells another.