Caveat Lector

There is only one thing you ever have to keep in mind about America's energy companies.

They always lie.

Always.

If they don't lie to your face, they hire someone else to do it. If their lies cause obvious damage to the environment, or to the political commonwealth, or to both, they simply lie about the damage, or hire someone to do it for them. If forced to actually, you know, do anything about the damage they cause, they will lie about what they're doing, or hire someone to do it for them.
  Charlie Pierce

If you read on, this post is specifically about a professor who is making whopping big dollars by fronting for a Houston drilling company. But it applies to countless others. Which is what makes it hard for me to ever defend any scientific claims coming out of universities.