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Is the energy boom a mirage? / Steve Yetiv, Opinion pages, New York Times, 4/09/2012http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/opinion/is-the-energy-boom-a-mirage.htmlThe United States is experiencing a boom in oil and natural gas production — one that many people, including Mitt Romney, see as a game-changing, tectonic shift in our energy picture. But while the boom is real, the benefits are less than meet the eye...