Star Gazette: New York has become a battleground for the countrys energy future. Do we through shale gas development lay the foundation for another generation of fossil fuel production and consumption, or not? The heat and intensity of the debate fracking is bad, fracking is good often overshadows an underlying reality that makes the discussion so critical to begin with. That reality is expressed in these simple numbers tabulated by the federal Energy Information Administration: In 2010, New York consumed...