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Oil and gas sites light up the brown, scrubby land around Carlsbad,
New Mexico
, like
a circuit board. Each dot marks a place where someone is drilling or mining, hoping
to hit a sweet spot in the petroleum- and potash-rich Permian Basin. The result is an
illuminated map, highlighting the precise locations where human ambition has been
(or hopes to be) rewarded with subterranean treasure.
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