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Devolution of energy policy to the states promotes innovation, flexibility, accountability, and equity

Kay 12  Senior Extension Associate with the Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI) in the Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University
(David, Energy Federalism:  Who Decides?, July 2012, http://devsoc.cals.cornell.edu/cals/devsoc/ outreach/cardi/programs/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfileandPageID=1071714, p. 6
The theory of devolved federalism ... about “civic virtue”.

Lopez counterplan ensures state authority

Bybee 97 (Jay S., Staff- University of Nevada, Las Vegas, “"Insuring Domestic Tranquility: Lopez, Federalization of Crime, and the Forgotten Role of the Domestic Violence Clause", Scholarly Works,
http://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/369, page 3) LL
Lopez promises, at best, ... of the United States.

States solve energy policy – bottom up approach works best

Nicholas Lutsey and Daniel Sperling, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, 8 (Energy Policy 36)

On the other hand, ... change will occur.

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Obama will win and is gaining momentum – national polls
The Hill 7/12 (2012, ‘Pew poll: Obama widens lead nationally,’ http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/237617-pew-obama-widens-lead-nationally
President Obama has ... compared to 64 percent for Obama.

Obama switching from his all of the above strategy is political suicide
Robert Bradley Jr., Forbes, “President Obama's "All Of The Above" Energy Duplicity” 5/06/2012 http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbradley/2012/05/06/president-obamas-all-of-the-above-energy-duplicity/
So it was a surprise ... “all-of-the-above” energy agenda.

Even tiny shifts matter – our link is low threshold and linear
Silver, 12  (Nate, 5/15, chief pollster for New York Times’ 538 election polling center. Regarded as top-level pollster based on distinct mathematical modelshttp://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/a-30000-foot-view-on-the-presidential-race/)
The last thing to ... odds at the margin.

GOP win causes Iran strikes
Dilek 9-20-11 (Emine, addicting info, “All Republican Candidates Favor War with Iran” http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/09/20/all-republican-candidates-favor-war-with-iran/, jj)

All Republican Candidates ... the unending wars.

Iran strikes causes multiple scenarios for nuclear war, CBW use and terrorist attacks.
Russell -09 (James A. Russell, managing editor of Strategic Insights, the quarterly ejournal published by the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School, Spring 2009, Strategic Stability Reconsidered: Prospects for Escalation and Nuclear War in the Middle East, Security Studies Center)
Iran’s response to what ... a potential “Armageddon” scenario.

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The plan is Coercive
Ari Armstrong, The Objectivist Standard, “Obama Should Help End All Energy Subsidies, Not Play Favorites” 12 http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/obama-should-help-end-all-energy-subsidies-not-play-favorites/
A business subsidy—corporate welfare... their customers be damned.

Causes genocide and war
Browne, former Libertarian presidential candidate, 1995
(Harry, executive director of public policy at American Liberty Foundation, editor of Liberty Magazine, financial advisor and economist, Why Government Doesn’t Work, pg 66-67)

The reformers of the ... programs that came before.

Moral side constraint
Petro, Wake Forest Professor in Toledo Law Review, 1974
(Sylvester, Spring, page 480)

However, one may still ... with undying spirit.

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Oil Prices High Now. (tropical storm)
Jessica Abrahams, Aug 28, 2012, Bloomberg, “Oil Climbs As Tropical Storm Cuts Output: Commodities At Close” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-28/oil-climbs-as-tropical-storm-cuts-output-commodities-at-close.html
Oil rose for the ...down from $16.79 previously.

Russian economy inflated on high oil prices, Plan disrupts this trend.
ÁNGEL GONZÁLEZ, Wall Street Journal, “Expanded Oil Drilling Helps U.S.Wean Itself From Mideast” June 27, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304441404577480952719124264.html
The prospect that ...economy minister Andrei Belousov.

A drop in oil price collapses the Russian economy
Dashevsky 11 (Steven, Managing Director of Dashevsky and Partners (Investment Firm), Adviser to Dean, Moscow School of Management May 24th, http://rt.com/business/news/russia-economy-oil-rpice/)

RT: High oil prices ... not just oil and gas.”

Russian Econ collapse leads to accidental launch
Oliker and Paley 2002, Olga Oliker and Tanya Charlick-Paley, RAND Corporation Project Air Force, “Assessing Russia’s Decline,” www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1442/

Continuing trends toward ... a very demanding environment.

Accidental launch leads to Nuclear War
Forrow 1998 (Lachlan, MD, et al, “Accidental Nuclear War – A Post-Cold War Assessment”, New England Journal of Medicine, iis-db.stanford.edu/pubs/20625/acciden_nuke_war.pdf
The direct toll ... casualties worldwide.