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Inherency

Fiscal Cliff extension helps industry but won’t be good enough.
Renewable Energy World 1/2/13
“Wind Energy Tax Credit Extension Passes with Fiscal Cliff Deal” - Renewable Energy World Editors - http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2013/01/breaking-wind-energy-tax-credit-extension-passes-with-fiscal-cliff-deal
On January 1… according to a study by Navigant Consulting.

Plan
The United States federal government should permanently extend the 1.5 cents per kilowatt-hour in 1993 dollars (indexed for inflation) production tax credit for wind power.

ADV 1 Environment

Fossil fuels are wrecking the environment- Only wind can solve environmental degradation and CO2 emissions
Lago and Pullen 2012 (Carmen Lago, Ana Prades, Yolanda Lechón and Christian Oltra of CIEMAT, Spain; Angelika Pullen of GWEC, and Hans Auer of the Energy Economics Group, University of Vienna, May 2012, “Environmental Issues,” Wind Energy: The  Facts, http://www.wind-energy-the-facts.org/documents/download/Chapter5.pdf)
The energy supply …the greatest threat to biodiversity.

Warming is real and anthropogenic – wind solves. And now is key for both warming and investment in the industry.

Sawyer, Global Wind Energy Council secretary general, 2009
Steve, World Environment Magazine, June 2009 Issue 3, “Wind Energy as a Key Climate Solution” http://www.worldenvironment.tv/index.php?option=com_contentandview=articleandid=185:wind-energy-as-a-key-climate-solutionandcatid=24:energy-categoryandItemid=39
When climate change first started to worry … first turbines are connected to the grid.

Warming causes extinction
Tickell, Climate researcher 2008
(Oliver, Climate Researcher, The Gaurdian, “On a planet 4C hotter, all we can prepare for is extinction”, 8-11, http://www.guardian.co.uk/ commentisfree/2008/aug/11/ climatechange)

We need to get prepared … hothouse Earth.

Warming Spreads Disease
Williams 2/14/13 (Jean, environmental journalist for 37 years, based on a study by Gerald Friedland, professor of epidemiology and public health at the Yale School of Medicine http://www.examiner.com/article/global-warming-anticipated-to-increase-pests-and-disease)
According to a study … will take on a whole new level.
Emerging diseases cause extinction 

Zimmerman and Zimmerman 96
(Barry and David, both have M.S. degrees in microbiology from Long Island University, Killer Germs  p. 132)
Then came AIDS… dominance on the planet is the virus. 

Warming makes war and every other impact inevitable
Klare, Hampshire College security studies professor, 6
(Michael, serves on the boards of directors of Human Rights Watch, and the Arms Control Association, defense correspondent of The Nation magazine, "The Coming Resource Wars," 3-10-2006, www.alternet.org/environment/33243?page=entire, accessed 2-7-12)

It's official…the pace of global climate change.

ADV 2 Military Readiness
Status quo military oil dependence decimates power projection
Fitzpatrick ‘11
(Senior Policy Advisor for Clean Energy at Third Way, Josh Freed, Vice President for Clean Energy at Third Way, and Mieke Eoyan, Director for National Security at Third Way, June ,Fighting for Innovation: How DoD Can Advance CleanEnergy Technology... And Why It Has To, content.thirdway.org/publications/414/Third_Way_Idea_Brief_-_Fighting_for_Innovation.pdf)

The military’s reliance on oil … at the height of two overseas conflicts.

Military supports renewables
Ucilia Wang, Forbes, “U.S. Military's Big Plan For Renewable Energy Projects” 8/06/2012 http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2012/08/06/u-s-military-opens-up-16m-acres-for-renewable-energy-projects/
The military has been vocal … installed near its bases by 2025.

Wind Power Boosts military Readiness
Baker. Aug 6 2012 (David. “Solar, wind power get Pentagon boost”  http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Solar-wind-power-get-Pentagon-boost-3767317.php#ixzz291OxJCzS)

The U.S. Defense Department will encourage … excess energy to other users. ¶ 

U.S. hegemony de-escalates all conflicts—any alternative causes destabilizing crises that culminate in nuclear war
Brooks, Ikenberry and Wohlforth ‘13
Stephen Brooks, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, John Ikenberry, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and Global Eminence Scholar at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, John Wohlforth, Daniel Webster Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, Jan/Feb 2013, Foreign Affairs, Lean Forward, EBSCO

Of course, even if it is true …could well be disastrous.

Decline causes lashout and collapses global trade—makes transnational problems inevitable
Beckley ‘12
Michael, Assistant professor of political science at Tufts, research fellow in the International Security Program at Harvard Kennedy School's. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, “The Unipolar Era: Why American Power Persists and China’s Rise Is Limited,” PhD dissertation, AM

One danger is that … rally collective action.

Solvency
Permanent PTC key to investment, market stability, and planning for wind
DiMugno 28 February 2012 Laura DiMugno writer and editor for the Huffington Post “Obama's Tax Framework Proposes Permanent Renewable Energy PTC” http://nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9455
The president's tax …making the permanent PTC refundable.

Renewables inevitable
Leone 11—Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com (Steve, 10 Reasons Renewable Energy May Beat the Projections, http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/09/10-reasons-renewables-may-beat-the-projections)

We won’t have to wait … sooner than later.

No Intermittency- Europe Solves

Chris Varrone, Founder and President of Riverview Consulting and former Chief Strategist, Technology RandD at Vestas Wind Systems, Clean Technica, “Why Wind Intermittency is NOT a Big Deal” 2011
http://cleantechnica.com/world-wind-power/6/
The fact is …half-a-cent per kWh ballpark.

More wind farms solves variability

Brown 12 (Lester, environmental analyst, founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute, “Building an Economy Centered on Wind Energy”, http://www.motherearthnews.com/renewable-energy/wind-energy-ze0z1204zkon.aspx, Acc: 8/2/12, og)

One of the obvious downsides … part of the baseload.

China will model the US – Cheaper energy technology and leadership spurs a transition.
Revkin 07 Senior Editor of Discover, Staff Writer at the Los Angeles Times, and Senior Writer at the Science Digest Andrew C., “As China Goes, So Goes Global Warming” The New York Times December 16

Theories abound over … lead by example.”¶ 

Federal action is needed to ensure investors.
Sovacool 8 (Benjamin K., Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, part of the National University of Singapore. He is also a Research Fellow in the Energy Governance Program at the Centre on Asia and Globalization. He has worked in advisory and research capacities at the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Electric Power Networks Efficiency and Security Program, Virginia Tech Consortium on Energy Restructuring, Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Semiconductor Materials and Equipment International, and U.S. Department of Energy’s Climate Change Technology Program. He is the co-editor with Marilyn A. Brown of Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths (2007) and the author of The Dirty Energy Dilemma: What’s Blocking Clean Power in the United States (2008). He is also a frequent contributor to such journals as Electricity Journal, Energy and Environment, and Energy Policy, The Best of Both Worlds: Environmental Federalism and the Need for Federal Action on Renewable Energy and Climate Change, Stanford Environmental Law Journal, 27 Stan. Envtl. L.J. 397)

Similarly, the states have taken …, but not both. n334

1AC: Wind PTC (Heg, HW)
1NC: T-Necessary, PTX, Violence K, States CP
2AR: GW, Heg

1AC: Wind PTC (Heg, GW)
1NC: EIA CO, Imm PTX, Neolib
2AR: Heg, GW

1AC: Wind PTC (GW, Heg)
1NC: PTX, States Cp, Cap K
2AR: Heg