Cornelius-Hodgkins Aff

Facing tremendous and increasing costs, as well effectiveness questions, the DOD is looking to increase energy supplies and energy efficiency.
Tech. Sgt. Shad Eidson, August 2012
(99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123314256)

DOD is the single largest consumer of energy in the … a high quality and ready force."
The DoD is under mandate to alter the current structure of its energy consumption
Army Corps of Engineers, September 2012 (Contract # W912DY-11-R-0036, FBO.org (fed business operations.gov)
A.1.2. The DoD is mandated to produce or procure from … other Federal requirements for¶ smaller scale RAE development.

While some energy projects are funded, the budget cannot currently support all necessary projects for operational energy revision
Sharon E. Burke 2012 (MEMORANDUMeFOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE¶ SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 2012 Operational Energy Budget Certification Report; http://energy.defense.gov/FY12_Operational_Energy_Budget_Certification_Report_FINAL%208%20JUN.pdf)
Sharon Burke is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs for the DOD.

To address requirements within theater… in¶ Army’s FY 2012 budget.
Resolved: The Department of Defense should substantially increase financial incentives for production and implementation of the Ground Renewable Expeditionary Energy System (GREENS) program.

Advantage 1 is Soldier Security
Largest hurdle for solar is getting past the commercialization “valley of death”
Science Daily 13 (Quoting DOE researcher working with solar power, also a member of Kavli Nanoscience Institute at CalTech and US Department of Energy researcher who also works at CalTech “Solar Power: Is it Time for the Big Push?” Jan 31 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130131144142.htm)
There are great expectations for solar power, … and finding someone to invest $100 million for large-scale manufacturing," he said.

DOD Uniquely suited to get technology past “Valley of Death,” but current investments aren’t enough
Nicholson and Stepp 12 (Megan Nicholson and Matthew Stepp, Information Technology and Information Foundation, ranked third-most authoritative science and technology think tank by UPenn, non-partisan think tank focusing on public policies relating to technology, described by Ars Technica as “one of the leading tech policy think tanks” “Lean, Mean, and Clean II: Assessing DOD Investments in Clean Energy Innovation” October http://www2.itif.org/2012-lean-mean-clean-dod-energy.pdf)
DOD’s ability to shift … in wind, solar, and fuel cells should not be expected from current DOD investments in energy innovation.

Dependence on fuel convoys prevents mobility and incontrovertible presence
Rosenthal 10(Elizabeth, MD from Harvard Medical School, Writer for New York Times, former correspondent for The Time’s China bureau, “The US Military Orders Less Dependence on Fossil Fuels,“ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/science/earth/05fossil.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0)
Even as Congress has struggled … that fuel is keeping the troops from doing what they were sent there to do, to fight or engage local people.”
Military use of renewable energy systems allows mobility and flexibility in a world of asymmetry.
Hargreaves 11 (Steve, August 17, Staff writer for CNN, focuses on energy industry, degree in environmental studies “For the military clean energy saves lives,”
http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/17/technology/military_energy/index.htm)
One out of eight U.S. Army casualties in … remote and dangerous places. 

Advantage 2 is Microgrids

GREENS is a fundamental aspect of military microgrid power distribution systems. The DoD’s signal is critical to spur private commercialization, while increasing unit efficiency. Asmus January 15th:
Why Military Microgrids’ Influence Exceeds Their Market Share
Peter Asmus — January 15, 2013 http://www.pikeresearch.com/blog/why-military-microgrids-influence-exceeds-their-market-share

Glaring evidence of the electrical grid’s vulnerability …opportunity to help develop these microgrids has attracted a number of powerful technology companies beyond GE, including Lockheed Martin, Honeywell, Boeing, and Eaton. 

Microgrids wean the DoD off foreign oil, and increase military forward deployment capability.  
Pike Research 11, market research and consulting firm that provides in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets, 9/16/’11 (http://www.pikeresearch.com/newsroom/military-microgrid-capacity-to-experience-more-than-700-growth-by-2017)
Military Microgrid Capacity to Experience More …s including Lockheed Martin, GE, Honeywell, Boeing, and Eaton.

All individuals deserve electricity access – but most don’t get it – we have an obligation to rectify the government’s failure to provide energy to the poor
Tully 6 – former BP Postdoctoral Fellow of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Regulation and of the Law Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science
(Stephen, “The Human Right to Access Electricity,” The Electricity Journal vol 19 issue 3, April 2006, pg 30-39, dml)
Characterizing electricity as an essential civic service implies that … agricultural or industrial applications.

A lack of energy access dooms billions in developing countries to continual poverty and marginalizes them in the political sphere
Bradbrook and Gardam 6 – *Bonython Professor of Law, University of Adelaide, Australia AND Professor of International Law, Unversity of Adelaide, Australia
(Adrian and Judith, “Placing Access to Energy Services within a Human Rights Framework,” 28 Hum. Rts. Q. 389, dml)
While energy is a multifaceted issue and needs a coordinated international … to electricity services would be provided by stand-alone systems based on renewable energy resources.

The marginalization of populations constructs them as disposable – this causes extinction
Santos 3 – (Professor of Sociology at the University of Coimbra, Boaventura de Sousa, “Collective Suicide?”, http://www.ces.uc.pt/opiniao/bss/072en.php Card edited for consideration of people living in developing countries)
According to Franz Hinkelammert, the West has repeatedly been …, as a result of war, of thousands of innocent civilians.
Status quo energy policy maintains a strategic gaze that ignores the 2 billion members of the energy oppressed poor – this mindset homogenizes entire populations
Guruswamy 10 – Nicholas Doman Professor of Law, Director for the Center for Energy and Environmental Security, University of Colorado at Boulder
(Lakshman, “Energy Justice and Sustainable Development,” 21 COLO. J. INT'L ENVTL. L. & POL'Y 231, lexis, dml)
Note:  EOP=energy-oppressed poor, LDC=least developed country, ADC=advanced developed country
Unfortunately, for too long, the EOP have been glossed over or … satisfies the energy needs of the EOP while avoiding the damage caused by hydrocarbons.
Mobile Solar Power developed by military can enable people to escape from energy poverty, Rice ‘12
(Dan Rice, United States Military Academy Graduate and Iraq War veteran, expert in mobile power development, “Changes Lives in Mobile War”, http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/11/solar-goes-mobile-changes-lives-in-remote-regions)
As we've seen over the past year… continue to grow as the technology develops and the possibilities of solar power are realized.

Off-the-grid solar best answer to deepening energy poverty, Walsh ’11
(Bryan Walsh, Princeton graduate specialized in Energy, Senior Writer for TIME Magazine, “The Worst Kind of Poverty Energy Poverty”, TIME Magazine, June 2011 http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2096602,00.html)
That's life for the 1.3 billion people around the planet who lack access to the grid… says Birol. "It's one of the best ways to meet challenges off the grid."

Solvency
DOD Uniquely equipped to drive tech innovation
CNA ’10 (Naval Analyses, July 2010, “Powering America’s Economy: Energy Innovation at the Crossroads of National Security Challenges”, http://www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/WEB%2007%2027%2010%20MAB%20Powering%20America%27s%20Economy.pdf)
Consider this: DOD uses nearly 1¶ percent of all energy … can improve its research and development¶ efficiency, ultimately pulling innovative technologies¶ through the pipeline more quickly.¶ 

Military investment in Green Tech causes large spillover in tech markets
Juech 12 (John Juech, MA from Johns Hopkins in international economics and international development, BA in political science from Colorado College, Vice President of Policy Analysis at Garten Rothkopf, has worked as an advisor to Congressman Delahunt on energy, environment, and economic affairs, also worked for UN, “Will The Military Lead on Green Energy?” http://www.gartenrothkopf.com/gr-energy-climate-briefs/will-the-military-lead-on-green-energy.html, 31 JAN 12)
President Obama's State of the Union … and outlast this Administration/Congress and fundamentally change how it consumes energy.

Military use of GREENS system has a good track record
Brockell 4/10/12 (Gillian, April 10, “Marine Corps' portable solar-energy units mean fewer IED deaths,” http://www.federalnewsradio.com/407/2822454/Marine-Corps-portable-solar-energy-units-mean-fewer-IED-deaths)
The Defense Department is the single largest consumer of energy in the world, …ld," he said. ¶ GREENS were built with "modularity" in mind, so as solar-panel and battery technology improves, components can be easily swapped out for smaller, more efficient parts.