Tournament: UNI | Round: 2 | Opponent: Northwestern SS | Judge: Al Hiland

A. Link - Strategies of energy production are co-opted by capitalism as a means to fuel production. The affirmative thus does not produce energy to satisfy human needs—rather, it exploits the energy produced by the working class to do nothing but further sustain strategies of domination and exploitation.

ICC 11 (International Communist Current, August 16, 2011, “Nuclear energy, capitalism and communism,” http://en.internationalism.org/wr/347/nuclear)

The revolution in…of humanity today.

B. Impact - Capitalism guarantees extinction – reforms within the market system cause genocide and global war on an unprecedented scale

Harman 95 (Chris Harman, Editor of International Socialism, 1995 Economics of the Madhouse, p. 99-100)

‘A reprise in…mass of people.

C. The Alternative – Reject the affirmative as a means of refusing complicity with capitalism.

Rejecting capitalism is key to opening up new alternatives.  Refusal is a daily act of resistance capable of moving us away from inevitable slavery and extinction.

Herod 4 (James Herod, “Getting Free,” 4th Edition, 2k4 http://site.www.umb.edu/faculty/salzman_g/Strate/GetFre/4thEd/4-index.htm)

It is time…even to extinction.

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A. Link – The affirmative’s approach and objectives are thoroughly anthropocentric – they view the environment as a resource to be used for human benefit, they center their justification for action around humanity’s survival and subjugate all other needs of nature to the interests of humanity.  This approach denies nature’s intrinsic worth and precludes a deep ecological approach.

Taylor 98 (Prudence Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Law at University of Auckland (New Zealand), 1998 10 Geo. Int’l Envtl. L. Rev. 309, L/N)

There is very…requires human protest.

B. Impact – Anthropocentrism causes extinction—it divorces our relationship with the natural world and makes ecocide inevitable.

Gottlieb 94 (Roger S. Gottlieb, Professor of Humanities at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Brandeis University, “Ethics and Trauma: Levinas, Feminism, and Deep Ecology,” Crosscurrents: A Journal of Religion and Intellectual Life, Summer, Available Online at http://www.crosscurrents.org/feministecology.htm)

Here I will…for us all.

C. Alternative –

VOTE NEGATIVE – reject the affirmative’s anthropocentric approach in favor of a shift towards deep ecology.

This round represents a starting point for creating a genuine encounter with the otherness of nature by providing context for a shared conversation with the world around us.  Questioning our own subject position starting with the consideration of anthropocentrism creates space for constructing a systematic framework that allows for the ethical connection with the world.

Weston 91 (Anthony Weston, “Non-Anthropocentrism in a Thoroughly Anthropocentrized World,” 1991 Trumpeter, 8.3, http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/article/view/459/760)

I have argued…begin to say.

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Shell Varies by AFF - basically 50 states do the plan

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Obama Good - Impacts and Links vary

-China Bashing-US/Russian Relations-CTBT-EPA Regulations

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A. Uniqueness – Oil prices will stabilize now unless OPEC floods the market

Gronholt-Pedersen 6/22 (Joseph, the Economist, “Oil Market Well Balanced; OPEC to Determine Short-Term Outlook -BP Economist” http://investing.businessweek.com/research/markets/news/article.asp?docKey=600-201206220519DOWJONESENRGYSVC000603-1andparams=timestamp%7C%7C06/22/2012%205:19%20AM%20ET%7C%7Cheadline%7C%7COil%20Market%20Well%20Balanced%3B%20OPEC%20to%20Determine%20Short-Term%20Outlook%20-BP%20Economist%7C%7CdocSource%7C%7CDow%20Jones%20and%20Company%2C%20Inc.%7C%7Cprovider%7C%7CACQUIREMEDIA)

SINGAPORE--The global…while," he said.

B. Link – Any alternatives to OPEC oil will cause them to flood the market, drowning out investment in those very alternatives.

Kole 7 (William, AP Writer, “Despite Rising Prices, OPEC Appears to be in No Rush to Raise its Output Targets,” 9/8, http://nwitimes.com/articles/2007/09/08/business/business/doc7e79bb33cb7ec6f28625734f00723bfd.txt)

If you remember…money as possible.

C. Impact – High prices key to renewables transition – low prices cause nuclear war.

Paehlke 89 (Robert, Environmental and Resource Studies, Environmentalism and the Future of Progressive Politics,p. 240)

Declining oil prices…in oil prices.

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Likely voters polls show Obama’s ahead in key swing states, with independents and has growing voter enthusiasm on his side.

Easley 9/21 (Jonathan, “Poll shows Obama overtaking Romney in key swing states,” Ballot Box: The Hill’s Campaign Blog, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/250965-poll-obama-overtakes-romney-in-swing-states)

President Obama has overtaken Mitt… and has a 3 to 4 percent margin of error.

Zero political support for the plan

Peter J. Schubert, ’10, Ph.D., P.E. Packer Engineering, Inc., Winter 2010, (Online Journal of Space Communication, Issue No. 16: Solar Power SatellitesCosts, Organization, and Roadmap for SSP, http://spacejournal.ohio.edu/issue16/schubert.html)

Space Solar Power will be too expensive until… This paper describes how to prepare for the miracle.

Obama’s reelection is key to CTBT ratification

Schneidmiller 11 (Chris – editor of Global Security Newswire, Senate Decision Key to Future of Test Ban Treaty, Nuclear Threat Initiative, 7/18, p. http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/senate-decision-key-to-future-of-test-ban-treaty/)

The Obama administration is preparing… remain frozen in place in Washington.

Ratification of the CTBT prevents multiple scenarios for nuclear war

Davis 7 (Ian – co-executive director of the American Security Information Council, Getting the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Back on Track, Huffington Post, p. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dame-anita-roddick-and-dr-ian-davis/getting-the-nuclear-test-_b_45625.html+CTBT+obama+priorityandhl=enandct=clnkandcd=10andgl=us)

The United States is key to progress… secure ratification by other key states.

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Biodiversity loss isn’t that bad

Sagoff 97– senior research fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Maryland at College Park (Mark, 38 Wm and Mary L. Rev. 825)

Although one may agree with ecologists… only about 150 are extensively cultivated."

Biodiversity is not key to the ecosystem survival

Science 97 [ August 29, 2997, No. 5330 vol 277, page 1260-61]

We continue to lose species and genetic diversity… but were independent of plant diversity.

GMO’s cause biodiversity to dramatically decline

Bello 9 (Walden, “A Critique of Orthodox Perspectives,” All Africa, Opinions, http://allafrica.com/stories/200906260740.html, AD: 6/30/09) AN

Proponents of GMOs have not been… indigenous corn in Mexico.[3]

Muirhead No Date(Sarah, Publisher of Food Inc., “The Facts – Global Warming,” Foodlink, http://www.feedstuffsfoodlink.com/ME2/dirsect.asp?sid=F7B9ABB3F82C4F90BBA7424BE84C2C41andnm=Food+Facts, AD: 6/30/09) AN

An August 2002 United Nations’ report… compared with 22% today.

Protecting biodiversity is a method of hanging onto the illusion that there exists a pristine form of nature which has escaped capital’s commodification – biodiversity protections subject nature to regimes of scientific rationality and surveillance that turn it into fertile ground for capital

Luke 97 (Timothy, Professor of Political Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Ecocritique, p. 65-69)

Until the early 1970s, TNC… this is “what the Conservancy is all about.”35

No warming

Beisner 10 — former associate professor of interdisciplinary studies in economics, government, and public policy, Covenant. PhD, University of St. Andrews (Calvin, Forget Global Warming Mini Ice Age May Be on Its Way, 12 January 2010, http://www.rightsidenews.com/201001128144/energy-and-environment/forget-global-warming-mini-ice-age-may-be-on-its-way.html, AMiles) Note – graph omitted

The UK's MailOnline did just that… which the IPCC and other alarmists rely.

Their impacts are predicated on cloud studies that conflate cause and effect

Spencer 08 Roy W. Recipient of NASA's Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement, and William D. Braswell, Nichols Research Corporation [Both of the Earth System Science Center, U of Alabama], June 12 2008 (Lead authors of “Potential Biases in Feedback Diagnosis from Observational Data: A Simple Model Demonstration” and quoted in an article on ScienceDaily titled “Has Global Warming Research Misinterpreted Cloud Behavior?”, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080611184722.htm)

ScienceDaily (June 12, 2008. — Climate experts… much more difficult to figure out."

Economic growth makes extinction inevitable

Nadeau 95 (“The wealth of nature: how mainstream economics has failed the environment”, p. 2)

In physics, in the years following 1969,… threaten the survival of our species

War is only sparked by upswings—we need to transition before 2025

Chase-Dunn and Bornschier 99 (Christopher, Director of the Institute for Research on World-Systems, U of California-Riverside, and Volker, prof at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, “The Future of Global Conflict”, Sage Publications, p. 43, jam)

While the onset of a period of hegemonic rivalry…(Chase-Dunn and O’Reilly, 1989; Goldfrank, 1987).

Transition now is best – prevents nuclear resource wars and causes a mindset shift that preserves value to life

Djordjevic 98 (Johnny, BA Global Econ, Paper in Global Sustainability @ UC, Irvine, March, [www.dbc.uci.edu/sustain/global/sensem/djordj98.html] AD: 6-23-11, jam)

The threat of nuclear war… otherwise the world will cease to support life.