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The 1AC is an act of denial to the inevitable destruction of the environment. Only by a demand side response to ecological crisis by reversing consumption can we solve
Heinberg 4
(Richard, Core Faculty Member @ New College of California, Powerdown, pg 54)
That is why the solution to the...task that we turn now.
This drive of perpetual consumption leads to extinction
Heinberg 3
(Richard, Core Faculty Member @ New College of California, “The Party’s Over:  Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies”, 2003, p. 230)
Today the average US citizen...most of the biosphere.
Alternative: Vote Neg to reject the Aff’s production centered view of energy and adopt a consumption angle, or a demand-side focus, that rethinks how humans relate to nature.
Princen 2
(Thomas Princen, “The Consumption Angle,” Confronting Consumption, p. 41-42)
By making consumption more...black box of consumer sovereignty.

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Russia is on the brink of an economic collapse
RT 1/24 http://rt.com/business/news/russia-development-davos-medvedev-590/

Three scenarios were based...pessimism is for the good.¶ 

Russia risks an economic collapse if current oil price drops
AnthroPower 12/23 Earth’s Energy, “Russian Economy at Risk if Oil Prices Decline.”
The Russian government requires...Putin’s ambitious and free-spending government.

Russia collapse leads to US draw in—several scenarios
Oliker 2 RAND Corporation Project Air Force, Assessing Russia’s Decline – Trends and Implications for the United States and the U.S. Air Force

These elements touch upon key...be presented by operations on or near Russian territory.