Clark-Kaufman Aff

"Increased Tariffs on Chinese Wind Turbines Harms Industry"
Chen 12 7/30/12, Sarah Chen, "China Group Slams US Wind-Turbine Tariff", http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444226904577558254078212684.html%23-http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444226904577558254078212684.html
BBEIJING—A Chinese industry group slammed a U.S. decision to impose
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by the government and "dumped" products overseas to gain market share.
"The U.S. is trying to protect their own industry amid an
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supplied about 200 turbine towers to the U.S. last year.

Plan

In order to increase wind energy production in the United States, we argue the plan:

Plan: The United States Federal Government should remove the antidumping tariffs that are placed on wind turbines manufactured in the People’s Republic of China.  

Advantage 1: Environment

Climate change is anthropogenic
Lewandowsky and Ashley ’11 (Stephan Lewandowsky, Professor of Cognitive Studies at the University of Western Australia, and Michael Ashley, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of New South Wales, June 24, 2011, "The false, the confused and the mendacious: how the media gets it wrong on climate change," http://goo.gl/u3nOC)

But despite these complexities, some aspects of climate science are thoroughly settled. We
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the 19th century, pre-dating even Sherlock Holmes and Queen Victoria.
 

Fossil Fuels are the biggest emitters of CO2
EPA 2012 (EPA energy gas emissions page, 9/26, http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/gases/co2.html)

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities.
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The main sources of CO2 emissions in the United States are described below.

Wind Farm Viable Energy Market
Mclendon ’12 10/11/12, Russel Mclendon, "New Wind Farm Could Be Largest in North America," http://www.forbes.com/sites/eco-nomics/2012/10/11/new-wind-farm-could-be-largest-in-north-america/The html would include up to 1,000 wind turbines that could generate an estimated 3,000 megawatts, or enough to power nearly 1 million home, Salazar told a crowd at Laramie County Community College. Salazar’s approval is needed because most of the 220,000-acre project is on federal land — and, combined with previously approved projects, it also fulfills a promise President Obama made in this year’s com/earth-matters/politics/blogs/sotu-2012-obama-touts-old-new-energy. The wind farm is expected to create 1,000 temporary construction jobs, according to pdf, as well as 114 permanent jobs in operations and maintenance. It will generate %24300 million in property-tax revenue for Carbon County over its first 20 years, the BLM adds, as well as %24232 million from sales taxes and %24150 million from a state wind-electricity tax.

Wind Displaces Gas Emissions
10/4/12, Joseph Wheatley, "Quantifying C02 Savings with Wind Power: Ireland," National Wind Watch, http://www.wind-watch.org/documents/quantifying-co2-savings-from-wind-power-ireland/-http://www.wind-watch.org/documents/quantifying-co2-savings-from-wind-power-ireland/

Fuel-mix plots[13] (Figure 2) show that wind displaces
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periods of high wind generation are associated with lower emissions from gas plant. 

With this information, a simple example illustrates how efficiency losses can push CO2 savings
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can lower emissions savings below the emissions intensity of the cleanest thermal plant.

Unchecked emissions cause extinction

Sify ’10 (Sydney newspaper citing Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, professor at University of Queensland and Director of the Global Change Institute, and John Bruno, associate professor of Marine Science at UNC (Sify News, "Could unbridled climate changes lead to human extinction?", http://www.sify.com/news/could-unbridled-climate-changes-lead-to-human-extinction-news-international-kgtrOhdaahc.html, TGA)

The findings of the comprehensive report: ’The impact of climate change on the world’s
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fundamental and comprehensive changes to the way marine ecosystems function,’Bruno warned.

Advantage 2: China
 Antidumping tariffs hurt Sino-US trade relations
Chen ’12
BEIJING—A Chinese industry group slammed a U.S. decision to impose
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revenue, while some formerly profitable Chinese companies have started to post losses.

Inequality bad for Stability
Stiglitz 12
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/10/18/shrink-inequality-to-grow-the-economy/political-causes-political-solutions-http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/10/18/shrink-inequality-to-grow-the-economy/political-causes-political-solutions Political Causes, Political Solutions, Joseph E Stiglitz, 10/18/12

The International Monetary Fund is absolutely right that inequality is bad for stability. But
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in shaping our laws and regulations, especially those pertaining to financial markets. 

China projected to produce significant portions of world GDP in near future
Economist ’11 (The celestial economy Sep 10th 2011,online) Three forces will
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remains worried about the future, its rivals need not worry too much.

Sino-US relations are key to global peace and economic growth
Barnett 2005
(Thomas, "The Chinese Are Our Friends", Esquire, November 1)
It is no secret that in a generation’s time China’s influence over the global economy
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will be a joint Sino-American document. There is no alternative.

Economic Growth in China centered on Exports
Walker 12(Andrew Walker 18October 2012  BBC World Service Economics correspondent, online)
¶ The slowdown in global growth has hurt demand for China’s exports and affected its
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the economy may result in business cutting jobs, leading to higher unemployment.¶ 

Chinese Companies are struggling with low demand and high supply
Chovanec ’12
By PATRICK CHOVANEC Sep. 11, 2012¶ Unveiled in 2010, Beijing’s 12th
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projects are left idle," with many not even connected to the grid.¶ 

China’s Economy is slowing
 Hart and Lach ’12
By Melanie Hart with Alex Lach | October 5, 2012¶
As China prepares for its upcoming political transition, the country’s new leaders will be
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for American Progress. Alex Lach is an Assistant Editor at the Center.

China Economy in Decline
Bloomberg 12
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-16/shrinking-china-job-needs-show-why-gdp-slowdown-may-be-tolerated-http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-16/shrinking-china-job-needs-show-why-gdp-slowdown-may-be-tolerated, China Job Needs Show Why GDP Slowdown May Be Tolerated: Economy, 10/16/12
The world’s second-biggest economy probably expanded 7.4 percent in the third
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at a plant after demand fell for slabs used in ships and bridges.

Economic crisis causes war–strong statistical support
Royal 10 (Jedediah, director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S
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As such the view presented here should be considered ancillary to those views.