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Ad 1- Warming
Advantage one is the environment.
Lack of pipeline infrastructure leading to massive increases in natural gas flaring
Park 12 ENERGYOIL AND NATURAL GAS¶ Increase in "Flaring" Tied to Pipeline Shortages¶ by Minjae Park May 14, 2012 http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/oil-and-natural-gas/increase-gas-flaring-due-gas-pipeline-shortages/
With oil production on the rise in Texas
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gas gathering line to take away their gas.”
New wells have led to flaring being on the rise for the first time since 2008.
Vukmanovic 2012 (Oleg 5/3/2012, Reuters, Huffington Post, Natural Gas Flaring Rises Globally, Fueled By U.S. Shale Boom, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/03/natural-gas-flaring-rises-globally_n_1474838.html, gem)
LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) -
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, up from 138 bcm the previous year.
Massive global gas boom inevitable- only a reduction in flaring can ensure it does not lead to a spike in GHG emissions
Reuters 12 World to gain from gas glut if regulation right: IEA By Henning Gloystein and Oleg Vukmanovic¶ LONDON/OSLO | Tue May 29, 2012 11:54am EDT¶ (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/29/us-energy-gas-iea-idUSBRE84S0XJ20120529
A boom in unconventional natural gas over the
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domestic energy prices to plummet in recent years.

The best and most recent study has found that warming is real and anthropogenic with absolute certainty
Gleckler et al 2012 (P.J
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. Barnett, J. A. Church,
K. E. Taylor, K.
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10.1038/NCLIMATE1553; kdf)

Large-scale increases in upper-ocean
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six that do not (NoV)16.
Flaring creates acid rain, global warming, and causes species extinction.
Nigerian Compass 2012 (April 23, nigeriancompass.org, http://www.compassnewspaper.org/index.php/features/life-style/2481-towards-achieving-zero-level-gas-flare, Towards achieving zero level gas flare.)
Other health hazards and effects associated to gas
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and stave human beings of source of water.

That causes human extinction.
Tickell 8 [Oliver, Climate Researcher, The Guardian, 8-11, “On a planet 4C hotter, all we can prepare for is extinction”, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/11/climatechange]
We need to get prepared for four degrees
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emissions could propel us towards a similar hothouse Earth

Evaluate climate change through the precautionary principle
Friedman 2009 (Thomas; Going Cheney on Climate; December 8; www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/opinion/09friedman.html; kdf)
This is not complicated. We know that
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thing on climate — preparing for 1 percent.

Acid rain causes destruction in multiple areas of the environment; all marine life will die
Lindstrom, 11 -  Professor of Political Science with Saint John's University/College of Saint Benedict since 2005, Ph.D from North Arizona University (Matthew, Encyclopedia of the U.S. Government and the Environment, 2011, )
Acid rain has been a fully realized ecological
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of which contribute to the health of forests.
Biodiversity loss outweighs all other impacts
Clarke 2012 (Chris [Director of Desert Biodiversity]; Is There a Bigger Environmental Issue Than Climate Change? Scientists Say Yes.; May 15; www.kcet.org/updaily/the_back_forty/wildlife/is-there-a-bigger-issue-than-climate-change-scientists-say-yes.html; kdf)

Climate change is a serious issue, but
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stability and prosperous future of mankind on Earth."

Ad 2- Shocks
Advantage 2 is price shocks
Status Quo Bias towards incremental pricing makes gas price shocks inevitable from the lack of infrastructure
Tye and Garcia 07 Copyright (c) 2007 Federal Energy Bar Association¶ Energy Law Journal¶ 2007¶ 28 Energy L. J. 1¶ LENGTH: 22979 words¶ ARTICLE: WHO PAYS, WHO BENEFITS, AND ADEQUATE INVESTMENT IN NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE¶ NAME: William B. Tye *Jose Antonio Garcia ¶ BIO: * William B. Tye is a Principal at The Brattle Group in Washington DC. Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. He specializes in regulatory and antitrust issues. Dr. Garcia is a Senior Associate at The Brattle Group's Washington DC office
The natural gas industry is currently facing short
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favor of incremental pricing is designed to create.
Distribution bottlenecks will lead to widespread price variation
Foss 12 Congressional Documents and Publications¶ ¶ April 17, 2012¶ ¶ House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Hearing; ¶ "Tapping America's Unconventional Oil Resources for Job Creation and Affordable Domestic Energy: Technology and Policy Pathways."; ¶ Testimony by Michelle Michot Foss, Chief Energy Economist, Center for Energy Economics, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas-Austin, l/n
Importantly, a robust resource base does not
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deliverability. Refining remains a challenging business segment.
Gas prices key to American chemical manufacturing competitiveness
Welo 12 What low natural gas prices mean¶ Low natural gas prices could provide an edge to U.S. chemical companies.¶ BY TOBIAS WELO, PORTFOLIO MANAGER, FIDELITY VIEWPOINTS – 07/18/2012 https://www.fidelity.com/viewpoints/what-natural-gas-prices-mean
U.S. chemical companies are among
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Council’s Cal Dooley in a recent speech.1

Independently, the chemical industry solves multiple scenarios for extinction.
Chemical and Engineering 99 [http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/cenear/991206/7749spintro2.html]
The pace of change in today's world is
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about the future of our science and industry. 

Price volatility of natural gas will destroy the economy
Spence and Prentice 2012 (David [Ass prof of Law @ U of Texas and Robert [prof of business law @ Texas];THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN ENERGY MARKETS AND THE PROBLEM OF MARKET POWER; 53 B.C. L. Rev 131; kdf)
Watching regulators grapple with the problem of market
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the problem of market power in energy markets.
Economic decline leads to multiple scenarios for nuclear war
Burrows and Harris ‘09 (Mathew J. Burrows, counselor in the National Intelligence Council, PhD in European History from Cambridge University, and Jennifer Harris, a member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit, April 2009 “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” http://www.twq.com/09april/docs/09apr_Burrows.pdf)
Of course, the report encompasses more than
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a more dog-eat-dog world. 

THUS THE PLAN
The United States Federal Government should clarify that
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based on cost-causation and benefits received.
Solvency
Next, Solvency-
Current FERC policy sends mixed price signals deterring investment- the plan’s pricing rules can provide the incentives necessary for pipeline infrastructure expansion
Tye and Garcia 07 Copyright (c) 2007 Federal Energy Bar Association¶ Energy Law Journal¶ 2007¶ 28 Energy L. J. 1¶ LENGTH: 22979 words¶ ARTICLE: WHO PAYS, WHO BENEFITS, AND ADEQUATE INVESTMENT IN NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE¶ NAME: William B. Tye *Jose Antonio Garcia ¶ BIO: * William B. Tye is a Principal at The Brattle Group in Washington DC. Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. He specializes in regulatory and antitrust issues. Dr. Garcia is a Senior Associate at The Brattle Group's Washington DC office
The 1999 Policy Statement sets out a "
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reflect this more sensible approach as discussed above.

Removing the bias towards incremental pricing key to solve gas price volatility
Tye and Garcia 07 Copyright (c) 2007 Federal Energy Bar Association¶ Energy Law Journal¶ 2007¶ 28 Energy L. J. 1¶ LENGTH: 22979 words¶ ARTICLE: WHO PAYS, WHO BENEFITS, AND ADEQUATE INVESTMENT IN NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE¶ NAME: William B. Tye *Jose Antonio Garcia ¶ BIO: * William B. Tye is a Principal at The Brattle Group in Washington DC. Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. He specializes in regulatory and antitrust issues. Dr. Garcia is a Senior Associate at The Brattle Group's Washington DC office
The natural gas industry is currently facing closely
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requirement for pipelines proposing new gas infrastructure projects.

The plan is critical to massive investment in natural gas infrastructure- regulatory reform solves bottlenecks and prevents system failures and results in pipeline expansion
Tye and Garcia 07 Copyright (c) 2007 Federal Energy Bar Association¶ Energy Law Journal¶ 2007¶ 28 Energy L. J. 1¶ LENGTH: 22979 words¶ ARTICLE: WHO PAYS, WHO BENEFITS, AND ADEQUATE INVESTMENT IN NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE¶ NAME: William B. Tye *Jose Antonio Garcia ¶ BIO: * William B. Tye is a Principal at The Brattle Group in Washington DC. Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. He specializes in regulatory and antitrust issues. Dr. Garcia is a Senior Associate at The Brattle Group's Washington DC office
The issue of who should pay for natural
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both reliability and security to the energy network.

Expanded infrastructure key to successful flaring reduction
Farina 2010 (Michael; Leader, Fuels Center for Excellence Global Strategy and Planning GE Flare Gas Reduction; http://www.ge-energy.com/content/multimedia/_files/downloads/GE%20Flare%20Gas%20Reduction%2001-24-2011.pdf
The technology to address the problem¶ exists
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eliminated¶ in as little as five years.