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Observation I: Inherency

Federal support for offshore wind is weak.

Caperton et al, Director of Clean Energy Investment, Michael Conathan is the Director of Ocean Policy, and Jackie Weidman is a Special Assistant for the Energy Opportunity team at American Progress, 1-12-12 [Richard W., Encouraging Investment Is Key to U.S. Offshore Wind Development Congress Should Push Targeted Incentives, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/01/offshore_wind.html]

2011 was pretty good for advancing the U.S. ….jobs by 2020 and 300,000 by 2030.

There is massive investor uncertainty for offshore wind – tax credits and permitting issues key

Mausolf, J.D. Candidate 2012, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, ’12 [Ashlyn N., NOTE: Clearing the Regulatory Hurdles and Promoting Offshore Wind Development in Michigan, 89 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 223, Winter, lexis]

First, developers and investors confront … wind is not carefully planned, lawsuits can be waged, causing further delays. n94

Therefore the Plan: The United States Federal Government should amend the Coastal Zone Management Act to include an explicit mandate for offshore wind power development where appropriate and feasible on all U.S. coasts and require revisions to Coastal Zone Management Plans in accordance with this new mandate. The United States Federal Government should also extend and expand the Investment Tax Credit for offshore wind programs.

Observation II: Warming

Warming is real and anthropogenic.

Rahmstorf, Professor at the Postdam Institute for Climate Research, 08 (Stefan, "Anthropogenic Climate Change: Revisiting the Facts," http://www.pik-http:www.pik/ potsdam.de/stefan/Publications/Book_chapters/Rahmstorf_Zedillo_2008.pdf)

This paper discussed the evidence for the anthropogenic … anthropogenic global warming is a reality with which we need to deal.

Fossil fuel consumption is key to warming. Offshore wind solves.

Mahan et al, Renewable Energy Manager for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, ‘10

[Simon, Isaac Pearlman, JACQUELINE SAVITZ, Untapped Wealth: Offshore Wind Can Deliver Cleaner, More Affordable Energy and More Jobs Than Offshore Oil, Sept, http://oceana.org/sites/default/files/Offshore_Wind_Report_0.pdf]

Most of the energy generated in the United States … and help save the oceans comes from the seas themselves—offshore wind power.

Now is the key time for preventing runaway warming

The Guardian 11-9-11 [Fiona Harvey (environmental correspondent), World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/09/fossil-fuel-infrastructure-climate-change]

The world is likely to build so many fossil-fuelled power … spoken for, according to the IEA's calculations.

Warming causes extinction

Sify 2010 (Sify, 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)

The findings of the comprehensive report: …, according to a GCI release. These findings were published in Science.

Emissions reductions are key to staving off extinction-level warming

Keating, Foreign Policy Web Editor, 09 [Joshua, "The End of the World," 11-13, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/13/the_end_of_the_world?page=full]

How it could happen: Under the worst-case … civilization-ending outcomes could be mitigated by a substantial reduction in carbon emissions.

Observation IV: Solvency

The plan solves. It solves the regulatory nightmare and provides the needed financial boost to the development of offshore wind.

Schroeder, J.D., University of California, Berkeley, 10 [Erica, COMMENT: Turning Offshore Wind On, October, lexis]

The CZMA presents an obvious starting point for a revised …projects move forward, and pave the way for more in the future.

ITC expansion for offshore wind incentivizes investment.

Walsh, independent consultant and former director of policy and strategic partnerships at the BlueGreen Alliance, and Gordon, Vice President for Energy Policy at American Progress, ’12 [Jason and Kate, Taking Action on Clean Energy and Climate Protection in 2012 A Menu of Effective and Feasible Solutions, April, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/04/pdf/energy_solutions.pdf]

Eliminate barriers in the investment tax …available for solar and geothermal power.

US leadership solves

Rigano, Hofstra JD candidate, 10 [39 Hofstra L. Rev. 201, NOTE: THE SOLUTION TO THE UNITED STATES' ENERGY TROUBLES IS BLOWING IN THE WIND, NAME: Gregory J. Rigano, lexis]

Besides the cap-and-trade strategy… possible, both onshore and offshore. n154

Tournament:  | Round: Semis | Opponent:  | Judge:
Plan

The Department of Energy should revise 10 C.F.R. PART 810 governing deemed exports for the production of nuclear energy by:

1. Extending the current list of generally authorized nations and add China, India, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates as generally authorized nations
   2. Define citizenship for foreign nationals as their most recent citizenship or permanent residency
   3. Limit jurisdiction to the transfer by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States of any technology that is required for the production of any special nuclear material to any foreign person
   4. Establish expedited review with binding deadlines for specific authorizations.

Leadership

We’re losing nuclear leadership and competitiveness – export policies key

Nuclear Energy Insight ’12 Nuclear Energy Institute, U.S. Nuclear Export Rules Hurt Global Competitiveness, Winter, http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/publicationsandmedia/insight/insightwinter2012/us-nuclear-export-rules-hurt-global-competitiveness/

Fifty years ago, the United States was the global leader in nuclear technology and
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eroded to the point where we’re a minor player compared to other countries.”

810 kills leadership 

Myers, NEI Vice President, Policy Development, Planning and Supplier Programs, ’11 Richard J., “Subject: Proposed Rule on Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities, (RIN 1994-AA02) 76 Fed. Reg. 55,278 (September 7, 2011),” Dec 7, http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/reports/nei-comments-proposed-rule-on-assistance-to-foreign-atomic-energy-activities-dec-7-2011

Cause potential harm to U.S. bilateral relationships. By subjecting exports to
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relationships with the United States, including established trade in commercial nuclear technology.
In the case of China, India and Russia, the proposed continuation of restrictive treatment would distance the United States from the future centers of global nuclear infrastructure, damaging not just bilateral relationships with these countries, but also future U.S. influence on global nonproliferation and nuclear safety matters.

US nuclear leadership solves prolif – key to safety and security decisions regarding the fuel cycle

Domenici and Miller, Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Nuclear Initiative, September 12 Senator Pete V and Warren F., “Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Global Nuclear Energy Markets”, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Nuclear%20Report.PDF

Strategic Goal: Continued strong U.S. leadership in global nuclear security matters
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, the United States has a critical commercial and advisory role to play.

Prolif cascades cause militarization of disputes—escalates to great power war

Kroenig, assistant professor of Government at Georgetown and Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, ’09 Matt, November 2009, Beyond Optimism and Pessimism: The Differential Effects of Nuclear Proliferation, http://belfercenter.hks.harvard.edu/publication/19671/beyond_optimism_and_pessimism.html

Nuclear proliferation can embolden new nuclear states, triggering regional instability that could potentially threaten
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in the new nuclear state, potentially be drawn into the fighting themselves.
There is direct evidence that nuclear weapons can contribute to regional instability. Robert Rauchhaus
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of nuclear weapons, encouraging them to initiate militarized disputes against India.48
Proliferation optimists counter that nuclear proliferation should increase regional stability, but the most recent
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or all of the contentious actors in a region possess nuclear weapons.51
Furthermore, for the sake of argument, even if nuclear proliferation does have stabilizing effects as optimists argue, as long as regional conflict among nuclear-armed states is possible, the basic argument presented here still holds. This is because power-projecting states may still feel compelled to intervene in the conflicts that do occur. These are conflicts that they perhaps could have avoided had nuclear weapons been absent.
There is direct evidence that regional conflicts involving nuclear powers can encourage power-projecting
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in crises between the nuclear- armed countries of India and Pakistan.55
Indeed, the expectation that powerful states will intervene in conflicts involving a nuclear-
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United States would never allow an extended conflict in nuclear South Asia.58
For these reasons, power-projecting states worry about the effect of nuclear proliferation
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military probing operations because of an overoptimistic assessment of its psychological advantage.”61
More recently, U.S. officials have continued to fear the effect of
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theocratic regime will be a source of both regional and global instability.”63
U.S. officials assessed that regional instability set off by nuclear proliferation could
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involving a nuclear-armed Iran or North Korea and their neighbors.66
Leaders in power-projecting states also fear that regional instability set off by nuclear
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another dangerous flash-point in the uncertain Sino-American strategic relationship.
Deemed export restrictions overlook the fundamental nature of science in the 21st century – collaboration key to heg and the economy

Deemed Export Advisory Committee 07 The Deemed Export Rule in the Era of Globalization, Dec 20, http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/deemedexports.pdf

Leadership in science and technology today is a globally shared and¶ highly interdependent perishable
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of scientific and technical¶ knowledge that is not known is the concern.

Heg solves nuclear war

Zhang and Shi 11 – Yuhan Zhang, researcher at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Lin Shi, Columbia University, independent consultant for the Eurasia Group and consultant for the World Bank, January 22, 2011, "America’s decline: A harbinger of conflict and rivalry," East Asia Forum, online: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/01/22/americas-decline-a-harbinger-of-conflict-and-rivalry/

This does not necessarily mean that the US is in systemic decline, but it
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forecast in a future that will inevitably be devoid of unrivalled US primacy.
Economy
Deemed export laws chill hiring and tube the nuclear workforce

Nuclear Energy Institute ’11 Nuclear Export Controls: The Nuclear Energy Industry’s Major Concerns With The Department of Energy’s Proposed Revision to 10 CFR Part 810, Oct 24, http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/whitepaper/summary-of-the-nuclear-industrys-concerns-with-the-doe-proposed-rule

Does not improve timeframe for processing specific authorizations for foreign employees of U.S
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these workers during plant refueling outages and thereby reduce an already limited workforce.
New 810 restrictions increase the number of nations requiring export authorizations

Myers, NEI Vice President, Policy Development, Planning and Supplier Programs, ’11 Richard J., “Subject: Proposed Rule on Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities, (RIN 1994-AA02) 76 Fed. Reg. 55,278 (September 7, 2011),” Dec 7, http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/reports/nei-comments-proposed-rule-on-assistance-to-foreign-atomic-energy-activities-dec-7-2011

The proposed revision to what is currently known as the “restricted countries” list
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proposed §810.6(b)(1) generally authorized list.

This impacts the overall application process – kills competitiveness

Nuclear Energy Institute ’11 Nuclear Export Controls: The Nuclear Energy Industry’s Major Concerns With The Department of Energy’s Proposed Revision to 10 CFR Part 810, Oct 24, http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/whitepaper/summary-of-the-nuclear-industrys-concerns-with-the-doe-proposed-rule

Increases time required for approval of specific authorizations. As the number of Part 810
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create significant challenges in employing qualified foreign nationals in the U.S.
The proposed rule does not establish a timeframe for the DOE to process an application for specific authorization nor does it simplify applications. On the contrary, as described above, the proposed rule would double the number of countries for which special authorizations are required and significantly expand the scope of activities the regulation governs.
Commercial impact: The export control regimes of rival supplier countries impose an effective timeframe
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. suppliers in a global commercial nuclear market that prizes timeliness and predictability.

Causes industry flight

Deemed Export Advisory Committee 07 The Deemed Export Rule in the Era of Globalization, Dec 20, http://www.fas.org/sgp/library/deemedexports.pdf

The fundamental dilemma confronted in establishing Deemed Export¶ regulations is that rules that are
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of¶ those facilities are to be established in either India or China.

Employee restrictions are a key choke point in competitiveness 

Platts 10-1-12 Steven Dolley, Export reform needed to increase US nuclear market share: NEI, http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/ElectricPower/6666149

The US Department of Energy is currently amending some of its export regulations, known
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even modest success in this market would support tens of thousands of jobs."

Exports key to the economy

Myers, NEI Vice President, Policy Development, Planning and Supplier Programs, ’11 Richard J., “Subject: Proposed Rule on Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities, (RIN 1994-AA02) 76 Fed. Reg. 55,278 (September 7, 2011),” Dec 7, http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/reports/nei-comments-proposed-rule-on-assistance-to-foreign-atomic-energy-activities-dec-7-2011

The Administration has also established, through its National Export Initiative, a national policy
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up to 185,000 high-paying American jobs created or sustained.

Economic collapse leads to global war.
Lind, New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Policy Director, ‘10
Michael, "Will the great recession lead to World War IV?," 5-11, http://www.salon.com/news/economics/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/05/11/great_recession_world_war_iv

If history is any guide, an era of global economic stagnation will help the
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Eurasia, Eastasia and Oceania in 1984 is all too easy to imagine.

Solvency

Binding timeframes and expedited review solves

Myers, NEI Vice President, Policy Development, Planning and Supplier Programs, ’11 Richard J., “Subject: Proposed Rule on Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities, (RIN 1994-AA02) 76 Fed. Reg. 55,278 (September 7, 2011),” Dec 7, http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/reports/nei-comments-proposed-rule-on-assistance-to-foreign-atomic-energy-activities-dec-7-2011

Recommendations
 Part 810 should establish new procedures, including binding time lines, for the review and approval of requests for specific authorizations, including expedited procedures for deemed exports.
 A provision to expedite the approval of specific authorizations for deemed exports with a binding deadline should be included. Since foreign government assurances are not required for “deemed export” authorizations, approval of these specific authorizations are completely within the control of
the U.S. government. Establishment of a binding deadline for processing these requests is consistent with Section 57.b(2) of the AEA.
 To further expedite the specific authorization process for deemed exports and to reduce redundancies
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industry’s behavioral observation program, which includes behavioral observation by peers and supervisors.

Stabilizing the current listing of nations and removing Russia, China, India, Kazakhstan, the Ukraine, and the UAE from the specific authorization list solves.

Myers, NEI Vice President, Policy Development, Planning and Supplier Programs, ’11 Richard J., “Subject: Proposed Rule on Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities, (RIN 1994-AA02) 76 Fed. Reg. 55,278 (September 7, 2011),” Dec 7, http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/reports/nei-comments-proposed-rule-on-assistance-to-foreign-atomic-energy-activities-dec-7-2011

Generally authorized activities in §810.6(b)(1). The list
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countries in §810.8(a) of the current regulation.

Limiting jurisdiction to physical tech transfers and adopting a recency in residency requirement solves.

Myers, NEI Vice President, Policy Development, Planning and Supplier Programs, ’11 Richard J., “Subject: Proposed Rule on Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities, (RIN 1994-AA02) 76 Fed. Reg. 55,278 (September 7, 2011),” Dec 7, http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/reports/nei-comments-proposed-rule-on-assistance-to-foreign-atomic-energy-activities-dec-7-2011

Section 810.2(a)(1), which defines jurisdiction of the Part
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of the more restrictive citizenship would require companies to violate these nondiscrimination laws.

810 confusion key – advisory opinions and experience don’t solve 

Glasgow et al, Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP’s Energy Practice, October 12 James A., Elina Teplinsky, and Stephen L. Markus, NUCLEAR EXPORT CONTROLS: A Comparative Analysis of National Regimes for the Control of Nuclear Materials, Components and Technology, http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/whitepaper/nuclear-export-controls-a-comparative-analysis-of-national-regimes-for-the-control-of-nuclear-materials-components-and-technology

Despite the voluminous and complex nature of the DOC’s EAR, DOE’s Part 810 regulations are most often identified by U.S. exporters as the primary source of confusion, concern and delay. The Part 810 regulations, although concise, are based on vague statutory language that DOE’s Part 810 regulations do little to clarify. Consequently, U.S. companies – even those with considerable experience in exporting nuclear technology – often find the requirements of Part 810 confusing.
These broadly drafted regulations require U.S. persons to obtain an authorization from
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regulations, other than advisory opinions that the agency provides to individual exporters.

Tournament: App State | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
_ The German economy is on the brink as exports are in decline.  This risks collapse of the euro zone and euro.

Holland, CNBC currency analyst, 10-4-12 Kelley, Germany's Exports and the Euro, http://www.cnbc.com/id/49290174

Germany's export partners are ailing, and that's bad news for Europe's biggest economy.¶
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for the euro zone as a whole, and possibly the euro too.

_ Offshore wind provides a key export opportunity for Germany

South Baltic Offshore Wind Energy Regions Program, no date Offshore Wind Energy in Germany, http://www.southbaltic-offshore.eu/regions-germany.html

The challenge of climate change, in addition to constantly rising energy costs with increasing
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for grid connection, logistics, marine industries, maintenance and service sectors.

_ US offshore wind key

Recharge News ’11 Update: Ventower seeks US tower plant for offshore wind, http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/wind/article241810.ece

“The offshore wind industry needs a supply chain to move projects forward,” he
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their partnership extending to other US offshore wind projects and the export market. 

_ Eurozone collapse kills European unity and the economy

Der Spiegel ’12 Imagining the Unthinkable The Disastrous Consequences of a Euro Crash, http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/fears-grow-of-consequences-of-potential-euro-collapse-a-840634.html

It wasn't long ago that Mario Draghi was spreading confidence and good cheer. "
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in southern Europe, the fronts between governments are only becoming more rigid.

_ This would crush the European financial sector

Der Spiegel ’12 Imagining the Unthinkable The Disastrous Consequences of a Euro Crash, http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/fears-grow-of-consequences-of-potential-euro-collapse-a-840634.html

The effects of a euro crash on the financial sector would be hardly less devastating
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heavy loses that it would suffer a capital shortfall of €35 billion.

_ This crashes the global economy, sparks a wave of nationalism, and protectionism

The Guardian 6-16-12 Larry Elliott, Helena Smith in Athens and Julia Kollewe, World Bank warns that euro collapse could spark global crisis, http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/16/world-bank-euro-collapse-crisis

The outgoing head of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, will warn the G20
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We are starting to see some increase in the use of trade restrictions."
_ Economic collapse leads to global war.
Lind, New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Policy Director, 5/11/2010
Michael, "Will the great recession lead to World War IV?," http://www.salon.com/news/economics/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/05/11/great_recession_world_war_iv

If history is any guide, an era of global economic stagnation will help the
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Eurasia, Eastasia and Oceania in 1984 is all too easy to imagine.

_ Protectionism unleashes multiple scenarios for global nuclear war
Panzner ‘9 (Michael Panzner, Prof. at the New York Institute of Finance, 25-year veteran of the global stock, bond, and currency markets who has worked in New York and London for HSBC, Soros Funds, ABN Amro, Dresdner Bank, and JPMorgan Chase, Financial Armageddon: Protect Your Future from Economic Collapse, 2009, p. 136-138) 

Continuing calls for curbs on the flow of finance and trade will inspire the United
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between Muslims and Western societies as the beginnings of a new world war. 

Tournament: App State | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
_ The German economy is on the brink as exports are in decline.  This risks collapse of the euro zone and euro.

Holland, CNBC currency analyst, 10-4-12 Kelley, Germany's Exports and the Euro, http://www.cnbc.com/id/49290174

Germany's export partners are ailing, and that's bad news for Europe's biggest economy.¶
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for the euro zone as a whole, and possibly the euro too.

_ Offshore wind provides a key export opportunity for Germany

South Baltic Offshore Wind Energy Regions Program, no date Offshore Wind Energy in Germany, http://www.southbaltic-offshore.eu/regions-germany.html

The challenge of climate change, in addition to constantly rising energy costs with increasing
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for grid connection, logistics, marine industries, maintenance and service sectors.

_ US offshore wind key

Recharge News ’11 Update: Ventower seeks US tower plant for offshore wind, http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/wind/article241810.ece

“The offshore wind industry needs a supply chain to move projects forward,” he
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their partnership extending to other US offshore wind projects and the export market. 

_ Eurozone collapse kills European unity and the economy

Der Spiegel ’12 Imagining the Unthinkable The Disastrous Consequences of a Euro Crash, http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/fears-grow-of-consequences-of-potential-euro-collapse-a-840634.html

It wasn't long ago that Mario Draghi was spreading confidence and good cheer. "
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in southern Europe, the fronts between governments are only becoming more rigid.

_ This would crush the European financial sector

Der Spiegel ’12 Imagining the Unthinkable The Disastrous Consequences of a Euro Crash, http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/fears-grow-of-consequences-of-potential-euro-collapse-a-840634.html

The effects of a euro crash on the financial sector would be hardly less devastating
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heavy loses that it would suffer a capital shortfall of €35 billion.

_ This crashes the global economy, sparks a wave of nationalism, and protectionism

The Guardian 6-16-12 Larry Elliott, Helena Smith in Athens and Julia Kollewe, World Bank warns that euro collapse could spark global crisis, http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/16/world-bank-euro-collapse-crisis

The outgoing head of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, will warn the G20
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We are starting to see some increase in the use of trade restrictions."
_ Economic collapse leads to global war.
Lind, New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Policy Director, 5/11/2010
Michael, "Will the great recession lead to World War IV?," http://www.salon.com/news/economics/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/05/11/great_recession_world_war_iv

If history is any guide, an era of global economic stagnation will help the
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Eurasia, Eastasia and Oceania in 1984 is all too easy to imagine.

_ Protectionism unleashes multiple scenarios for global nuclear war
Panzner ‘9 (Michael Panzner, Prof. at the New York Institute of Finance, 25-year veteran of the global stock, bond, and currency markets who has worked in New York and London for HSBC, Soros Funds, ABN Amro, Dresdner Bank, and JPMorgan Chase, Financial Armageddon: Protect Your Future from Economic Collapse, 2009, p. 136-138) 

Continuing calls for curbs on the flow of finance and trade will inspire the United
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between Muslims and Western societies as the beginnings of a new world war. 

Tournament: App State | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
Broad controls kill agency focus

Myers, NEI Vice President, Policy Development, Planning and Supplier Programs, ’11 Richard J., “Subject: Proposed Rule on Assistance to Foreign Atomic Energy Activities, (RIN 1994-AA02) 76 Fed. Reg. 55,278 (September 7, 2011),” Dec 7, http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/reports/nei-comments-proposed-rule-on-assistance-to-foreign-atomic-energy-activities-dec-7-2011

These policy imperatives led former Secretary of Defense William Gates to support export control reforms
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he who defends everything, defends nothing’ certainly applies to export control.”8

Kills stockpile stewardship

Aloise, Director - Natural Resources and Environment – GAO, ’12 Gene, MODERNIZING THE NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTERPRISE: Observations on the Organization and Management of the National Nuclear Security Administration, 6-27, http://www.gao.gov/assets/600/591974.pdf

NNSA has made considerable progress resolving some of its long-standing management deficiencies,
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unnecessary and questions whether such change would solve the agency’s remaining management problems.

_ Nuclear War

Caves 10
(John P, Senior Research Fellow in the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction at the National Defense University, January, Strategic Forum, No. 252, “Avoiding a Crisis of Confidence in the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent,”)

Perceptions of a compromised U.S. nuclear deterrent as described above would have
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scale far more catastrophic than what nuclear-armed terrorists alone could inflict.

Tournament: App St | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
_ We meet – plan lifts a restriction

Covington and Burling LLP ’11 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROPOSES SIGNIFICANT REVISION TO NUCLEAR EXPORT CONTROLS, Oct 4, http://www.cov.com/files/Publication/26783d42-4eb0-4672-afc6-b6655570f3a2/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/aa79d72a-4ff5-4dbf-9edd-c6921d68d087/Department%20of%20Energy%20Proposes%20Significant%20Revision%20to%20Nuclear%20Export%20Controls.pdf

The proposed rule contains potentially significant clarifications regarding the scope of Part 810, as
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exports,” transfers of controlled technology to foreign nationals in the United States.

_ We meet - DOE’s 810 policy covers nuclear energy production

Teplinsky, Associate in Pillsbury’s energy group, ’10 Elina, U.S. Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Compliance in a Globalized World, March, http://www.pillsburylaw.com/sitefiles/publications/986cd582abf1e2ca814eefc812490a09.pdf

Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Department of Energy Controls The NRC and DOE control nuclear-
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to commercial reactor nuclear technology as well as nuclear fuel cycle¶ activities. 

_ We meet – “On” proves – on means in association with

Dictionary.com ’12 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/on?s=t

in connection, association, or cooperation with; as a part or element of: to serve on a jury.
_ We meet – special nuclear material is the fuel for a reactor – proves we’re production

NRC ’12 Special Nuclear Material, 3-29-12, http://www.nrc.gov/materials/sp-nucmaterials.html

What is meant by special nuclear material?¶ "Special nuclear material" (SNM
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defense and security and to protect the health and safety of the public.
_ Counter-interp
a Reduce is to make less
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 2009
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reduce

re•duce  (rĭ-dōōs', -dyōōs')    
v.   re•duced, re•duc•ing, re•duc•es
v.   tr.
To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish. See Synonyms at decrease.

b Restrictions are limitations

Mexican Ministry of Economy March 2012 “Other Appellant Submission of Mexico” UNITED STATES – CERTAIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELLING REQUIREMENTS http://www.economia.gob.mx/files/comunidad_negocios/comercio_exterior/solucion_controversias/EDO.EDO/ORGANIZACION%20MUNDIAL%20DE%20COMERCIO/Participaci%C3%B3n%20de%20M%C3%A9xico%20como%20reclamante/EU_COOL/20COMUNICACIONDELOTROAPELANTEDEMEXICO.pdf
52. The ordinary meaning of “restrictive” is “imposing restrictions”63
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“restriction” has been elaborated upon in jurisprudence concerning other WTO provisions.

c _ Energy production is the production of electricity, heating/cooling, and fuel

NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program, no date
44 Energy Production and Conversion, http://www.sti.nasa.gov/sscg/44.html

44 Energy Production and Conversion
…National Aeronautics and Space Administration.