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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