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MUNSON / MITCHELL-  PTC Affirmative
1AC:  Observation One: Deflating the Sails
Legislative incentives have built momentum for wind power and it has become the fastest growing source of power worldwide.

Fuller, ’04 (Journal of Land, Resources, & Environmental Law Journal of Land, Resources, & Environmental Law, 2004, 24 J. Land Resources & Envtl. L. 613, 17589 words, NOTE: Wind Energy Development on BLM Lands, Roy Fuller)
Throughout the ages, humans ….energy source worldwide. n11

The problem is that the US is letting the wind industry falter because of uncertainty and restrictions.

Bailey McCann, August 16, ‘12, http://civsourceonline.com/2012/08/16/wind-energy-in-the-us-on-the-brink-job-losses-cloud-the-horizon/, “Wind energy in the US on the brink, job losses cloud the horizon”)
A new report from Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2),….. suffering through drought conditions. 

PLAN:   The Unites States Federal Government should substantially increase financial incentives for energy production in the United States of wind power by extending the inflation adjusted tax credit for wind power.

ADV 1 Economy
PTC induced wind development prevents economic decline three scenarios

A. Long-term PTC prevents mass job loss and investor flight

Granholm 12 (Jennifer, former governor of Michigan, visiting public policy and law professor at UC Berkeley, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74966.html, Acc: 8/1/12, og)

Except the country could lose 37,000 wind-related jobs …. for their products.

B. US wind industry boosts skilled workforce employment

Brown 12 (Lester, environmental analyst, founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute, “Building an Economy Centered on Wind Energy”, http://www.motherearthnews.com/renewable-energy/wind-energy-ze0z1204zkon.aspx, Acc: 8/2/12, og)

Many of the wind turbines…… long as the earth itself.

C.Wind farm boosts agricultural sector – allows double-cropping and provides royalties

Brown 11 (Lester, environmental analyst, founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute, “World on the Edge”, http://www.earth-policy.org/images/uploads/book_files/wotebook.pdf, Acc: 8/2/12, og)

Since wind turbines occupy only ……explain why investors find wind¶ farms so attractive.¶ 10

And, Economic decline causes 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 economics and indeed believes……states in a more dog-eat-dog world. 

ADV 2 Environment
Fossil fuels are wrecking the environment- Only wind can solve environmental degradation and CO2 emissions
Lago and Pullen 2012 (Carmen Lago, Ana Prades, Yolanda Lechón and Christian Oltra of CIEMAT, Spain; Angelika Pullen of GWEC, and Hans Auer of the Energy Economics Group, University of Vienna, May 2012, “Environmental Issues,” Wind Energy: The  Facts, http://www.wind-energy-the-facts.org/documents/download/Chapter5.pdf)
The energy supply is still dominated……. threat to biodiversity.
Fossil fuel pollution is destroying everything
Driesen 2008 (David M. Driesen, Syracuse University College of Law, 2008, “Sustainable Development and Air Quality: The Need to Replace Basic Technologies with Cleaner Alternatives,” http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1111736)
The overwhelming majority of the air pollution…… was passed more than 30 years ago.

Try or die- Environment is on the tipping point- Collapse will be fast and catastrophic

AFP 6/6 (Agence France-Presse, citing UN study, “Environmental collapse now a serious threat: scientists,” Raw Story, http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/06/environmental-collapse-now-a-serious-threat-scientists/)
The paper by 22 top researchers said a “tipping point”……. according to the study.
No alt causes- Energy production is the key to environmental sustainability
Greenhalg 2002 (Robin Greenhalg, environment researcher and freelance writer, “Fossil Fuel And It's Impact On The Environment,”  Essortment, http://www.essortment.com/all/fossilfuelimpa_rhxu.htm)
There is a growing concern regarding ……. and human illness.

Environment collapse causes extinction
Jayawardena 2009 (Asitha Jayawardena, London South Bank University, July 17, 2007, “We Are a Threat to All Life on Earth”, Indicator, http://www.indicator.org.uk/?p=55)
Sloep and Van Dam-Mieras (1995) explain …. expecting surprises and adapting to these.’ 

Solvency:  

PTC Solves
Bloomberg News Editors, August 2012 (Aug. 21, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-21/extend-wind-power-tax-credit-now-so-it-can-die-later.html, By the Editors Aug 21, 2012 3:30 PM PT)

Since U.S. President Barack Obama ….the most efficient way to reach it.