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Executive orders are the most effective way to implement policies
 Mayer 1 (Kenneth, Professor of Political Science @ University of Wisconsin – Madison, With the Stroke of a Pen)

These chronicles of …many cases disturbing.”

Executive orders increase presidential power
 Risen 4 (Clay, Managing editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, M.A. from the University of Chicago “The Power of the Pen: The Not-So-Secret Weapon of Congress-wary Presidents” The American Prospect, July 16, http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_power_of_the_pen)

In the modern …to reproductive health. 

Pres powers key to strong U.S Leadership
 Mallaby 00 (Sebastian, Member, Washington Post’s Editorial Board, Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb)

Finally, some will …isolationism or multiculturalism. 

Power projection prevents multiple scenarios for nuclear war
 Kagan 2007
 Robert, Carnegie Senior Associate, “End of Dreams, Return of History” Policy Review,http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/8552512.html#n10jap

This is a good … an easier path. 

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Unique Link—Water resources stable now—greater production risks collapse.
 DWT 12—Davis Wright Tremaine is a national business and litigation law firm. “Water and Energy: A Zero Sum Game?” May 29th, 2012, http://www.energyenvironmentallaw.com/2012/05/29/water-and-energy-a-zero-sum-game/Water(% class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica; color:#636B75" %) and Energy: A Zero Sum Game?, Accessed date: 9-9-12 y2k

Energy production from … a future blog.

AND- Plan causes negative trade-off of water resources.
 Hussey and Pittock 12—Karen Hussey is Senior Lecturer @ Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University. Jamie Pittock is the Leader of Australia and United States–Climate, Energy and Water, US Studies Centre, Sydney. “The Energy–Water Nexus: Managing the Links between Energy and Water for a Sustainable Future”url:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol17/iss1/art31/(% class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica; color:#636B75" %) accessed date: 7-22-12 y2k

Separately, water and … technologies are also examples (see Opperman et al. 2011, Pittock 2011, Stillwell et al. 2011

Extinction
 Voinov and Cardwell 9—Alexey is Fellow @ Institute for Water Resources, US Army Corps of Engineers. Hal Cardwell , International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). “The Energy-Water Nexus: Why Should We Care?” Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, Issue 143, pages 17-29, December 2009.http://www.uvm.edu/giee/publications/Voinov_Energy_2009.pdf(% class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica; color:#636B75" %) accessed date: 7-22-12 y2k

Water and energy … allowed to work

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The debate over nuclear energy is a debate about memory – the nuclear industry relies on a narrative of technological progress that calls on us to forget the trauma of the past in favor of the bright future promised by nuclear energy.  
 Hayase 12 Nozomi Hayase,” Fukushima to #Ajisai Revolution; The Mosaic of Recollection”  JOURNALING BETWEEN WORLDS Global Citizen Blogging July 18, 2012,http://nozomimagine.com/2012/07/18/

The shock and …forgetting our past. 

However, the dominant narrative of nuclear energy can and is being challenged – one alternative source of memory about nuclear violence comes from the poetic praxis of the Japanese band Frying Dutchman:
 Hayase 12 Nozomi Hayase,” Fukushima to #Ajisai Revolution; The Mosaic of Recollection”  JOURNALING BETWEEN WORLDS Global Citizen Blogging July 18, 2012,http://nozomimagine.com/2012/07/18/

The resistance didn’t … of nuclear power. 

The task of your ballot should be to join in this struggle of memory against forgetting – your ballot can contribute to the discursive mosaic of resistance surrounding the memory of nuclear violence. Each act of remembering is key to bringing about an inter-connected struggle to reclaim the nuclear public sphere. 
 Hayase 12 Nozomi Hayase,” Fukushima to #Ajisai Revolution; The Mosaic of Recollection”  JOURNALING BETWEEN WORLDS Global Citizen Blogging July 18, 2012,http://nozomimagine.com/2012/07/18/

This mosaic is … has just begun. 

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Oil prices are up on news of the jobs report
 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 2, 2012
 Oil price trims losses after US jobs data, http://www.jsonline.com/business/national/oil-prices-fall-amid-subdued-demand-after-stormb1a2872a0a124082962ca25fee1603bc-176907141.html

The price of … world's largest economy.

US declines In oil consumption cause speculators to value oil lower- tanks prices 
 Yetiv and Feld ‘7 (Steve and Lowell, Professor of political science at Old Dominion University and senior international oil markets analyst at the U.S. Energy Information Administration until March 2006, “America's Oil Market Power: The Unused Weapon Against Iran,” World Policy Journal, p. proquest

As is typical … or actual disruptions. 

Producing states are on the brink- low prices causes state collapse and global war
 Hulbert 12 (Matthew Hulbert, B.A. in history and politics from Durham University and an Mphil in international relations from Cambridge University, Senior Researcher at the Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP) in The Hague, The Netherlands. He studies political risk in upstream oil and gas markets, previously a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, leading its work on energy security and political risk. Before that, he worked in the City of London as Senior Energy Analyst at Datamonitor, and headed up the Global Issues Desk at Control Risks Group in London and Washington, D.C. “The political perils of low oil prices,” July 9 2012,http://www.europeanenergyreview.eu/site/pagina.php?id=3796#artikel_3796, Accessed 9/15/12, mcmc

Oil prices have … entire energy stage.

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1) US coal consumption high 
 Quinn, National Mining Association President, 2012, 
 (Hal, “What's Really Causing Coal's Decline?", National Journal, 4-9, PAS) energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/04/whats-really-causing-coals-dec.php 9-26-12

Let’s start by … of gas prices. 

2) Coal absolutely key to US economy
 Miller, ACCCE Media Relations Vice President, 2011, 
 (Lisa Camoose, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, "Five Ways Coal Can Help Our Economy", Behind the Plug Blog, 1-25, PAS) behindtheplug.americaspower.org/2011/01/five-ways-coal-can-help-our-economy.html 9-26-12 

The State of the …air quality standards.

US economic decline causes global economic decline, war AND increases likelihood of terrorist attacks
 Royal, director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 10
 (Jedediah, Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives, pg 213-215, ldg)

Less intuitive is…to those views.