| 1 | 09/22/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Plan
The United States Federal Government should mandate and fund the development and deployment of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) nuclear technology for the United States military. Adv.1- Military
Military actions to reduce and change energy inputs fail – critical security obstacles prevent solutions
Andres and Breetz 2011
[Richard B. andres is Professor of national Security Strategy at the national War College and a Senior fellow and energy and environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic research, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts institute of technology. Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Institute for National Strategic Studies, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA545712]jap The DOD interest…. Each of these is explored below Internal Link- Budget Tradeoffs US military energy security key to mission effectiveness – allows focus on critical and strategic missions
Udall 2012
[Mark Udall, Democratic Senator from Colorado, May 22, 2012, Energy Security is National Security
http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/05/powering-our-military-whats-th.php]jap No one needs to tell …e – they go hand in hand. Internal Link- Power Grid Civilian grid failures put military electricity access at risk – it provides 99 percent of their power
Andres and Breetz 2011
[Richard B. andres is Professor of national Security Strategy at the national War College and a Senior fellow and energy and environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic research, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts institute of technology. Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Institute for National Strategic Studies, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA545712]jap Grid Vulnerability. DOD is …f modern infrastructural systems.8 SMR’s key to maintain security of power grid – solves military vulnerabilities
Baker, 6/22/2012
[Matthew, American Security Project, Do Small Modular Reactors Present a Serious Option for the Military’s Energy Needs?” http://americansecurityproject.org/blog/2012/do-small-modular-reactors-present-a-serious-option-for-the-militarys-energy-needs/ [Accessed 8/19/2012 DMW] SMRs are able to ….bases energy self-sufficient. the military is dependent upon energy technology. Only SMRs can provide enough power for the military to sustain itself and save troop lives
Andres and Breetz 2011
[Richard B. andres is Professor of national Security Strategy at the national War College and a Senior fellow and energy and environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic research, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts institute of technology. Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Institute for National Strategic Studies, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA545712]jap Operational Vulnerability. Operational …of U.S. lives. Impacts military readiness key to prevent extinction
Feldstein 2007
[Martin, “The underfunded Pentagon,” Foreign Affairs, March/April]jap Deterring other great…—of the U.S. military structure Hegemonic decline causes great power war – perception is key
Kagan, 12 [1/17/2012, “Not Fade Away: Against the Myth of American Decline”, Robert, yeah that dude, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2012/0117_us_power_kagan.aspx]
Is the United States in decline, …world they live in. Hegemony solves nuclear war and extinction. Multipolarity inevitable, but US power soothes the transition and is empirically correlated to perpetual great power peace
Barnett 11 [Thomas P.M. Barnett 11 Former Senior Strategic Researcher and Professor in the Warfare Analysis and Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College American military geostrategist and Chief Analyst at Wikistrat., worked as the Assistant for Strategic Futures in the Office of Force Transformation in the Department of Defense, “The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S., and Globalization, at Crossroads,” March 7 http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/8099/the-new-rules-leadership-fatigue-puts-u-s-and-globalization-at-crossroads ]
It is worth first examining… the Pacific Centurynow unfolding Adv.2- Prolif Nuclear power investment is being avoided – SMR investment leads to major increases in energy production and is key to nuclear energy leadership
Goure 2010 [Daniel Goure, Ph.D., States News Service, July 19, 2010 Monday, SMALL, MODULAR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ADDRESS FUTURE ENERGY CHALLENGES, Lexis, AD 6/5/12]jap Yet, with all this attention …reactor sales abroad. Nuclear investment increasing internationally – Fukushima only made countries more cautious
Domenici and Miller 2012
[Senator Pete Domenici and Dr. Warren F. “Pete” Miller, former Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy | July 2012, Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Global Nuclear Energy Markets, Bipartisan Policy Center, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Leadership%20in%20Nuclear%20Energy%20Markets.pdf]jap Internationally, the outlook is …expected to be positive overall. Internal: Negotiation Power
Nuclear energy leadership key to control of nonproliferation agree, only players can change the game
Wallace and Williams 2012
(Michael Wallace and Sarah Williams “Nuclear Energy in America: Preventing its Early Demise” 2012 http://csis.org/files/publication/120417_gf_wallace_williams.pdf) Third, in the past, … its early demise US Nuclear power leadership solves proliferation and international nuclear accidents – increases reliance on US nuclear policies
Domenici and Miller 2012
[Senator Pete Domenici and Dr. Warren F. “Pete” Miller, former Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy | July 2012, Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Global Nuclear Energy Markets, Bipartisan Policy Center, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Leadership%20in%20Nuclear%20Energy%20Markets.pdf]jap Strategic Goal: Continued … maintain and expand these policies. SMR development key to nuclear tech leadership – puts US at front of evolving nuclear tech
Fleischmann 2011
[Congressman Chuck Fleischmann is a conservative Republican who represents the 3rd District of Tennessee. Small Modular Reactors Could Help With U.S. Energy Needs, http://www.aps.org/publications/capitolhillquarterly/201110/backpage.cfm]jap The timely implementation of … truly gaining energy independence. US controlled SMR key to nonproliferation – proliferating countries will fill in the energy gap- causing cascading prolif
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES 2011
(Senate Hearing 112-107- COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES¶ “SMALL NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ¶ ALTERNATIVE FUELS¶ ” JUNE 7, 2011 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-112shrg68432/html/CHRG-112shrg68432.htm)
Third, there is a national … safety and nonproliferation. Prolif causes extinction -- deterrence fails and can’t replicate Cold War stability -- accidents, miscalc, terrorism, preemption.
Kissinger et al 11— (Shultz was secretary of state from 1982 to 1989. Mr. Perry was secretary of defense from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Kissinger was secretary of state from 1973 to 1977. Mr. Nunn is former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee “Deterrence in the Age of Nuclear Proliferation: The doctrine of mutual assured destruction is obsolete in the post‐Cold War era”, Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2011, http://www.nti.org/c_press/Deterrence_in_the_Age_of_Nuclear_Proliferation.pdf, ) As long as there … efforts to resolve these issues. Prolif increases the risk of war. Adversaries will seek to resolve disputes before acquisition is complete through conventional war
Sobek et al ‘9
(David, Prof. Pol. Sci. – LSU, David Sobek, Prof. Int’l Studies and Pol. Sci. – VMI, and Semuel Robinson, PhD Candidate Pol. Sci. – Lsu, Prepared for presentation at the 2009 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago. 2009-05-22, “Conventional Wisdom? The Effect of Nuclear Proliferation on Armed Conflict, 1945-2001”, http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p362138_index.html) In this paper, … lead to at least one fatality. We are at the nuclear tipping point – consensus of experts
Potter and Mukhatzhanova 8
(William C. Potter is Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar Professor of Nonproliferation Studies and Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova is Research Associate at the James Martin Center. “Nuclear Phobia”, International Herald Tribune, September 23, Infotrac) Judging by the comments …to follow suit in quick succession.
Solvency
4DOD should install SMRs on military bases—catalyzes support for SMR and US leadership—ensures global spillover of SMR.
Loudermilk 11—Micah J. Loudermilk is a Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, contracted through ASE Inc. “Small Nuclear Reactors and US Energy Security: Concepts, Capabilities, and Costs” 31 May 2011 Accessed date: 8-21-12 y2k Problematically, despite the immense … for nuclear energy Governmental intervention key for military SMR use – FOAK costs need to be allayed
King, Huntzinger and Nguyen 2011
[Marcus King • LaVar Huntzinger • Thoi Nguyen, Feasibility of Nuclear Power on U.S. Military Installations, http://www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Nuclear%20Power%20on%20Military%20Installations%20D0023932%20A5.pdf]jap
The costs associated with … elec- tricity to military installations. Current SMR initiatives will fail – Valley of death syndrome. Only military investment solves
Andres and Breetz 2011
[Richard B. andres is Professor of national Security Strategy at the national War College and a Senior fellow and energy and environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic research, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts institute of technology. Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Institute for National Strategic Studies, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA545712]jap The “Valley of Death.” … a leader- ship role now. SMR’s are being created now
Schlesinger, 8/28/2012
[“Nuclear aims small, The real Nuclear Renaissance” http://www.energybiz.com/magazine/article/281595/nuclear-aims-small, accessed 8/29/2012 DMW] THE DEPARTMENT OF …it could be real. Multiple safety features mean no risk of failure—accidents are limited to a single reactor—prefer our studies.
Loudermilk 11—Micah J. Loudermilk is a Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, contracted through ASE Inc. “Small Nuclear Reactors and US Energy Security: Concepts, Capabilities, and Costs” 31 May 2011 Accessed date: 8-21-12 y2k In recent years, though the “… to that individual reactor. SMR Underground Installations Elminates Accidents and Reduces Carbon Footprint
Szondy ’12 [David, author of the websiteTales of Future Past. “Feature: Small modular nuclear reactors - the future of energy?” accessed 8/28/12 at http://www.gizmag.com/small-modular-nuclear-reactors/20860/] PK The SMR designs … bring down costs |
| 2 | 10/12/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Plan
The United States Federal Government should fund the development and deployment of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) nuclear technology for the United States military. Adv.1- Military
Military actions to reduce and change energy inputs fail – critical security obstacles prevent solutions
Andres and Breetz 2011
Richard B. andres is Professor of national Security Strategy at the national War College and a Senior fellow and energy and environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic research, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts institute of technology. Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Institute for National Strategic Studies, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA545712jap The DOD interest …explored below Internal Link- Power Grid Civilian grid failures put military electricity access at risk – it provides 99 percent of their power
Andres and Breetz 2011
Richard B. andres is Professor of national Security Strategy at the national War College and a Senior fellow and energy and environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic research, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts institute of technology. Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Institute for National Strategic Studies, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA545712jap Grid Vulnerability. DOD … infrastructural systems.8 Grid is at risk for cyberterror attacks and first strike attacks against the United States
Habiger, 2010 Eugue – Retired Air Force General, Cyberwarfare and Cyberterrorism, The Cyber Security Institute, p. 11-19 http://www.army-technology.com/downloads/whitepapers/vehicle-protection/file1552/get Accessed 9/15/2012 DMW However, there are reasons … risk of a major war. Cyber-terrorism risks multiple pathways to nuclear war Jason Fritz 7/2009, researcher for International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, former Army officer and consultant, and has a master of international relations at Bond University, “Hacking Nuclear Command and Control,” http://www.icnnd.org/latest/research/Jason_Fritz_Hacking_NC2.pdf) This paper will analyse … and control centres directly. Natural disasters, cyber-attacks, and aging tech risk grid vulnerability- SMR solves
Robitaille 12 (George E. Robitaille- Department of Army Civilian "Small Modular Reactors: The Army's Secure Source of Energy" 21-03-2012 www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA561802 DATE ACCESSED: 9/26/12) TM In recent years, the U.S …intentionally by cyber attacks.¶ Independently, military reliance on the civilian power provides an incentive for grid attack – kills military power projection AND causes nuclear war.
Andres and Breetz 2011Richard B. andres is Professor of national Security Strategy at the national War College and a Senior fellow and energy and environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic research, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts institute of technology. Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Institute for National Strategic Studies, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA545712jap More recently, awareness …. the civilian grid went offline. Internal Link- Budget Tradeoffs US military energy security key to mission effectiveness – allows focus on critical and strategic missions
Udall 2012
Mark Udall, Democratic Senator from Colorado, May 22, 2012, Energy Security is National Security
http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/05/powering-our-military-whats-th.phpjap No one needs … they go hand in hand. Impacts military readiness key to prevent extinction
Feldstein 2007
Martin, “The underfunded Pentagon,” Foreign Affairs, March/Apriljap Deterring other great powers, ….—of the U.S. military structure Hegemonic decline causes great power war – perception is key
Kagan, 12 1/17/2012, “Not Fade Away: Against the Myth of American Decline”, Robert, yeah that dude, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2012/0117_us_power_kagan.aspx
Is the United States in … world they live in. Adv.2- Prolif
Nuclear power investment is being avoided – SMR investment leads to major increases in energy production and is key to nuclear energy leadership
Goure 2010 Daniel Goure, Ph.D., States News Service, July 19, 2010 Monday, SMALL, MODULAR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ADDRESS FUTURE ENERGY CHALLENGES, Lexis, AD 6/5/12jap Yet, with all this …. reactor sales abroad. Nuclear investment increasing internationally – Fukushima only made countries more cautious
Domenici and Miller 2012
Senator Pete Domenici and Dr. Warren F. “Pete” Miller, former Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy | July 2012, Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Global Nuclear Energy Markets, Bipartisan Policy Center, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Leadership%20in%20Nuclear%20Energy%20Markets.pdfjap Internationally, the outlook …. to be positive overall. Internal: Negotiation Power
Nuclear energy leadership key to control of nonproliferation agree, only players can change the game
Wallace and Williams 2012
(Michael Wallace and Sarah Williams “Nuclear Energy in America: Preventing its Early Demise” 2012 http://csis.org/files/publication/120417_gf_wallace_williams.pdf) Third, in the past, …. its early demise US Nuclear power leadership solves proliferation and international nuclear accidents – increases reliance on US nuclear policies
Domenici and Miller 2012
Senator Pete Domenici and Dr. Warren F. “Pete” Miller, former Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy | July 2012, Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Global Nuclear Energy Markets, Bipartisan Policy Center, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Leadership%20in%20Nuclear%20Energy%20Markets.pdfjap Strategic Goal: Continued … expand these policies. Building plants is key to oversight that prevents proliferation
Felveson et al 2008 Harold, Senior Research Policy Analysis @ Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton Alexander Glaser, Assistant Professor at Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs at Princeton Marvin Miller, Senior Scientist Emeritus at MIT Center for International Studies Lawrence Scheinman, International Policy at Monterey Institute of International Studies. Can Future Nuclear Power Be Made Proliferation Resistant?http://www.cissm.umd.edu/papers/files/future_nuclear_power.pdf Pg.30-1 Accessed 10/2/2012 DMW Any country with … international authority Prolif fast- undermines deterrence
Sokolski 09 (Henry Sokolski- Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center "Avoiding a Nuclear Crowd" June 1, 2009 www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/5534 DATE ACCESSED: 9/27/12) TM Finally, several new … however, is inevitable Prolif increases the risk of war. Adversaries will seek to resolve disputes before acquisition is complete through conventional war
Sobek et al ‘9
(David, Prof. Pol. Sci. – LSU, David Sobek, Prof. Int’l Studies and Pol. Sci. – VMI, and Semuel Robinson, PhD Candidate Pol. Sci. – Lsu, Prepared for presentation at the 2009 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago. 2009-05-22, “Conventional Wisdom? The Effect of Nuclear Proliferation on Armed Conflict, 1945-2001”, http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p362138_index.html) In this paper, we … least one fatality. Prolif causes extinction -- deterrence fails and can’t replicate Cold War stability -- accidents, miscalc, terrorism, preemption.
Kissinger et al 11— (Shultz was secretary of state from 1982 to 1989. Mr. Perry was secretary of defense from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Kissinger was secretary of state from 1973 to 1977. Mr. Nunn is former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee “Deterrence in the Age of Nuclear Proliferation: The doctrine of mutual assured destruction is obsolete in the post‐Cold War era”, Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2011, http://www.nti.org/c_press/Deterrence_in_the_Age_of_Nuclear_Proliferation.pdf, ) As long as there has … to resolve these issues. Solvency
DOD should install SMRs on military bases—catalyzes support for SMR and US leadership—ensures global spillover of SMR.
Loudermilk 11—Micah J. Loudermilk is a Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, contracted through ASE Inc. “Small Nuclear Reactors and US Energy Security: Concepts, Capabilities, and Costs” 31 May 2011 Accessed date: 8-21-12 y2k Problematically, despite the … for nuclear energy Governmental intervention key for military SMR use – FOAK costs need to be allayed
King, Huntzinger and Nguyen 2011 Marcus King • LaVar Huntzinger • Thoi Nguyen, Feasibility of Nuclear Power on U.S. Military Installations, http://www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Nuclear%20Power%20on%20Military%20Installations%20D0023932%20A5.pdfjap
The costs associated … tricity to military installations. Current SMR initiatives will fail – Valley of death syndrome. Only military investment solves
Andres and Breetz 2011 Richard B. andres is Professor of national Security Strategy at the national War College and a Senior fellow and energy and environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic research, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts institute of technology. Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Institute for National Strategic Studies, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA545712jap The “Valley of Death.” … leader- ship role now. Multiple safety features mean no risk of failure—accidents are limited to a single reactor—prefer our studies.
Loudermilk 11—Micah J. Loudermilk is a Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, contracted through ASE Inc. “Small Nuclear Reactors and US Energy Security: Concepts, Capabilities, and Costs” 31 May 2011 Accessed date: 8-21-12 y2k In recent years, though the “…. to that individual reactor. Nuclear accidents cause global instability – conflict escalation
Domenici and Miller 2012 Senator Pete Domenici and Dr. Warren F. “Pete” Miller, former Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy | July 2012, Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Global Nuclear Energy Markets, Bipartisan Policy Center, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Leadership%20in%20Nuclear%20Energy%20Markets.pdfjap Strategic Goal: Continued strong …expand these policies. |
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Executive orders cause interbranch conflict with Congress
Shanley, Associate Professor of Political Science @ University of Massachusetts,1992
Robert A., Presidential Influence and Environmental Policy, Pg. 156
An aggressive ...public mistrust Lack of cohesion between the Executive and Congress will cause anarchy and war abroad
Winik, Sr. Research Fellow @ Notional Defense University, 1991 Jay, “The Quest for Bipartisanship”, Washington Quarterly, Autumn, Vo. 14, No. 4, p. 115 The United States ...World War II. Courts can rollback XO’s
Risen, 2004 Clay, assistant editor at The New Republic. “The Power of the Pen” http://prospect.org/article/power-pen, Accessed 8/27/2012 DMW There are legal ...orders too loosely. Single branches are not equipped to solve policy actions
Brinkmann and Garren, 2011
Robert, Hofstra University, Sandra Jo, University of South Florida, “Synthesis of Climate Change Policy in Judicial, Executive, and Legislative Branches of US Government” PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, vol. 8, no. 3, September 2011. http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/portal Pg.14 Accessed 8/27/2012 DMW The Obama Administration’s ...greenhouse gas emissions |
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Romney leads among likely voters
Camia, 10/8 -- Pew: Romney leads Obama among likely voters
http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2012/10/08/romney-obama-pew-poll-debate/1621309/ Mitt Romney...lacked focus. Highly accurate models predict a Romney win
Hallowell, 10/8 - Electoral College Model Predicts Romney Will Win Even Bigger Than Previously Thought in 2012
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/electoral-college-model-predicts-romney-will-win-even-bigger-than-previously-thought-in-2012/ In August, TheBlaze...208 of them. Romney leads nationally by 5%, your polls are skewed
Chambers, 10/9 - Mitt Romney leads by five percent in new QStarNews presidential poll
http://www.examiner.com/article/mitt-romney-leads-by-five-percent-new-qstarnews-presidential-poll Romney has...are conducted. Job creation is uniquely key to the Obama election
Sweet 6/2/12(By Lynn Sweet Obama's job: Creating jobs before November election on June 2, 2012 7:29 AM http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2012/06/obamas_job_creating_jobs_befor.html - BRW)
WASHINGTON -- President ...in Minnesota. Existing US manufacturing capabilities facilitate SMR’s and open up jobs in various areas
US Department of Commerce 2011
US Department of Commerce, February 2011, “The Commercial Outlook for U.S. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors,” http://trade.gov/mas/ian/build/groups/public/@tg_ian/@nuclear/documents/webcontent/tg_ian_003185.pdfcd
A serious obstacle ...for building larger reactors. Nuclear Energy is popular with the public now-
Westenhaus, 9/30/2012 Brian, editor of the popular energy technology site New Energy and Fuel. Confidence in Nuclear Power is on the Rise Again, http://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Confidence-in-Nuclear-Power-is-on-the-Rise-Again.html Accessed 10/4/2012 DMW The Nuclear Energy ...decade if needed. Public likes spending to stop the recession
Lind 10-- the policy director of the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation (Michael, “The American people want more government spending” Salon, 7/6/10, http://www.salon.com/2010/07/06/spending_public_opinion/
The apparent...influenced enough. Democrats love the plan – major renewable energy support
St.Petersburg Times, 2011 “No Renewable Energy Progress in Sight, LexisNexis, Accessed 9/7/2012 DMW
Obtaining a significant ...yet to be voted upon. |
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Incentives FOR energy production for nuclear power include EVERY stage of nuclear power, from design and development to construction and maintenance—aff not extra topical
Lorton 8-30-12 (Utility Analyst in the Natural Gas Division of the Indiana Office of Utility
Consumer Counselor; BA and MS Economic, ISU, thirty years experience in government and private industry, ) Bradley Deposition Testimony
https://myweb.in.gov/IURC/eds/Modules/Ecms/Cases/Docketed_Cases/ViewDocument.aspx?DocID=0900b6318018efb3 The Clean Energy Statute...maintenance of the facilities Energy incentives include increasing / decreasing taxes, increasing regulations, government RandD, government ownership
Cole et al., 1981, Report Prepared for the US Department of Energy by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory, (R.J., “An Analysis of Federal Incentives Used to Stimulate Energy Consumption”, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, August, Pg. 2-4, PAS) http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/6297899-P5soYm/6297899.pdf 8-12-12 DEFINITION OF INCENTIVES ...as part of category 4. |
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Capitalism is resilient – it’ll bounce back
Foster 9 (JD, Norman B. Ture Senior Fellow in the Economics of fiscal policy – Heritage Foundation, "Is Capitalism Dead? Maybe," 3-11, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101694302) Capitalism is down...down the road. Rejection of capitalism causes massive transition wars
Harris 3 (Lee, Analyst – Hoover Institution and Author of The Suicide of Reason, “The Intellectual Origins of America-Bashing”, Policy Review, January, http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3458371.html) This is the immiserization ...reduced to pipe dreams. Extinction
Kothari 82 (Rajni, Professor of Political Science – University of Delhi, Toward a Just Social Order, p. 571) Attempts at...global holocaust Any alternative to capitalism guarantees genocide human rights violations, and poverty
Bernstein 5 (Andrew, adjunct professor of philosophy at Pace University ad at the Suny. Senior writer for the Ayn Rand institute, Sept 30. http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/index.php?news=4400 But today, despite ...native firms pay. 20 |
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No impact to Russian economy
Blackwill ‘9 (former associate dean of the Kennedy School of Government and Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Planning, Robert, RAND, “The Geopolitical Consequences of the World Economic Recession—A Caution”, http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2009/RAND_OP275.pdf Now on to Russia...economic crisis. No link- Nuke energy doesn’t directly affect oil price
Lee and Chiu, 2011
Chien Chiang, Yi-Bin, Department of Finance, National Sun Yat-sen University Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Oil prices, nuclear energy consumption, and economic growth: New evidence using a heterogeneous panel analysis Energy Policy 39 (2011) 2111–2120 www.elsevier.com/locate/enpol Pg.2117 Accessed 8/29/2012 DMW
In sum, our empirical ...their nuclear energy. High oil prices raises the cost of fertilizers and food – hurting poor countries.
Decressin 2012 Jorg Decressin, IMF Research Department, “Global Economy Learns to Absorb Oil Price Hikes,” May 25, 2012 http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2012/NUM052512A.htm Higher oil prices ...poorest economies. Food price fluctuations kill a billion
Tampa Tribune 96 (1-20, Lexis) That's troubling...income on food. Prices down- econ
AP 10/10 Oil prices fall on more mixed economic signals, October 10, http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/oil-price-slips-after-imf-predicts-possible-recession-for-worlds-biggest-economies/2012/10/10/b0f711f4-129c-11e2-9a39-1f5a7f6fe945_story.html ¶ The price....that optimism |
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Alt fails, Heidegger’s ontology leads to violence
Gauthier 04 (David, Phd Candidate in Poly Sci @ Lousiana State, "MARTIN HEIDEGGER, EMMANUEL LEVINAS, AND THE POLITICS OF DWELLING," http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-11052004-163310/unrestricted/Gauthier_dis.pdf) Heidegger’s paganism...to ontology. SMR tech is key to fighting climate change – closest nuclear commercial option
Rosner and Goldberg 2011 Robert and Stephen, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Small Modular Reactors – Key to Future Nuclear Power Generation in the U.S., Accessed 8-14-2012, November 2011, https://epic.sites.uchicago.edu/sites/epic.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/EPICSMRWhitePaperFinalcopy.pdfjap Nuclear power...competitiveness of SMRs. warming causes extinction
Tickell 2008 Oliver, Climate Researcher, The Gaurdian, “On a planet 4C hotter, all we can prepare for is extinction”, 8-11, http://www.guardian.co.uk/ commentisfree/2008/aug/11/ climatechangejap We need to get...similar hothouse Earth Technological thought is inevitable
Kateb 97 (George, Prof of Philosophy @ Princeton, "Technology and Philosophy," Social Research, Fall, p. ebscohost) But the question...block its reemergence. Preventing widespread death takes precedence to ontological questioning
Arnold I. Davidson, coeditor of Critical Inquiry, Assoc Prof of Philosophy, U of Chicago, Critical Inquiry, Winter 1989. p.426 I understand Levinas’...questioning must stop. |
| 4 | 10/15/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
State implementation of regulations fail
Institute for Energy Institute 2012
Institute for Energy Institute, “Energy Regulation in the States: A Wake-up Call” Last edited- 2012 http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/pdf/statereport.pdf Energy is the lifeblood...inefficient ¶ plans Regulations are filled with loop holes and fail to protect public health- Ohio proves
Associated Press, 2012,
(Associated Press and NBC 4 “Environmentalists Criticize Ohio Drilling Rules” May 21, 2012 http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2012/may/21/4/environmentalists-criticize-ohio-drilling-rules-ar-1044296/) The Ohio Department of...industry from liability. California budget tight now – States involvement in energy will bankrupt it – forces cuts in education and programs for the poor
Goldmacher, 2011
Shane, Los Angeles Times, “California’s Budget faces new legal challenges” http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/28/local/la-me-state-budget-20110928, Accessed 8/4/2012 DMW The state is...less than anticipated. California’s Economy’s key to the world economy
Reid, 2/15/2012
Tim, Reuters, “California economy to slowly improve in 2012: study” http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/15/us-usa-economy-california-idUSTRE81E0G920120215 Accessed 8/3/2012 DMW "To date, rock...according to the study. |
| 10 | 10/15/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Anthropocentrism key to survival - understanding the importance of ecosystems to future generations solves environmental destruction but radical biocentrism causes extinction
Hwang 03 (Kyung-Sig, professor in the department of philosophy at Seoul National university, "Apology for Environmental Anthropocentrism," Asian Bioethics in the 21st century, http://eubios.info/ABC4/abc4304.htm) While our ability ...of human evolution. If we don’t prioritize humans over the rest of life it allows us to devalue all life to the point where genocide and mass murder are possible.
Schmahmann and Polacheck 95 Schmahmann, David R., and Lori J. Polacheck. "The case against rights for animals." Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 22.4 (1995): 747. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Sept. 2011. Yet, the differences...Colorado beetle.26 KOCHI AND ORDAN AREN’T REALLY ADVOCATING SUICIDE OF HUMANITY – IT’S JUST A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT TO SHOW WHAT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF STEVEN HAWKING’S HUMANISM ARE. PROVES THE PERM SOLVES.
KOCHI AND ORDAN 08 Tarik Kochi and Noam Ordan Queen’s University and Bar Ilan University An Argument for the Global Suicide of Humanity, VOLUME 7 NUMBER 3, 2008 borderlands e-journal From the outset...so far, been unavailing.
Multiple alternate causalities to their impact from the alt card
Hudson 4 The Political Animal: Species-Being and Bare Life, meditations journal A liberal humanism ...existing order
Alt Doesn’t solve.
Best 2012 Steven Best is professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso (The Rise and Fall of Critical Animal Studies)http://www.liberazioni.org/articoli/BestS-TheRise(and%20Fall)ofCriticalAnimalStudies.pdf Through the institutional...from communities |
| 5 | 10/15/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Courts don’t want to deal with major political issues and use those concerns to ignore cases
Brinkmann and Garren, 2011 Robert, Hofstra University, Sandra Jo, University of South Florida, “Synthesis of Climate Change Policy in Judicial, Executive, and Legislative Branches of US Government” PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, vol. 8, no. 3, September 2011. http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/portal Pg.10 Accessed 8/27/2012 DMW
The nature...bring this suit. Courts can’t do anything on energy policy- they’ve ruled to give the power to the other branches and their rulings could damage energy industries in the US
Brinkmann and Garren, 2011 Robert, Hofstra University, Sandra Jo, University of South Florida, “Synthesis of Climate Change Policy in Judicial, Executive, and Legislative Branches of US Government” PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, vol. 8, no. 3, September 2011. http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/portal Pg.10-11 Accessed 8/27/2012 DMW Common law claim...linked economies. |
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Churchill’s scholarship risks undermining all trust in the academy
Brown 05
Assessing Ward Churchill’s Version of the 1837 Smallpox Epidemic Thomas Brown Assistant Professor of Sociology Lamar University Assessing Ward Churchill’s Version of the 1837 Smallpox Epidemic http://hal.lamar.edu/~BROWNTF/Churchill1.htm) "Situating Churchill’s...egregious violation." There is no genocidal project against the Native Americans- their numbers are growing every year
Black 05
(Up Sand Creek without a Paddle, Bob) http://www.pirateballerina.com/images/bobblack.html) If non-Indian...plastic Jews"? Churchill is wrong about the means question- we have to ask what the world of the aff project would look like- which would be an authoritarian nightmare
Black 05
(Up Sand Creek without a Paddle, Bob) http://www.pirateballerina.com/images/bobblack.html) Let me restate...seat of empire. Can’t generate Uniqueness- the State is inevitable- ivory tower criticism inevitably fail collapsing the left and any hope for change
Rorty ’98Richard Rorty, Professor of Philosophy at Princeton and the University of Virginia, Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford, Achieving our country, 1998, p. 98-99 The cultural Left...leftist politics Debating the state isn’t capitulation – discussing government policy creates understanding that facilitates resistance Donovan and Larkin 6 (Clair and Phil, Australian National University, Politics, 26(1)) We do not...institutions they study. Government is key to education.
Su, ’08 Huei Chun Su, School of Business and Economics, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK. “Is social justice for or against liberty? The philosophical foundations of Mill and Hayek’s theory of liberty” Published online: 7 August 2008. Accessed 5/31/11 on SpringerLink. In addition to...education policy Politically feasible simulation solves extinction and gives value to life
Bisk ‘2– social researcher, Strategic Educational Planning Institute (Tsvi, Toward a Practical Utopianism, The Futurist, http://www.ghandchi.com/iranscope/Anthology/bisk.htm) Many of us need...utopianism come of age. |
| 10/15/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Gender biases in international relations don’t exist and the alternative feminist perspective is fictional as well.
Alastair J.H. Murray, Politics Department, University of Wales Swansea, Reconstructing Realism, 1997, p. 192 Whilst Tickner's feminism...for our students Feminist critiques reify difference falsely and recreate the same epistimological problems under a mask of sensitivity
Jarvis 00 (Daryl, Lecturer in Government and International Relations – University of Sydney, International Relations and the Challenge of Postmodernism: Defending the Discipline) Celebrating and reifying...and theoretical endeavor Anthropocentrism key to survival - understanding the importance of ecosystems to future generations solves environmental destruction but radical biocentrism causes extinction
Hwang 03 (Kyung-Sig, professor in the department of philosophy at Seoul National university, "Apology for Environmental Anthropocentrism," Asian Bioethics in the 21st century, http://eubios.info/ABC4/abc4304.htm) While our ability...human evolution. Ecofeminism marginalizes women by embracing patriarchal essentialisms.
Biehl 91 Janet: Social ecology activist and the author of Rethinking Eco-feminist Politics. “Rethinking Ecofeminist Politics,” p. 3-4
Although most political...build a movement. |
| 11/02/2012 | |
| 11/02/2012 | Tournament: Liberty | Round: 2 | Opponent: Wayne State DN | Judge: Brovero, Adrienne DOE is investing money into SMR projects now
Energy.gov, 7/17/2012
“Nuclear Energy Enabling Technologies (NEET) Advanced Methods for Manufacturing http://fourincdoe.pr-optout.com/Url.aspx?1022403x17675x797073, Accessed 8/17/2012 DMW Award Recipient Purdue … of that technology. SMR development key to US manufacturing industry
King, Huntzinger and Nguyen 2011 Marcus King • LaVar Huntzinger • Thoi Nguyen, Feasibility of Nuclear Power on U.S. Military Installations, http://www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Nuclear%20Power%20on%20Military%20Installations%20D0023932%20A5.pdfjap Finally, a significant … supply areas. Collapse of manufacturing destroys the economy
Vargo 2003Franklin, National Association of Manufacturers, Federal News Service, 10-1-2003jap I would like to begin … a "nation of shopkeepers." SMRs are key to leverage over Chinese exports which solves Chinese belligerence, heg, and global prolif
Cullinane 11 (Scott Cullinane is a graduate student at the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C. "America Falling Behind: The Strategic Dimensions of Chinese Commercial Nuclear Energy" 28 SEPTEMBER 2011 www.ensec.org/index.php?option=com_contentandview=articleandid=319:america-falling-behind-the-strategic-dimensions-of-chinese-commercial-nuclear-energyandcatid=118:contentandItemid=376 DATE ACCESSED: 9/27/12) TM Due to a confluence … non-American companies. Chinese market leadership causes Chinese belligerence and heg
Auslin 11 (Michael Auslin is a resident scholar at AEI. "Build, hold, and clear: an American strategy for Asia" August 15, 2011 www.aei.org/article/foreign-and-defense-policy/regional/asia/build-hold-and-clear-an-american-strategy-for-asia/ DATE ACCESSED: 9/27/12) Ultimately, the U.S. … most dynamic region. |
| 7 | 11/02/2012 | Tournament: Liberty | Round: 2 | Opponent: Wayne State DN | Judge: Brovero, Adrienne
An increase of US nuclear exports key to stop prolif
American Nuclear Society 2012
(ANS- American Nuclear Society, “ANS adopts position statement on U.S. global nuclear leadership through export-driven engagement¶ U.S. Global Nuclear Leadership Through Export-Driven Engagement”¶ June 2012 http://ansnuclearcafe.org/category/nonproliferation/)
ANS believes the … ENR technology. Hegemony solves multiple scenarios for Asian conflict
Wortzel 3 Larry M., Ph.D. VP of Foreign Policy and Defense Studies at The Heritage Foundation, “United States Military Forces in Asia Maintain the Peace and Advance Democracy” 1-10, http://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/wm185.cfm America’s primary regional s… it advances our values. |
| 3 | 11/10/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Plan
The United States Federal Government should fund the development of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) nuclear technology for the United States military. Heg
Military actions to reduce and change energy inputs fail – critical security obstacles prevent solutions
Andres and Breetz 2011 Richard B. andres is Professor of national Security Strategy at the national War College and a Senior fellow and energy and environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic research, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts institute of technology. Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Institute for National Strategic Studies, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA545712jap The DOD interest …. Each of these is explored below DoD bases are vulnerable to grid disruptions which destroys command infrastructure – only SMR’s can solve
Robitaille 12 (George E. Robitaille- Department of Army Civilian "Small Modular Reactors: The Army's Secure Source of Energy" 21-03-2012 www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA561802 DATE ACCESSED: 9/26/12) TM In recent years, the …on the environment. Those communication breakdowns cause conflicts that escalate and go nuclear
Andres and Breetz 11 Richard Andres, Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University, and Hanna Breetz, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Small Nuclear Reactorsfor Military Installations:Capabilities, Costs, andTechnological Implications, www.ndu.edu/press/lib/pdf/StrForum/SF-262.pdf The DOD interest in … be greatly reduced. The grid is vulnerable to an EMP attack.
Crisis Boom - September 13, 2012 ("EMP attack on power grid could take down DOD systems, experts warn", http://crisisboom.com/2012/09/13/emp-attack-on-power-grid/ - accessed 9/22/12) kc Defense systems that …most critical elements. Grid attacks kills industrial society – causes mass death
Gaines 2009 Kathryn, “America is Vulnerable to An Electromagnetic Pulse Attack,” http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=32480jap If a small atomic … third world status. Grid failure shuts down US military operations
Stockton 2011Paul assistant secretary of defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs, “Ten Years After 9/11: Challenges for the Decade to Come”, http://www.hsaj.org/?fullarticle=7.2.11 The cyber threat …will – exercise control. SMR’s “island” bases by providing constant reliable power
King 11 Marcus, Ph.D., Center for Naval Analyses Project Director and Research Analyst for the Environment and Energy TeamLaVar Huntzinger, Thoi Nguyen, March 2011, Feasibility of Nuclear Power on U.S.Military Installations, www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Nuclear Power on Military Installations D0023932 A5.pdf Having a reliable … could be maintained. Fewer fuel convoys and sustainable operations boost mission effectiveness
Pompilio 12 Natalie, Freelance Writer and co-author of More Philadelphia Murals and the Stories They Tell, citing Retired Brigade General Steven Anderson, "The real reason the military is going green", June 8, www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-06-08/real-reason-military-going-green Cleaner Energy, A …in the world.” Loss of mission effectiveness results in nuclear war in every hotspot
Kagan and O’Hanlon 7 Frederick, resident scholar at AEI and Michael, senior fellow in foreign policy at Brookings, “The Case for Larger Ground Forces”, April 2007, http://www.aei.org/files/2007/04/24/20070424_Kagan20070424.pdf We live at a …also badly overdue. Hegemony solves nuclear war and extinction.
Barnett 11 Thomas P.M. Barnett 11 Former Senior Strategic Researcher and Professor in the Warfare Analysis and Research Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College American military geostrategist and Chief Analyst at Wikistrat., worked as the Assistant for Strategic Futures in the Office of Force Transformation in the Department of Defense, “The New Rules: Leadership Fatigue Puts U.S., and Globalization, at Crossroads,” March 7 http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/8099/the-new-rules-leadership-fatigue-puts-u-s-and-globalization-at-crossroads
It is worth first …Centurynow unfolding Absolute decline means the US will become uncooperative and desperate---hegemonic wars will ensue
Goldstein 7 Professor of Global Politics and International Relations @ University of Pennsylvania “Power transitions, institutions, and China's rise in East Asia: Theoretical expectations and evidence,” Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume 30, Issue 4 and 5 August 2007, pages 639 – 682 Two closely related, … crossover.19 pg. 647-650
Warming
Warming is real and occurring now—new study confirms.
Koebler cites Muller 11—Richard Muller is professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley and a faculty senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “Study: Global Warming is Real” October 21, 2011 JASON KOEBLER is USAToday Staff. http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2011/10/21/study-global-warming-is-realaccessed date: 7-18-12 y2k "Global warming is real… that project next. Warming is anthropogenic and reversible
Nuccitelli 11 (Dana Nuccitelli is an environmental scientist at a private environmental consulting firm in the Sacramento, California area. He has a Bachelor's Degree in astrophysics from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master's Degree in physics from the University of California at Davis. He has been researching climate science, economics, and solutions as a hobby since 2006, and has contributed to Skeptical Science since September, 2010., Updated 2011, Originally Posted 9/24/2010, “The Big Picture”, http://www.skepticalscience.com/big-picture.html) The Earth is … would be exceptionally foolish. SMRs key to transition away from old coal plants – small and efficient for coal areas
Rosner and Goldberg 2011 Robert and Stephen, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Small Modular Reactors – Key to Future Nuclear Power Generation in the U.S., Accessed 8-14-2012, November 2011, https://epic.sites.uchicago.edu/sites/epic.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/EPICSMRWhitePaperFinalcopy.pdfjap
As stated earlier, …now rapidly emerging, China. SMRs are the only solution that addresses warming before its too late- solves emissions
Nordhaus 12 (Michael Shellenberger, Jessica Lovering, Founder of the Breakthrough Institute, graduate of Earlham College and holds a masters degree in cultural anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, "New Nukes: Why We Need Radical Innovation to Make New Nuclear Energy Cheap", September 11, http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/programs/energy-and-climate/new-nukes/ Accesse 11/5/12 DMW Arguably, the biggest …get that job done. Causes extinction of all life
Deibel 2007 Terry L. professor of IR at National War College, Foreign Affairs Strategy, “Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today Anthropogenic – caused by CO2” Accessed 11/6/2012 DMW Finally, there is one … on this planet. Solvency
Military acquisition of SMR’s ensures rapid military adoption and commercialization and allows barriers to be overcome
Andres and Breetz 11 Richard Andres, Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University, and Hanna Breetz, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Small Nuclear Reactorsfor Military Installations:Capabilities, Costs, andTechnological Implications, www.ndu.edu/press/lib/pdf/StrForum/SF-262.pdf Thus far, this paper … proliferation resistance. Multiple safety features mean no risk of failure—accidents are limited to a single reactor—prefer our studies.
Loudermilk 11—Micah J. Loudermilk is a Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, contracted through ASE Inc. “Small Nuclear Reactors and US Energy Security: Concepts, Capabilities, and Costs” 31 May 2011 Accessed date: 8-21-12 y2k In recent years, ….individual reactor. |
| 11/13/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Wont pass- party disagreements
Schoenberg 11/9 (Shira Schoenberg, Political Correspondent "Massachusetts' members of Congress optimistic on fiscal cliff compromise, but hurdles remain" 11/9/12 www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/11/fiscal_cliff_massachusetts_congressional_delegation_optimistic_on_compromise.html DATE ACCESSED: 11/9/12) TM The election did...to raise revenue. Jackson Vanik coming next week
Voice of Russia 12 ("US Congress to consider lifting Jackson-Vanik amendment next week.", 11/10/12, english.ruvr.ru/2012_11_10/US-Congress-to-consider-lifting-Jackson-Vanik-amendment-next-week/, Date Accessed: 11/9/12 10:35PM) IB A working meeting...the Internet. Energy popular – spun as economic
Geman, 9/4/2012 Ben, The Hill, “Sen.Klobuchar says senate can move ahead of bipartisan energy bill” http://thehill.com/conventions-2012/dem-convention-charlotte/247363-sen-klobuchar-says-senate-can-move-ahead-on-energy-bill Accessed 9/6/2012 DMW She noted the...alternative energy Winners Win
Mason 10 Jeff, covers the White House for Reuters, covering Barack Obama 26 March, “Obama's health win could boost foreign policy”, http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26180856.htm WASHINGTON, March 26 ... you have going." Obstructionism now.
David Grant 11/7 is CSM Staff. “Election 2012: Why status quo result could mean more Washington gridlock,” http://www.kalb.com/story/20029495/election-2012-why-status-quo-result-could-mean-more-washington-gridlock?clienttype=printable, Accessed date: 11-9-12 y2k In an analysis just...president's desk Bipart support exists now
Whitman 8/13/2012, Christine Todd CASEnergy Co-Chair, Former EPA Administrator and New Jersey Governor, “Nuclear Power Garners Bipartisan Support”, http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/08/finding-the-sweet-spot-biparti.php?rss=1andutm_source=feedburnerandutm_medium=feedandutm_campaign=Feed%3A+njgroup-energy+%28Energy+%26+Environment+Experts~-~-Q+with+Answer+Previews%29#2237728 Accessed 11/10/2012 DMW
The energy policy...aisle can support. Bipartisanship exists for energy production- multiple factors
Offrings, 8/13/2012 Kate, CEO, Council of the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association Cooperation Strong in Efficiency Agenda http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/08/finding-the-sweet-spot-biparti.php?rss=1andutm_source=feedburnerandutm_medium=feedandutm_campaign=Feed%3A+njgroup-energy+%28Energy+%26+Environment+Experts~-~-Q+with+Answer+Previews%29#2237728 Accessed 10/24/2012 DMW Reports of bipartisanship’s ...partisan divide? The plan is popular – no opposition to SMRs
Angwin, Allen Institute Energy Education Project Leader, 2011,
(Meredith, “Sanders is sole vote against new small nuclear technology”, True North Reports, 7-27, PAS) http://truenorthreports.com/sanders-is-sole-vote-against-new-small-nuclear-technology 11-11-12 Senator Bernie Sanders...efficiency research |
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Competition between states and military buildup will always exist.
Mearsheimer ‘1 John Mearsheimer, professor at the University of Chicago,2001, “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics” Politics”,http://books.google.com/books?id=jOV9HuCppqwCanddq=the+tragedy+of+great+power+politicsandpg=PP1andots=KwFCAZER-Mandsig=ypB6mg7nbEPxLvjYUPR5PMBzPdsandhl=enandsa=Xandoi=book_resultandresnum=1andct=result#PPA18,M1. The optimists' claim...to a major war. Debate on security issues improves how the government functions
Walt 91 (Stephen, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago – 1991, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES QUARTERLY,. 229-30
A recurring theme...avenue of influence Securitization is inevitable – even the critiques discussion and research is an act of securitization.
Trombetta ‘8 Maria Julia Trombetta, Delft University of Technology, postdoctoral researcher at the department of Economics of Infrastructures, March 19th ’08 http://archive.sgir.eu/uploads/Trombetta-the_securitization_of_the_environment_and_the_transformation_of_security.pdf Second, within the...logic, cannot escape |
| 11/27/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
animal metaphors like lame duck lead to speciesism.
DeGrande, February 28, 2012
Barbara, Animal Sayings: Speciesist?, 9/21/12, http://arzone.ning.com/forum/topics/animal-sayings-speciesist-barbara-degrande Below are several...Please be mindful! Speciesism leads to speciescide- This systematic extermination outweighs nuclear war.
Ridd, December 2nd, 2011
S., Traditional Chinese Medicine is ‘speciescide’, http://www.habitatadvocate.com.au/?tag=speciesism
Yet still, there is...absolute, irreversible, extincting. |
| 01/19/2013 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
The United States Federal Government should fund the development and deployment of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) nuclear technology for the United States military. Advantage 1: Water
Global water scarcity’s inevitable and is the flashpoint for conflict
Priyadarshi 12Nitish lecturer in the department of environment and water management at Ranchi University in India, “War for water is not a far cry”, June 16, http://www.cleangangaportal.org/node/44 Accessed 1/17/2013 DMW The battles of yesterday were...million Cuba :1.3 million SMR desalination works and is necessary
IAEA, 07 Economics of Nuclear Desalination: New Developments and Site Specific Studies” Final Results of a Coordinated Research Project 2002–2006, July 2007, 10/27/2012 DMW) 1.2. DESALINATION AS AN ALTERNATE SOURCE ...their nuclear expertise and capabilities. Specifically- Water increases the risk of conflict in the Middle East
Deen, 1/16/2013 Thalif, Interpress Service News Agency, Digging for Water, But Striking Oil http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/01/digging-for-water-but-striking-oil/ Accessed 1/16/2013 DMW ABU DHABI, Jan 16 2013 (IPS) - The ...Middle Eastern countries. Water Conflicts independently cause 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 accessed date: 7-22-12 y2k Water and energy...market is allowed to work Middle Eastern instability causes nuclear, chemical, and biological war.
Blake 11 Hedi Blake, 2/2/11 Telegraph, Wikileaks: tension in the Middle East and Asia has direct potential to lead to nuclear war,” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8298427/WikiLeaks-tension-in-the-Middle-East-and-Asia-has-direct-potential-to-lead-to-nuclear-war.html, Accessed 9/17/12, mcmc Tension in the ...through the skin. Desalination is economically viable
Seneviratne 7, Gamini Nuclear News’s Vienna Correspondent, “Research projects show nuclear¶ desalination economical”, http://www.ans.org/pubs/magazines/nn/docs/2007-4-3.pdf Accessed 1/17/2013 DMW The desalination of ...equivalent or $21/bbl barrel.” Advantage 2:Military Military actions to reduce and change energy inputs fail – critical security obstacles prevent solutions
Andres and Breetz 2011 Richard B. andres is Professor of national Security Strategy at the national War College and a Senior fellow and energy and environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic research, institute for national Strategic Studies, at the national Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts institute of technology. Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Institute for National Strategic Studies, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdfandAD=ADA545712jap The DOD interest in ...Each of these is explored below DoD bases are vulnerable to grid disruptions which destroys command infrastructure – only SMR’s can solve
Robitaille 12 (George E. Robitaille- Department of Army Civilian "Small Modular Reactors: The Army's Secure Source of Energy" 21-03-2012 www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA561802 DATE ACCESSED: 9/26/12) TM In recent years, the U.S ...plants on the environment. Many threats exist to our electricity grid now – US grid being targeted now.
Wilshusen - July 17, 2012 (Gregory - Director of Information Security Issues for US GAO, "Testimony Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate" http://cryptome.org/2012/07/gao-12-926t.pdf - accessed 9/22/12) kc Threats to system...sources of cyber threats. Those communication breakdowns go nuclear
Andres and Breetz 11 Richard Andres, Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University, and Hanna Breetz, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Small Nuclear Reactorsfor Military Installations:Capabilities, Costs, andTechnological Implications, www.ndu.edu/press/lib/pdf/StrForum/SF-262.pdf The DOD interest in ...be greatly reduced. Grid failure shuts down US military operations
Paul Stockton 11, assistant secretary of defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs, “Ten Years After 9/11: Challenges for the Decade to Come”, http://www.hsaj.org/?fullarticle=7.2.11 The cyber threat ...never will – exercise control SMR’s “island” bases by providing constant reliable power
King 11
Marcus King, Ph.D., Center for Naval Analyses Project Director and Research Analyst for the Environment and Energy TeamLaVar Huntzinger, Thoi Nguyen, March 2011, Feasibility of Nuclear Power on U.S.Military Installations, www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Nuclear Power on Military Installations D0023932 A5.pdf Having a reliable source ...could be maintained. SMRs resolve grid and convoy risks---islanding and reduced fuel needs
Bourget 11 Remy, worked at Center for Advanced Defense Studies, “Small Modular Reactors: Opportunity for Global Leadership and Innovation”, Google Cache
Small Modular Reactors offer ...suggest a missed opportunity. Fewer fuel convoys and sustainable operations boost mission effectiveness
Pompilio 12 Natalie, Freelance Writer and co-author of More Philadelphia Murals and the Stories They Tell, citing Retired Brigade General Steven Anderson, "The real reason the military is going green", June 8, www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-06-08/real-reason-military-going-green Cleaner Energy, A More...our stature in the world US engagement is inevitable---maintaining heg is key to solve nuclear conflict and every geopolitical hotspot---key to fostering international cooperation which solves every existential threat.
Brooks, Ikenberry, and Wohlforth 13 Stephen Brooks is Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College AND John Ikenberry is Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and Global Eminence Scholar at Kyung Hee University in Seoul AND John Wohlforth is Daniel Webster Professor of Government at Dartmouth College. “Lean Forward,” Jan/Feb 2013, Foreign Affairs, EBSCO, Accessed date: 1-9-13 y2k In Defense of American...well be disastrous Military acquisition of SMR’s ensures rapid military adoption and commercialization and allows barriers to be overcome
Andres and Breetz 11 Richard Andres, Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University, and Hanna Breetz, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Small Nuclear Reactorsfor Military Installations:Capabilities, Costs, andTechnological Implications, www.ndu.edu/press/lib/pdf/StrForum/SF-262.pdf Thus far, this paper...and proliferation resistance. Multiple safety features mean no risk of failure—accidents are limited to a single reactor—prefer our studies.
Loudermilk 11—Micah J. Loudermilk is a Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, contracted through ASE Inc. “Small Nuclear Reactors and US Energy Security: Concepts, Capabilities, and Costs” 31 May 2011 Accessed date: 8-21-12 y2k In recent years, though the “renaissance”...limited to that individual reactor. Costs are low and mitigated in multiple ways
Ondrey 2009 Gerald, Chemical Engineering, “Modular design would shorten construction times for nuclear plants” Proquest, Accessed 8/16/2012 DMW Small-scale, factory...grids in developing areas. No DA’s- SMR funding and development occurring now
Ervin, 12/28/2012 Dan, a professor of finance at Salisbury University. Dan Ervin: Modular reactors are the future of nuclear energy http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20121230/OPINION03/312300005?nclick_check=1 Accessed 12/31/2012 DMW The Obama administration’s...than otherwise thought. |
| 01/19/2013 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Debt ceiling will get kicked now
Berman, The Hill Staff Writer, 1-18, 2013,
(Russell, "House GOP to vote next week on three-month increase to debt limit", The Hill, PAS) thehill.com/homenews/house/278007-house-gop-aims-to-tie-senate-action-on-budget-to-debt-limit-increase 1-18-13 WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — House ...pay,” Cantor said.
Obama political capital insufficient to solve debt ceiling – Republicans won’t budge
Thrust and Epstein, Politico Politics Reporters, 1-3, 2013,
(Glenn and Reid, "President Obama's debt problem", Politico, PAS) www.politico.com/story/2013/01/obamas-debt-problem-85708.html 1-3-13 Former Clinton...a second time.” Plan shields controversy
Appelbaum 12 (Binyamin Appelbaum, Defense cuts would hurt scientific RandD, experts say, The New York Times, 1-8-12, http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/defense-cuts-would-hurt-scientific-rd-experts-say date accessed: 12/28/12) TM Sarewitz, who studies...items, energy costs Bipart support exists now
Whitman 8/13/2012, Christine Todd CASEnergy Co-Chair, Former EPA Administrator and New Jersey Governor, “Nuclear Power Garners Bipartisan Support”, http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/08/finding-the-sweet-spot-biparti.php?rss=1andutm_source=feedburnerandutm_medium=feedandutm_campaign=Feed%3A+njgroup-energy+%28Energy+%26+Environment+Experts~-~-Q+with+Answer+Previews%29#2237728 Accessed 11/10/2012 DMW
The energy policy that...aisle can support. The plan is popular – no opposition to SMRs
Angwin, Allen Institute Energy Education Project Leader, 2011,
(Meredith, “Sanders is sole vote against new small nuclear technology”, True North Reports, 7-27, PAS) http://truenorthreports.com/sanders-is-sole-vote-against-new-small-nuclear-technology 11-11-12 Senator Bernie Sanders...energy efficiency research. Bipartisanship exists for energy production- multiple factors
Offrings, 8/13/2012 Kate, CEO, Council of the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association Cooperation Strong in Efficiency Agenda http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/08/finding-the-sweet-spot-biparti.php?rss=1andutm_source=feedburnerandutm_medium=feedandutm_campaign=Feed%3A+njgroup-energy+%28Energy+%26+Environment+Experts~-~-Q+with+Answer+Previews%29#2237728 Accessed 10/24/2012 DMW Reports of bipartisanship’s...partisan divide? |
| 01/19/2013 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: Towson HW | Judge:
Advantage- Warming
The United States Federal Government should fund the development and deployment of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) nuclear technology for the United States military.
Warming is real and occurring now—new study confirms.
Koebler cites Muller 11—Richard Muller is professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley and a faculty senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “Study: Global Warming is Real” October 21, 2011 JASON KOEBLER is USAToday Staff. http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2011/10/21/study-global-warming-is-realaccessed date: 7-18-12 y2k "Global warming is real...that project next. Warming is anthropogenic—climate calculation proves.
Farley8—John, a professor of physics and astronomy at the UNLV, “The Scientific Case for Modern Anthropogenic Global Warming” 7-1-8http:monthlyreview.org/2008/07/01/the-scientific-case-for-modern-anthropogenic-global-warming accessed date: 5-24-12 y2k The greenhouse effect...are in agreement. Continued reliance on coal kills 13,000 people every year and spreads hazardous pollution
Zelman 11 Joanna, The Huffington Post, "Power Plant Air Pollution Kills 13,000 People Per Year, Coal-Fired Are Most Hazardous: ALA Report", 3/15, www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/power-plant-air-pollution-coal-kills_n_833385.html
The American Lung Association...185 billion per year. And – displacing coal is a key priority for environmental justice movements – studies show coal disproportionately affects African American and latino communities.
Clark, 2008 Catherine, MA in public Policy @ Oregon State, “Environmental Justice and Energy Production: Coal-Fired Power Plants in Illinois” http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/9770/clark-mpp.pdf?sequence=1 Two grievances are...and regression analysis techniques. SMRs key to transition away from old coal plants – small and efficient for coal areas
Rosner and Goldberg 2011
Robert and Stephen, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, Small Modular Reactors – Key to Future Nuclear Power Generation in the U.S., Accessed 8-14-2012, November 2011, https://epic.sites.uchicago.edu/sites/epic.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/EPICSMRWhitePaperFinalcopy.pdfjap
As stated earlier,...rapidly emerging, China. SMRs are the only solution that adresses the magnitude of warming before its too late- solves emissions
Nordhaus 12 (Michael Shellenberger, Jessica Lovering, Founder of the Breakthrough Institute, graduate of Earlham College and holds a masters degree in cultural anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, "New Nukes: Why We Need Radical Innovation to Make New Nuclear Energy Cheap", September 11, http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/programs/energy-and-climate/new-nukes/ Accesse 11/5/12 DMW Arguably, the biggest impact...that job done. It’s anthropogenic and risks extinction
Deibel 2007 Terry L. professor of IR at National War College, Foreign Affairs Strategy, “Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today Anthropogenic – caused by CO2” Accessed 11/6/2012 DMW Finally, there is one...life on this planet. Allowing warming to continue perpetuates racist inequalities
Hoerner 8—Former director of Research at the Center for a Sustainable Economy, Director of Tax Policy at the Center for Global Change at the University of Maryland College Park, and editor of Natural Resources Tax Review. He has done research on environmental economics and policy on behalf of the governments of Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States. Andrew received his B.A. in Economics from Cornell University and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve School of Law—AND—Nia Robins—former inaugural Climate Justice Corps Fellow in 2003, director of Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative (J. Andrew, “A Climate of Change African Americans, Global Warming, and a Just Climate Policy for the U.S.” July 2008, http://www.ejcc.org/climateofchange.pdf) Everywhere we turn, the issues...income by 3 to 4 percent. Warming outweighs even if science is not certain.
Rendall 11—Matthew Rendall is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, “Climate Change and the Threat of Disaster: The Moral Case for Taking Out Insurance at Our Grandchildren’s Expense” POLITICAL STUDIES: 2011 VOL 59, 884–899 EBSCO. Accessed date: 8-7-12 y2k Many argue that...(Beckerman and Pasek, 2001, p. 119). Solvency Military acquisition of SMR’s ensures rapid military adoption and commercialization and allows barriers to be overcome
Andres and Breetz 11 Richard Andres, Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University, and Hanna Breetz, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Small Nuclear Reactorsfor Military Installations:Capabilities, Costs, andTechnological Implications, www.ndu.edu/press/lib/pdf/StrForum/SF-262.pdf Thus far, this paper has reviewed...and proliferation resistance. Multiple safety features mean no risk of failure—accidents are limited to a single reactor—prefer our studies.
Loudermilk 11—Micah J. Loudermilk is a Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, contracted through ASE Inc. “Small Nuclear Reactors and US Energy Security: Concepts, Capabilities, and Costs” 31 May 2011 Accessed date: 8-21-12 y2k In recent years, though the...that individual reactor. Costs are low and mitigated in multiple ways
Ondrey 2009 Gerald, Chemical Engineering, “Modular design would shorten construction times for nuclear plants” Proquest, Accessed 8/16/2012 DMW Small-scale, factory-built...in developing areas. Small scale action doesn’t spillover-cedes legal power to reactionary forces
Lobel, 2007
(Orly, University of San Diego law professor, “ARTICLE: THE PARADOX OF EXTRALEGAL ACTIVISM: CRITICAL LEGAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND TRANSFORMATIVE POLITICS”, February, 120 Harv. L. Rev. 937, lexis)
Both the practica...self-mystification. The state is inevitable and an indispensable part of the solution to warming
Eckersley 4 Robyn, Reader/Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Melbourne, “The Green State: Rethinking Democracy and Sovereignty”, MIT Press, 2004, Google Books, pp. 3-8
While acknowledging the basis...the green cause.17 Deliberation through policy debate is key to solving climate change through citizen involvement and subsumes their critiques of traditional forms of decision-making.
Isham 10 (Jon, Associate Professor of Economics, Middlebury College, “The Promise of Deliberative Democracy”, Volume 1 | Issue 5 | Page 25-27 | Oct 2010, http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/node/775)
Getting to 350 parts...polls in their decision-making process. Pragmatic energy policy is a way to foster a middle ground solution that enables deliberation and prevents excesses on both the right and left from manifesting
Craig 12 (Caroline, Worked for the Lower East Side Ecology Center and The Fund for Public Interest. Fellow, Jeannette K Watson Fellowship, “How Environmentalists and Skeptics Can Discover the Same Goals: Making Eco-Friendly More People-Friendly”, http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1116andcontext=honorscollege_theses)
These are the discussions...the environment! I'm an American, aren't I?" Only focus on large scale politics provides potential for emancipatory change
Hoff et al 06 (Dianne L. Hoff- professor in the College of Education and Human Development and president of Faculty Senate, University of Maine, Journal of Educational Administration, Nancy Yoder, Peter S. Hoff Emerald Article: “Preparing educational leaders to embrace the "public" in public schools” Journal of Educational Administration Vol. 44 Iss: 3, pp.239 – 249 2006 date accessed: 11/30/12) TM
There is no question that helping...social order can emerge. Academic debate over energy policy in the face of environmental destruction is critical to shape the direction of change and create a public consciousness shift---action now is key
Crist 4 (Eileen, Professor at Virginia Tech in the Department of Science and Technology, “Against the social construction of nature and wilderness”, Environmental Ethics 26;1, p 13-6, http://www.sts.vt.edu/faculty/crist/againstsocialconstruction.pdf)
Yet, constructivist analyses...change harbingers in it. |
