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The United States Federal Government should allocate funding to the Department of Defense for the development of Small Modular Reactors 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...tackling 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...in agreement. 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...on this planet 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...emerging, China 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 (ALA) recently released a new report on the dramatic health hazards surrounding coal-fired power plants.¶ The report, “Toxic Air: The Case For Cleaning Up Coal-Fired Power Plants,” reveals the dangers of air pollution emitted by coal plants.¶ One of the starkest findings in the report claims...$185 billion per year 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 ...get that job done Military actions to reduce and change energy inputs fail – critical security obstacles prevent solutions
Andres and Breetz 11 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. 3 internal links:
First - Grid
Military reliance on civilian power provides incentive for grid attack – kills military power projection AND causes nuclear war from escalatory conflicts
Andres and Breetz 11 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 More recently, awareness has been growing...civilian grid went offline. Civilian grid failures put military electricity access at risk – it provides 99 percent of their power
Andres and Breetz 11 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 Old infrastructure risks grid vulnerability
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 Aging Infrastructure. The...in the future.¶ Natural disasters risk grid vulnerability
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 Adverse Weather. According...more ¶ frequent. SMR’s key to maintain security of power grid – solves military vulnerabilities
Baker 12 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...energy self-sufficient. Second - budget tradeoff
Military energy security key to mission effectiveness – allows focus on critical and strategic missions
Udall 12 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 to tell consumers...go hand in hand Third - Clean Energy DoD is key to Clean energy success AND clean energy solves the economy and national security
Peckinpaugh and McCain 2012
Tim Peckinpaugh, Partner, KandL Gates, Steve McCain co-authored this article. He's a retired Air Force Colonel who coordinates the national security and energy public policy practice at KandL Gates, May 22, 2012, The Pentagon: A Leader on Clean Energy
http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/05/powering-our-military-whats-th.phpjap No entity in government knows...clean energy economy. Clean energy is key to the military power – reduces conflicts and increases military capabilities
Rogers 2012
Will Rogers, Research Associate, Center for a New American Security, May 21, 2012, It is all about Mission Effectiveness
http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/05/powering-our-military-whats-th.phpjap The U.S. military...and the nation. 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 Engagement...be disastrous. 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...and proliferation resistance. 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 immense...for nuclear energy 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...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. 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...otherwise thought |
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Framework- Debate is self-correcting
Stannard 6 Department of Communication and Journalism, Wyoming 2006 ¶ Matt, Faculty Senate Speaker Series Speech, http://theunderview.blogspot.com/2006/04/deliberation-democracy-and-debate.html Some of the...be self-correcting Policy debate isn’t exclusionary and can empower minorities
Bailey 4 Stephen, Fmr Debater at Emory, Email Correspondence with Will Repko, 2-4, http://www.geocities.com/caseyharrigan/bailey.html Feel free to quote me...but at what cost? K Plan solves colonization
O’Neil 11 Ian, PhD from University of Wales, founder and editor of Astroengine, space producer for Discovery News “'Suitcase' Nuclear Reactors to Power Mars Colonies,” August 30th, http://news.discovery.com/space/mars-colonies-powered-by-mini-nuclear-reactors-110830.html Nuclear power ...of the solar system. Colonization solves extinction
Schulze-Makuch and Davies 10 (Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Ph.D., School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University and Paul Davies, Ph.D., Beyond Center, Arizona State University, “To Boldly Go: A One-Way Human Mission to Mars”, http://journalofcosmology.com/Mars108.html) There are several...rocket technology Focus on methodology leads to paradigm wars
Wendt 98 (Alexander Wendt, "On Constitution and Causation in International Relations" 1998 http://journals.cambridge.org.proxy.lib.umich.edu/action/displayFulltext?type=1andfid=71450andjid=RISandvolumeId=24andissueId=05andaid=71449 DATE ACCESSED: 9/26/12) TM ¶ As a community...of science 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...income by 3 to 4 percent. Their pessimistic view of racial gains becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy that turns the aff
Thernstrom ’98 (Abigail Thernstrom 98 is the vice chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and as an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Stephan Thernstrom is Winthrop Research Professor of History at Harvard University. “Black Progress: How far we've come, and how far we have to go” http://www.brookings.edu/research/articles/1998/03/spring-affirmativeaction-thernstrom accessed date: 7-18-12 y2k Black progress over...surely demands Afro-pessimism reinforces binary thinking which is the root cause of racism, turns the K by destroying the politics of hope.
Frank ‘5 (From Frank and McPhail’s collaborative 2k5 RandPA, David A. Frank is Professor of Rhetoric in the Robert D.Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon, Eugene. Mark Lawrence McPhail is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Western College Program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Rhetoric and Public Affairs Vol. 8, No. 4, 2005, pp. 571-594 Without the...equality are necessary The politics of hope are key to overcoming the oppression of black life in America.
Miah ‘94 (Malik Miah, Cornel West's Race Matters, May-June, http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/3079) In the chapter...can be no struggle.” (14-15) Afro-pessimism is bad – it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy by ignoring the gains of the civil rights movement, short-circuiting multi-racial coalition narratives and leading to the roll-back of civil rights victories that causes afro-pessimism in the first place. Only a politics of hope solves.
Frank ‘5 (From Frank and McPhail’s collaborative 2k5 RandPA, David A. Frank is Professor of Rhetoric in the Robert D.Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon, Eugene. Mark Lawrence McPhail is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Western College Program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Rhetoric and Public Affairs Vol. 8, No. 4, 2005, pp. 571-594 The speeches Obama...or ethnic origin. Has no alternative
Bâ ’11(teaches film at Portsmouth University (UK). He researches ‘race’, the ‘postcolonial’, diaspora, the transnational and film ‘genre’, African and Caribbean cinemas and film festivals, Saër Maty, The US Decentred, Cultural Studies Review, volume 17 number 2 September 2011) In chapter nine, ‘“Savage...in tow.’ (340) Death outweighs imprisonment
Bedau ‘4 (“Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment?”, Hugo Adam Bedau, JD, Emeritus Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University, 2004, http://deathpenalty.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001017 "Few death row...life in prison..."
Addressing structural racism now
Frank ‘5(From Frank and McPhail’s collaborative 2k5 RandPA, David A. Frank is Professor of Rhetoric in the Robert D.Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon, Eugene. Mark Lawrence McPhail is Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Western College Program at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Rhetoric and Public Affairs Vol. 8, No. 4, 2005, pp. 571-594 As an Illinois...reconciliation and coherence |
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Perm do both---reformism is the better alternative---Yes, US has done some bad shit, but that doesn’t mean that system of hegemony itself is bad---they provide no alternative and collapse the western cultural institutions which results in mass violence---benevolent heg solves---turns the K.
Michael J. Thompson 3 is the founder and editor of Logos and teaches political theory at Hunter College, CUNY. His new book, Islam and the West: Critical Perspectives on Modernity has just been released from Rowman and Littlefield Press. “Iraq, Hegemony and the Question of American Empire,” http://www.logosjournal.com/thompson_iraq.htm, Accessed date: 1-14-13 y2k
It is rare that
thought of without enthusiasm." 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
ethics to ontology. 67 Technological thought is inevitable—Heidegger's idea of a saving remedy is useless
Kateb 97 (George, Prof of Philosophy @ Princeton, "Technology and Philosophy," Social Research, Fall, p. ebscohost) But the question arises
block its reemergence. |
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| 02/23/2013 | Tournament: D7 Districts | Round: 1 | Opponent: Pitt ML | Judge:
The United States Federal Government should allocate funding to the Department of Defense for the development of Small Modular Reactors for the United States military. Advantage 1: 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...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...in agreement. 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...this planet 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...emerging, China. 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...billion per year. Extinction
Driesen 2003 (David Driesen, Associate Professor at Syracuse University Law, 10 Buffalo Environmental Law Journal, Fall/Spring, Lexis)
Air pollution can...both of these concerns. 5 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...that job done. 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...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...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 systems...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...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...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
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...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...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...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...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 Engagement...well be disastrous. 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...proliferation resistance. 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 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...in developing areas |
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Gov spending on SMRs thump link
Bradford, 2/4/2013 Ben, NPR, Prior to his career in journalism, Ben spent time as an actor, stuntman, viral marketer, and press secretary for a Member of Congress. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in theater and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. As a reporter, his work has been featured on NPR, WNYC, the BBC, and Public Radio International. Are Mini-Reactors The Future Of Nuclear Power? http://www.npr.org/2013/02/04/170482802/are-mini-reactors-the-future-of-nuclear-power Accessed 2/5/2013 DMW The U.S. government...nine stories tall. DOE investing in hydrogen development now
Daily Fusion 2/21/2013 US Department of Energy to Invest $1 Million in Hydrogen Fuel http://dailyfusion.net/2013/02/us-department-of-energy-to-invest-1-million-in-hydrogen-fuel/ Accessed 2/21/2013 DMW US Department...by year 2020. Renewable investment low now – global trend and new technologies have led to decline
Danko, Earth Techling, 10-14, 2012, (Pete, "Clean Energy Investment Slows Amid Uncertainty", Huffington Post, 10-14, PAS) www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/14/clean-energy-investment_n_1962448.html?utm_hp_ref=green 11-4-12 The wheels haven’t...Bloomberg said. Renewable sector fails inevitably – lack of regulations and uncertainty in programs
Herald Online, 10-15, 2012,
(Reportlinker, "United States Renewables Report Q4 2012", 10-15, PAS) www.heraldonline.com/2012/10/15/4338637/united-states-renewables-report.html 11-4-12 BMI View: Following...for the industry Nuclear Energy reduces C2 emissions
Huff, 4/6/2012
Jordon B “Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University” Nuclear Energy Production: Benefitting from the Energy of the Future, http://www.cosmicscribbler.com/erau/Resources/NuclearEnergy.pdf, Pg 7-8 Accessed 8/16/2012DMW The Department of Energy...such as global warming |
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Security key to avoid fascism—We should manage violence instead of trying to create a metapolitics of difference and peace.
Ole WAEVER Senior Research Fellow @ Copenhagen Peace Research Inst. ‘2K in International Relations Theory and the Politics of European Integration eds. Kelstrup and Williams p. 284-285 The other main...mutual vilification. Perm do both---reformism is the better alternative---Yes, US has done some bad shit, but that doesn’t mean that system of hegemony itself is bad---they provide no alternative and collapse the western cultural institutions which results in mass violence---benevolent heg solves---turns the K.
Michael J. Thompson 3 is the founder and editor of Logos and teaches political theory at Hunter College, CUNY. His new book, Islam and the West: Critical Perspectives on Modernity has just been released from Rowman and Littlefield Press. “Iraq, Hegemony and the Question of American Empire,” http://www.logosjournal.com/thompson_iraq.htm, Accessed date: 1-14-13 y2k It is rare that...without enthusiasm." 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 School’s...logic, cannot escape Ethical policymaking must be grounded in consequences
Isaac, political science professor Indiana University, 2002 (Jeffrey, “Ends, Means, and Politics, Dissent Magazine, Spring 2002) Power is not a dirty...political effectiveness. War turns structural violence
Bulloch 8 Millennium - Journal of International Studies May 2008 vol. 36 no. 3 575-595 Douglas Bulloch, IR Department, London School of Economics and Political Science. He is currently completing his PhD in International Relations at the London School of Economics, during which time he spent a year editing Millennium: Journal of International Studies But the idea...radically – political Alternatives recreate the same exclusion and areas they claim to prevent
McCormack, 2010Tara, is Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Leicester and has a PhD in International Relations from the University of Westminster. 2010, (Critique, Security and Power: The political limits to emancipatory approaches, page 119-120) In chapters 1–3...state sovereignty. Using images of nuclear violence to engage in future oriented policymaking is good – it’s key to a politics of hope and political responsibility
Kurasawa 4 (Fuyuki, Professor of Sociology – York University of Toronto, “Cautionary Tales: The Global Culture of Prevention and the Work of Foresight”, Constellations, 11(4)) If historicism and...originating in another. Imperialists are not oppressive in every world
Ravenal 2009Earl C., distinguished senior fellow in foreign policy studies @ Cato, is professor emeritus of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He is an expert on NATO, defense strategy, and the defense budget. He is the author of Designing Defense for a New World Order. What's Empire Got to Do with It? The Derivation of America's Foreign Policy.” Critical Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Politics and Society 21.1 (2009) 21-75 I wish, in this essay...of the problem. Eliminating the West is impossible – any alternative is fanciful
Kors 1 (Alan Charles, Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, “The West at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Triumph Without Self-Belief,” Volume 2, Number 1, February, http://www.fpri.org/ww/0201.200102.kors.westatdawn.html) The view that...West touches minds. Multiple examples- Imperialism stops genocides and war
Hoare ‘6 Marko Attila Hoare is an Advisory Editor of Democratiya. Formerly a Research Fellow in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, he is now a Senior Research Fellow at Kingston University, London. He is the author of How Bosnia Armed, a short history of the Bosnian Army, published by Saqi Books in 2004. “Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of its Enemies.” Democratiya 2006 Anti-imperialism is based...military intervention.’ Imperialism is key to combat technology additions that make current threats worse
Niall Ferguson, Historian @ NYU, COLLOSSAS: THE PRICE OF AMERICA�S EMPIRE, 2004, pp. 24-5 Unlike the majority of...external authority |
| 02/23/2013 | Tournament: D7 Districts | Round: 1 | Opponent: Pitt LM | Judge:
The best and most recent Stats prove heg solves war
Owen ‘11
John M. Owen Professor of Politics at University of Virginia PhD from Harvard "DON’T DISCOUNT HEGEMONY" Feb 11 www.cato-unbound.org/2011/02/11/john-owen/dont-discount-hegemony/ Andrew Mack and...democracy remains strong. Multipolarity inevitable , but US power soothes the transition that would otherwise cause extinction 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...Century now unfolding Reps don’t affect reality – material structure are more important
Tuathail 96 (Gearoid, Department of Georgraphy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Political Geography, 15(6-7), p. 664, science direct) While theoretical debates...that is human history. No impact – threat construction isn’t sufficient to cause wars
Kaufman, Prof Poli Sci and IR – U Delaware, ‘9
(Stuart J, “Narratives and Symbols in Violent Mobilization: The Palestinian-Israeli Case,” Security Studies 18:3, 400 – 434) Even when hostile...and a security dilemma. Fear sustains US leadership
Krauthammer 01, (Charles, Contributing Editor to Weekly Standard "The new world order – after 11 September," Dec 2, 11/12/2001, Volume 007, Issue 09 http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/456zfygd.asp) The assumption after...begin to unravel |
| 02/23/2013 | Tournament: D7 Districts | Round: 4 | Opponent: Navy HR | Judge:
Won’t pass – gay rights derails the bill
Preston, New York Times Staff Writer, 2-18, 2013,
(Julia, "Forced to Choose: Love or Country", New York Times, PAS) Accessed on LexisNexis 2-18-13
¶ Mr. Perlberg is part of...''and being gay.'' Won’t pass – Goodlatte opposes AND he’s key
Glueck, Politico Breaking News Reporter, 2-21, 2013,
(Katie, "Bob Goodlatte: No on path to citizenship", Politico, PAS) www.politico.com/story/2013/02/bob-goodlatte-no-on-path-to-citizenship-87921.html 2-21-13 The chairman of...in the United States.” Won’t pass – amnesty
Cirilli, Politico Breaking News Reporter, 2-21, 2013,
(Kevin, "Ted Cruz doubts President Obama on immigration", Politico, PAS) www.politico.com/story/2013/02/ted-cruz-knocks-obama-on-immigration-87898.html 2-21-13 Sen. Ted Cruz...a divisive wedge issue.Ӧ Sequester triggers the link
Montgomery, Washington Post Reporter, 2-15, 2013,
(Lori, "Automatic cuts are getting a big yawn from Washington", Washington Post, PAS) www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/automatic-cuts-are-getting-a-big-yawn-from-washington/2013/02/15/fe6c6700-7790-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_story.html?wprss=rss_politics 2-17-13 As deadlines go, the...and spending. Obama is going to push for infrastructure and EU-FTA
Bangkok Post, 2-14, 2013,
("Obama seeks minimum wage rise", PAS) Accessed on LexisNexis 2-18-13 In the first State...Democratic Senate majority. PC theory is bunk – only wins generate band wagon effects
Hirsch 2/9
Michael Hirsch, chief correspondent for National Journal, There’s No Such Thing as Political Capital, This article appeared in the Saturday, February 9, 2013 edition of National Journal. http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/there-s-no-such-thing-as-political-capital-20130207?page=4jap But the abrupt emergence...a bandwagon effect.” 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...budget items, energy costs. 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 Senate...and alternative energy. Congress supports military energy efficiency
NYT, 8/27/2012 “Military Spending on Biofuels is under fire” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/business/military-spending-on-biofuels-draws-fire.html?pagewanted=all Accessed 9/8/2012 DMW She said biofuel spending...or energy efficiency 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...the partisan divide? |
| 02/23/2013 | Tournament: D7 Districts | Round: 4 | Opponent: Navy HR | Judge:
Natural gas prices are set to rise.
CASSANDRA SWEET, Feb 7, 2013
Exelon CEO Expects U.S. Natural Gas, Power Prices to Rise, WSJ, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324590904578290402819297138.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Chief Executiv...low-priced gas No link – no need for additional steel development – there is a large enough supply for the US now.
AMM - October 13, 2012 (American Metal Market, "Steel glut to deter capacity investment", http://www.lexisnexis.com.mutex.gmu.edu/hottopics/lnacademic/?verb=srandcsi=338989 - accessed via lexis 10/13/12) kc NEW DELHI — Steel producers...the world," Basson said. Coal will trade-off with natural gas in the status quo.
Bloomberg - October 9, 2012 ("Shares of coal producers rise on hope for recovery", http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-10-09/shares-of-coal-producers-rise-on-hope-for-recovery - accessed 10/18/12) kc Natural gas prices...Michael S. Dudas said |
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Each plant has multiple systems to counteract risks
NEI, 1/17/2013 Nuclear Power Plant Response to the Cyber Threat, http://neinuclearnotes.blogspot.com/2013/01/nuclear-power-plant-response-to-cyber.html Accessed 1/17/2013 DMW By December 31...the use of portable media Plan solves colonization
O’Neil 11 Ian, PhD from University of Wales, founder and editor of Astroengine, space producer for Discovery News “'Suitcase' Nuclear Reactors to Power Mars Colonies,” August 30th, http://news.discovery.com/space/mars-colonies-powered-by-mini-nuclear-reactors-110830.html Nuclear power is...of the solar system. Colonization solves extinction
Schulze-Makuch and Davies 10 (Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Ph.D., School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University and Paul Davies, Ph.D., Beyond Center, Arizona State University, “To Boldly Go: A One-Way Human Mission to Mars”, http://journalofcosmology.com/Mars108.html) There are several...chemical rocket technology |
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Military Bases are considered US Territory
The Free Dictionary, No Date ,”Territories of the United States” http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/U.S.+territories Accessed 9/13/2012 DMW Portions of the...Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. C/I: Bases are part of the US
Rasul et al v Rumsfeld et al 2004
Appellate decision of the US District Court of DC, http://old.usccb.org/ogc/RasulvRumsfeld.pdfjap The other factor...statutory or otherwise”). Aff Ground
They eliminate almost every affirmative that results in energy overseas
For example – research and development affirmatives
Bump 2012
Philip Bump writes about the news for Gristmill. Scoop: A preview of Romney’s energy plan, http://grist.org/news/scoop-a-preview-of-romneys-energy-plan/jap Romney will...on gender lines. B) Literature checks and No impact – bases are argued in the literature both ways. Makes it predictable, but is also the ONLY added affirmative the counterinterpretation allows
Rasul et al v Rumsfeld et al 2004
Appellate decision of the US District Court of DC, http://old.usccb.org/ogc/RasulvRumsfeld.pdfjap There are authorities...being reviewed. |
| 02/24/2013 | Tournament: D7 Districts | Round: 5 | Opponent: George Washington CR | Judge:
Plan:
The United States Federal Government should substantially increase Financial Support for Fusion Energy Production in the United States Scenario 1: ITER
Lack of Alcator funding gives the perception that all of the US’s domestic programs will be cut
Olynyk 2012 Geoff Ph.D student in plasma physics and fusion energy, Fusion Future writer, Physics Today reports on the budget challenges of the domestic fusion program http://www.fusionfuture.org/physics-today-reports-on-the-budget-challenges-of-the-domestic-fusion-program/ Accessed 2/14/2013 DMW Toni Feder of Physics
of the ITER consortium. U.S. scientists will pull the plug on ITER without domestic funding
Hand 12 (Eric, Knight Science Journalism Fellow – Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Reporter – Nature, "US Fusion in Budget Vice", Nature, 7-24, http://www.nature.com/news/us-fusion-in-budget-vice-1.11061, DATE ACCESSED: 12/3/12, MT) For years, US researchers
, I’m not so sure.” Domestic fusion funding is key to bolster US participation in ITER
Hutchinson 05 (Ian Hutchinson Head of the Nuclear Science Department – MIT, "Fusion Research: What About the U.S.?" 2005 , http://www.technologyreview.com/article/404616/fusion-research-what-about-the-us/2/) TM The United States
overall fusion program. Alcator funding key to ITER – provides a roadmap
Hand 2012
Eric Hand, 24 July 2012, US fusion in budget vice, http://fire.pppl.gov/US_Fusion_Budget_Nature_072412.pdfjap Marmar’s facility houses
erosion of the walls. Plan builds foreign political support for collaboration on ITER, saves the project
Fonck 9 (Dr. Raymond J., Professor of Engineering Physics – University of Wisconsin-Madison, "The Next Generation of Fusion Energy Research", Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 10-29, http://fire.pppl.gov/house_fusion_hearing_2010.pdf, DATE ACCESSED: 12/3/12, MT) Executing this transition
not managed adroitly. ITER solves Terrorism and resource wars
Fedoroff 08 (Nina Fedoroff- Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State and the Administrator of USAID, Testimony Before the House Science Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, 4/2, http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/rm/102996.htm) TM Science by its nature
create sustainability. Nuclear terrorism compels nations to assume the worst and retaliate against any perceived state sponsor of the attack – causes nuclear war between the US, Russia and China. Robert Ayson, 2010, Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington (NZ), “After a Nuclear Terrorist Attack: Envisaging Catalytic Effects,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 33, DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2010.483756 But these two
unwilling to provide. Fusion research generates spin-off technologies —- budget cuts make this impossible
Cunningham 2012 (Nicholas, Policy Analyst for Energy and Climate – American Security Project, "The Future of Fusion", American Security Project Blog http://americansecurityproject.org/blog/2012/the-future-of-fusion/ Accessed 1/4/2013 DMW Fourth, a
in fusion technology. Overall funding increase’s key
Holland 2012 – Andrew, Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate – American Security Project, "A Tough Budget for Fusion", American Security Project Blog, http://americansecurityproject.org/blog/2012/the-budget-for-fusion/ Accessed 1/4/2013 DMW The cut in the
that will come. Fusion development leads to spillover and development in Superconductors
Bruns et al 2012 Peter, head of patent experts in engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Minh Quang Tran Full Professor of Plasma Physics at the EPFL in 1997 and Director of the CRPP in 1999. He was also¶ in charge of the implementation of the European EFDA activities as “EFDA Leader” from 2003 to 2006. In parallel with his activities at the CRPP, he also serves as chair or member of many international panels., Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Association Euratom-Confédération Suisse, Station 13, Daniel Kunz patent expert in the field of mechanical engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Heinz Mueller investigator in cancer research at the University of Basel where he obtained the title of a professor. Several years ago he joined the patent department of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property while remaining a regular lecturer in biochemistry at the University of Basel. He also teaches intellectual property at different Swiss universities and writes articles for several publica- tions on this topic. , Christian Soltmann materials scientist in the field of pure and applied research. In addition to a PhD in materials science, he holds a MAS in Intellectual Property. He is a patent expert at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property Spillover benefits from controlled nuclear fusion technology e A patent analysis www.elsevier.com/locate/worpatin Pg.275 Accessed 12/13/2012 DMW 3. Results and discussion
experimental fusion reactors United States contributions are key to semiconductor innovation.
Greenwald, 7/10/2012 (John, New Jersey firm creates jobs and vital component for world-leading experiment, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, p. http://www.pppl.gov/webonly.cfm?doc_id=1278)
The U.S. ITER
design,” Parrell said. Weak semiconductor technology undermines military effectiveness.
Lieberman, 6/5/2003 (Joe – US Senator, The National Security Aspects of the Global Migration of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry, p. http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2003_cr/s060503.html)
The Pentagon's Advisory
national security option. 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 Engagement
well be disastrous. Immediate spin-off benefits will be produced in super-conductivity
Silverstein 12 (Ken, Editor of Energy Central and Contributor – Forbes, "The Tantalizing Promise And Peril Of Nuclear Fusion", Forbes Magazine, 4-15, http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2012/04/15/nuclears-strongest-potential-weapon-fusion/) “Despite fusion’s tantalizing
high-level research. Superconductors key to grid reliability
McGahn 11/26/2012 Daniel, President and CEO, AMSC Sandy: An Eye-Opener for the Power Grid http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-mcgahn/power-grid_b_2192554.html Accessed 12/18/2012 DMW Utilities see the benefits
century power demands. Blackouts causes meltdowns —- impact’s as big as US/Russian nuclear war
Goldes 2011 – ¶ Mark MA @ Brandeis and San Francisco State Former Research Fellow at Brandeis University is Founder of the Aesop Institute. Formerly Senior Director of the Berlin Corridor control radar in Germanyf or US Air Force “SOLAR MEGASTORMS can GENERATE a GLOBAL NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE” http://www.opednews.com/articles/SOLAR-MEGASTORMS-can-GENER-by-Mark-Goldes-111119-448.html Accessed 1/12/2013 DMW
We face a severe
should be of concern Fusion Adv.
Fusion solves food prices- increases the amount of food available to the world and reduces costs
Fusion for Freedom ’11
("We Can Feed the World With the Energy of Fusion", 6-3, http://www.fusion4freedom.com/food4all.html-http://www.fusion4freedom.com/food4all.html) The need for a
will also drop greatly. High food prices kill small farmers—they are net buyers of food and can’t achieve sufficient economies of scale
Von Braun 2008
Joachim, Economist Agricultural Specialist, “The Opposition's opening statement,” The Economist, http://www.economist.com/debate/index.cfm?action=articleanddebate_id=10andstory_id=11829097 At first glance, one might
livestock feed and transport. Small farms are key to protecting genetic diversity- failure to do so will lead to extinction
Boyce 2004
James K., Director, Program on Development, Peacebuilding, and the Environment, Political Economy Research Institute, and Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. “A Future for Small Farms?”
http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/Boyce_paper_griffin_conference.pdfjap There is a future f
northwestern United States. High Food Prices destroy the food market globally
FAO, IFAD, and WFP, 2008
NGO's, paper prepared for the meeting of the Chief Executives Board for Coordination, “High food prices: Impact and recommendations,” p. http://www.ifad.org/operations/food/ceb.htm april 28thjap The total cost of food
increase in food prices. Food security outweighs all other impacts – it makes every impact inevitable
Trudell, J.D. Candidate, 05
Robert H., Fall, Food Security Emergencies And The Power Of Eminent Domain: A Domestic Legal Tool To Treat A Global Problem, 33 Syracuse J. Int'l L. and Com. 277, Lexisjap Today, more than 842 million
days to come Solvency
DOE is the make or break for energy tech commercialization – funding key
Ludes 2011
(Dr. Jim, Executive Director – American Security Project, “Fusion Energy: An Opportunity for American Leadership and Security”, American Security Project White Paper, https://life.llnl.gov/life_in_the_media/pdfs/fusion_2020_paper.pdf Pg.9-10 Accessed 11/24/2012 DMW The United States Department
power production. Their report is not expected for two years. Federal Funding key- others fail
Hartwig 10/22/2012 – Zach, Ph.D. Candidate in Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy – MIT, BS in Physics – Boston University, Email Exchange with Casey Harrigan, , http://msudebate.blogspot.com/2012/10/exchange-with-hartwig.html Accessed 11/27/2012 DMW Geoff forwarded me your
jurisdiction at the moment) It’s feasible and safe
Holland 12 (Andrew, Senior Fellow – American Security Project and Nicholas Cunningham, Policy Analyst for Energy and Climate – American Security Project, "Through Innovation and Investment, the U.S. Can Lead in Next-Generation Energy, Nuclear Fusion", AOL Energy, 8/3/12, http://energy.aol.com/2012/08/03/through-innovation-and-investment-the-u-s-can-lead-in-next-gen/?icid=trending1) One striking example
drastic reduction of 16%. LiMIT Funds now- takes out the DAs
NPRE Illinois 10/17/2012 Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering, Fusion Reactor Experiment Succeeds on Chinese Tokamak http://npre.illinois.edu/news/fusion-reactor-experiment-succeeds-chinese-tokamak Accessed 2/13/2013 DMW The concept, known
the CPMI laboratories |
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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. “And/or” means one or the other or both
Wood ‘1 (Diane P., Circuit Judge – United States Court of Appeals, “Susan E. Hess, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company”, 12-13, http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=7thandnavby=caseandno=002043) Having determined that Hess's
arbitrary and capricious. Counterinterpretation- Incentives – without a qualifier – includes all regulations – which is a fair number of mechanisms
Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency 7 (North Carolina State University,
Link no longer available but is reprinted here: http://www.mrsolar.com/content/dsire.php What types of renewable
purchasing/aggregation policies. |
| 02/24/2013 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
JET, ITER, and the Sun prove it’s feasible. Money’s key.
Forshaw 12 (Jeff, Professor of Theoretical Physics – University of Manchester, "Nuclear Fusion – Your Time Has Come", The Guardian, 9-10, http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/sep/16/nuclear-fusion-iter-jet-forshaw?newsfeed=true. DATE ACCESSED: 12/3/12, MT) A fusion reactor
Culham, Oxfordshire. Wrong —- there’s a pessimism bias against fusion
Razani 10 (Rezwan, Executive Director – Focus Fusion Society, ""Reframe Fusion" Campaign", 12/14/10, http://focusfusion.org/index.php/site/printer/reframe_fusion_campaign, DATE ACCESSED: 12/3/12, MT) Needs¶ There
Perhaps even Google will |
| 02/24/2013 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: George Washington CR | Judge:
CP is normal means – All agencies must assess actions in accordance with the NEPA
Wexler 8 (Lesley, Professor of Law – Florida State University and Former Debater – University of Michigan, “Human Rights Impact Assessments: An Immigration Case Study”, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, 22 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 285, Winter, Lexis) Under the National
reasonable alternatives. n104 Resolution says “should,” not “shall” – means it’s not unconditional
Atlas Collaboration, 1999, “Use of shall, should, may can,” http://rd13doc.cern.ch/Atlas/DaqSoft/sde/inspect/shall.html 'shall' describes
'thoroughly' means
EIA process guts solvency - delays, lawsuits, and stops projects
Bhatia and Wernham 8 (Rajiv, MD, MPH, Director of Occupational and Environmental Health for the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and Aaron, M.D., director of the Health Impact Project, “Integrating human health into environmental impact assessment: an unrealized opportunity for environmental health and justice”, Environ Health Perspect 116:991–1000, cs) Despite over three decades
of biophysical and social impacts
Environment is resilient
Easterbrook 95 (Gregg, Distinguished Fellow – Fullbright Foundation, A Moment on Earth, p. 25) In the aftermath
accustomed to resisting |
| 02/24/2013 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: George Washington CR | Judge:
Ethical policymaking must be grounded in consequences
Isaac, political science professor Indiana University, 2002 (Jeffrey, “Ends, Means, and Politics, Dissent Magazine, Spring 2002) Power is not
political effectiveness. And – focusing on the past is bad – gives in to conservative voices on the environment and prevents investment in clean energy technology – the impact’s extinction.
Lopes 2012 Yvette Pena Lopes, Deputy Director of the BlueGreen Alliance, 8/23/2012, http://www.bluegreenalliance.org/news/latest/bluegreen-alliance-statement-on-americas-energy-future “The Republican leadership
Americans to come.” Future –oriented problem solving discourse is good – it’s key to prevent polarizing discussions and enables democratic deliberation.
Ford 2011 Laurie Ford PhD, Critical Path Consultants WM2011 Conference, Public Communication: Engaging Citizens in the Nuclear Conversation , March 7-11, 2011, Phoenix, AZ, http://www.laurieford.com/wp-content/articles/2011.WMS%20Public%20Comm.pdf Regardless of our intention
citizen engagement conversation”. Threat construction is good, key to prevent dangerous instances
Berke 98 Joseph, Found. And Dir. Arbours Crisis Centre, 1998, Even Paranoids Have Enemies, p. 5-6 Internal and external persecution
and cope with them. No impact – threat construction isn’t sufficient to cause wars
Kaufman, Prof Poli Sci and IR – U Delaware, ‘9
(Stuart J, “Narratives and Symbols in Violent Mobilization: The Palestinian-Israeli Case,” Security Studies 18:3, 400 – 434) Even when hostile
and a security dilemma. Policy simulation key to creativity and decision-making
Eijkman 12¶ The role of simulations in the authentic learning for national security policy development: Implications for Practice / Dr. Henk Simon Eijkman. electronic resource http://nsc.anu.edu.au/test/documents/Sims_in_authentic_learning_report.pdf. Dr Henk Eijkman is currently an independent consultant as well as visiting fellow at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy and is Visiting Professor of Academic Development, Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering and Technology in India. As a sociologist he developed an active interest in tertiary learning and teaching with a focus on socially inclusive innovation and culture change. He has taught at various institutions in the social sciences and his work as an adult learning specialist has taken him to South Africa, Malaysia, Palestine, and India. He publishes widely in international journals, serves on Conference Committees and editorial boards of edited books and international journal Policy simulations stimulate Creativity
in the desired direction That allows us to influence state policy and is key to agency
Eijkman 12¶ The role of simulations in the authentic learning for national security policy development: Implications for Practice / Dr. Henk Simon Eijkman. electronic resource http://nsc.anu.edu.au/test/documents/Sims_in_authentic_learning_report.pdf. Dr Henk Eijkman is currently an independent consultant as well as visiting fellow at the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy and is Visiting Professor of Academic Development, Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering and Technology in India. As a sociologist he developed an active interest in tertiary learning and teaching with a focus on socially inclusive innovation and culture change. He has taught at various institutions in the social sciences and his work as an adult learning specialist has taken him to South Africa, Malaysia, Palestine, and India. He publishes widely in international journals, serves on Conference Committees and editorial boards of edited books and international journal However, whether as an approach to learning
of the synopsis below Growth is sustainable---transitions fail absent realistic energy policy like the aff---triggers environmental collapse.
George Monbiot 11 is the author of the bestselling books The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order and Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain, as well as the investigative travel books Poisoned Arrows, Amazon Watershed and No Man's Land. His latests books are Heat: how to stop the planet burning and Bring on the Apocalypse? “Let's face it: none of our environmental fixes break the planet-wrecking project,” 5-2-11, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/02/environmental-fixes-all-greens-lost, Accessed date: 12-19-12 y2k You think you're discussing
be a tall order |
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| 02/24/2013 | Tournament: D7 Districts | Round: 7 | Opponent: JMU MM | Judge:
Obama’s focus is on tackling warming
Crabtree 1-22 (White House correspondent @ The Washington Times, "Climate blowing in the wind for Obama", Jan 22, 13, www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/22/climate-blowing-in-the-wind-for-obama-issue-a-like/, Date Accessed: feb 7, 13, 12:20PM) IB
After devoting
controversial topic. Obama is going to push for infrastructure and EU-FTA
Bangkok Post, 2-14, 2013,
("Obama seeks minimum wage rise", PAS) Accessed on LexisNexis 2-18-13 In the first State
Democratic Senate majority
Won’t pass – gay rights derails the bill
Preston, New York Times Staff Writer, 2-18, 2013,
(Julia, "Forced to Choose: Love or Country", New York Times, PAS) Accessed on LexisNexis 2-18-13
¶ Mr. Perlberg is part
said, ''and being gay.'' Won’t pass – Goodlatte opposes AND he’s key
Glueck, Politico Breaking News Reporter, 2-21, 2013,
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in the United States.” Alt causality – visa fees.
Economic Times, “US visa fee hike can sour ties with India: US experts,” 9/16/2010, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/travel/visa-power/US-visa-fee-hike-can-sour-ties-with-India-US-experts/articleshow/6564089.cms
Two noted US economic
Kirkegaard and Subramanian wrote PC theory is bunk – only wins generate band wagon effects
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Michael Hirsch, chief correspondent for National Journal, There’s No Such Thing as Political Capital, This article appeared in the Saturday, February 9, 2013 edition of National Journal. http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/there-s-no-such-thing-as-political-capital-20130207?page=4jap But the abrupt
bandwagon effect.”
Nuclear defense capabilities will increase support for fusion in congress
New York Times, 9/29/2012 So Far Unfruitful, Fusion Project Faces a Frugal Congress http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/science/fusion-project-faces-a-frugal-congress.html?pagewanted=alland_r=0 Accessed 12/31/2012 DMW For more than
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