Tournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent:  | Judge: 

Observation 1: Inherency

A. HR 4382 and 4383 won’t pass – Democratic Senate and Presidential Veto

Chu June 25, 2012

[Kevin, independent research scientist, 6/25/12, “House Republicans' sweeping energy bill not seen moving in Democratic Senate,” LexisNexis]

The Republican-controlled House … gas auctions online.

Advantage 1: Congressional Power

A. Obama has greatly expanded presidential powers

Savage 2012

[Charlie, NYT reporter, 4/22/12, “Shift on Executive Power Lets Obama Bypass Rivals,” New York Times]

One Saturday last … it over time.”

B. Executive/legislative power is zero-sum—increased executive power diminishes the power of Congress

Howell 03

[William, Asst Prof of Gov’t @ Harvard, Powers without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action, p. 101]

We repeatedly return … overall division of power.

C. Congress must check the President’s authority on federal lands

Lewis and Clark Law School 2012

[Lewis and Clark Law School, February 7 2012, “Separation of Powers and Federal Land Management: Enforcing the Direction of the President under the Antiquities Act,” Environmental Law]

The President’s exercise … under the statute.[184]

D. Only a strong, active Congress can garner the public support essential for US global leadership

Zoellick 00

(Robert, Deputy Secretary of State, “Congress and the Making of US Foreign Policy,” Survival, Winter, p. 23)

Today, America's leaders … in the public.

E. Hegemony is vital to checking myriad threats around the world

Brookes 2009

(Peter, Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, 6-15-2K9 “Rogue States and Rising Powers Continue to Pose a Strategic Risk to American Security”)

There is a … strong national defense.

F. Congress has a moral obligation to reign in executive power

Cox 89

[Bartholmew, Legal Historian; A.B. 1959, Princeton University; M.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1967, George Washington University; J.D. 1976, George Washington University National Law Center “Raison dEtat and World Survival Who Constitutionally Makes Nuclear War” George Washington Law Review 57 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1614 Lexis]

The powers of … uncabined, imperial presidency." n29

Advantage 2: Industry Certainty

A. The government has created uncertainty – we must solves this to unlock investment and job creation

Hunt 2012

[Gary, President of Tech and Creative Labs, July 20 2012, “The Big Shift in Energy is Underway,” TC Labs]

The United States … disruptive innovative change.

B. The leasing process has caused the uncertainty

Taylor 2012

[Phil, policy analyst, 1/22/12, “Federal leasing for oil and gas in West at all-time low, API says,” Red Lodge]

The Interior Department … under the Rockies."

Scenario 1: Business Confidence

The process uncertainty deters development of high quality and cost effective energy sources

Perusso 2012

[Roxane, Vice President and General Counsel of Transwest Express LLC, March 28 2012, email to Lamont Jackson]

Multiple strong economic … transmission permitting times.

A fall in U.S. business confidence will affect the global economy.

Greetham 2007

Trevor Greetham (Director of asset allocation for Fidelity International), January 25, 2007, “America will lead they way,” Online, Lexis, accessed 6/27/08.

US consumer strength ... on the path of inflation.

Business confidence maintains the United States economy.

Braithwaite 2004

John Braithwaite (fellow at the Australian Research Council Federation) 2004 Annals of the American Academy of political and social science http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Ct-LT6hnUnkJ:regnet.anu.edu.au/network/ragenda/hope/link_documents/Hope.JB.pdf+recession+%22business+confidence%22+braithwaiteandhl=en

The challenge of designing … to this day (see also Barbalet, 1993).

Economic stagnation is bad and causes wars 

DeLong 2006
J. Bradford DeLong 2006 ’82, Ph.D. ’87, professor of economics at the University of California at Berkeley, is at work on “The Economic History of the Twentieth Century: Slouching towards Utopia?” Harvard Magazine 2006http://harvardmagazine.com/2006/01/growth-is-good.html

Benjamin M. Friedman ’66, Jf ’71, Ph.D. ’71, … made it wrong. 

Scenario 2: Energy Production

Changing our energy policy would have tremendous benefits – energy security, economic growth/jobs, deficits, national/global security, and global environmental protection.

Sullivan August 2, 2012

[Dan, served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, served as the U.S. Governing Board member of the International Energy Agency, served as a Director in the International Economics Directorate of the National Security Council and National Economic Council staffs at the White House, United States Marine, 8/2/12, “'AMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE'; COMMITTEE: HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE; SUBCOMMITTEE: ENERGY AND POWER,” CQ Congressional Testimony]

III. The Benefits of … the global environment.

Increasing domestic energy production would lower unemployment

Roe 8/15/12

[Phil, Representative for Tennessee, 8/15/12, “Domestic Energy Production Can Pave Road to Lower Unemployment,” The Hill]

July marked the … to energy consumers.

North Dakota has proven increasing energy production reaps huge economic benefits

Payne 2012

[Amy, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications, 6/20/12, “Morning Bell: Obama’s War on Domestic Energy Production,” Heritage Foundation]

Today, the Senate … country’s energy needs.

Economic decline causes war

Mead, 9 – Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations

(Walter Russell, “Only Makes You Stronger,” The New Republic, 2/4/09,

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=571cbbb9-2887-4d81-8542-92e83915f5f8andp=2)

History may suggest … have to fight.

Dependence of Foreign Energy Causes Terrorism

Parmley 2007

Julia Parmley, Udaily, University of Delaware, U.S. must end dependency on oil, 2007

Depending on volatile … don't like us.”

Terrorism will escalate into extinction

Morgan 9

(Dennis, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin Campus - South Korea Futures, Volume 41, Issue 10, December 2009, Pages 683-693, World on Fire) LL

Moore points out … a nuclear winter.

Thus the plan: Congress should pass HR 4382 and HR 4383

Observation 2: Solvency

A. Our current system undermines American Interests, passing HR 4382 and 4383 will allow us to spur more investment, create more jobs, and improve the environment.

Sullivan August 2, 2012

[Dan, served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, served as the U.S. Governing Board member of the International Energy Agency, served as a Director in the International Economics Directorate of the National Security Council and National Economic Council staffs at the White House, United States Marine, 8/2/12, “'AMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE'; COMMITTEE: HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE; SUBCOMMITTEE: ENERGY AND POWER,” CQ Congressional Testimony]

IV. Challenges: A Regulatory … a responsible manner.

B. We must pass HR 4382/4383 to improve land usage to create jobs and speed up the process

Tipton, Coffman, and Lamborn 2012

[Scott, Mike, Doug, District Representatives and members of House Natural Resources Committee, 4/25/12, “Big government is holding up American energy production,” The Hill]

As high gasoline … deserve more than lip

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Inherency

Inherency -

HR 4382 and 4383 won’t pass – Democratic Senate and Presidential Veto

Chu 6/25, 2012
~[Kevin, independent research scientist, 6/25/12, "House Republicans’ sweeping energy bill not seen moving in Democratic Senate," LexisNexis~]
The Republican-controlled House passed a sweeping energy bill last week that would open
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2752), which would require BLM to conduct oil and gas auctions online. 

Plan: United States Congress should pass HR 4382 and 4383.

Solvency

Solvency

The plan creates jobs,  reduces the deficit, reduces oil dependence, and stops environmental degradation.

Sullivan August 2, 2012
~[Dan, served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, served as the U.S. Governing Board member of the International Energy Agency, served as a Director in the International Economics Directorate of the National Security Council and National Economic Council staffs at the White House, United States Marine, 8/2/12, "’AMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE’; COMMITTEE: HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE; SUBCOMMITTEE: ENERGY AND POWER," CQ Congressional Testimony~]
III. The Benefits of An American Energy Renaissance The benefits of using our unique
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lower environmental standards. The result is a degradation of the global environment. 

The plan increases investment and fixes the regulatory system

Sullivan August 2, 2012
~[Dan, served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, served as the U.S. Governing Board member of the International Ene- rgy Agency, served as a Director in the International Economics Directorate of the National Security Council and National Economic Council staffs at the White House, United States Marine, 8/2/12, "’AMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE’; COMMITTEE: HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE; SUBCOMMITTEE: ENERGY AND POWER," CQ Congressional Testimony~]
IV. Challenges: A Regulatory System That Undermines American Interests The United States is
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of allowing large-scale development projects to proceed in a responsible manner. 

The plan improves land usage to create jobs and speed up the process

Tipton, Coffman, and Lamborn 2012
~[Scott, Mike, Doug, District Representatives and members of House Natural Resources Committee, 4/25/12, "Big government is holding up American energy production," The Hill~]
As high gasoline prices continue to hammer families at the pump each week, Americans
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Canada – is a perfect example. The American people deserve more than lip

Economy

Economy -

The government has created uncertainty – we must solves this to unlock investment and job creation

Hunt 2012
~[Gary, President of Tech %26 Creative Labs, July 20 2012, "The Big Shift in Energy is Underway," TC Labs~]
The United States is engaged in a fierce debate over energy strategy, policy and
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to change.  The failure of government is impeding that disruptive innovative change.   

Specifically, The leasing process has caused the uncertainty

Taylor 2012
~[Phil, policy analyst, 1/22/12, "Federal leasing for oil and gas in West at all-time low, API says," Red Lodge~]
The Interior Department sold just over 600 new oil and gas leases on public lands
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oil under North Dakota is worth more than the gas under the Rockies." 

Economic collapse coming now – failure to resolve creates a sustained recession

Morici, 12 (Peter, July 26, 2012, economist and professor at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business, "The coming economic collapse and what can – and cannot – be done", http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-07-26/news/fl-pmcol-economics-fri0727-20120726_1_wall-street-banks-export-driven-growth-tax-cuts, 8/2/12, atl)

The U.S. economy is teetering on the brink of another recession.
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and set off hyperinflation, but it can’t lower interest rates much further.

The US is key to the global recovery

Caploe, 09 (David, PhD in International political economy from Princeton, "Focus still on America to lead global recovery," The Straits Times, 8/2/12)

IN THE aftermath of the G-20 summit, most observers seem to have
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foreseeable future, even though other countries must certainly help. This crisis began 

Economic crisis causes war–strong statistical support

Royal, 10 (Jedediah, director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives, pg 213-215)

Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict
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As such the view presented here should be considered ancillary to those views. 

Increasing domestic energy production would lower unemployment

Roe 8/15/12
~[Phil, Representative for Tennessee, 8/15/12, "Domestic Energy Production Can Pave Road to Lower Unemployment," The Hill~]
July marked the 42nd consecutive month that unemployment has been at or above 8 percent
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reducing demand will lead to lower unemployment and decreased cost to energy consumers. 

North Dakota proves

Payne 2012
~[Amy, Assistant Director of Strategic Communications, 6/20/12, "Morning Bell: Obama’s War on Domestic Energy Production," Heritage Foundation~]
Today, the Senate will vote on the fate of one of the most expensive
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of economic freedom needed to create jobs and meet the country’s energy needs. 

Oil and Gas is key – jobs multiplier

Energy Security Leadership Council, 12 (May 8, 2012, Members: Admiral Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Former Director of National Intelligence and Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command General Bryan "Doug" Brown, U.S. Army (Ret.) Former Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command Steve Cahillane President %26 CEO, Coca-Cola Refreshments (CCR), The Coca-Cola Company Admiral Vern Clark, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Former Chief of Naval Operations General Richard A. Cody, U.S. Army (Ret.) Former Vice Chairman, U.S. Army General James Conway, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) 34th Commandant, United States Marine Corps Sam Gilliland Chairman %26 CEO, Sabre Holdings Adam M. Goldstein President %26 CEO, Royal Caribbean International General John A. Gordon, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) Former Homeland Security Advisor to the President Maurice R. Greenberg Chairman %26 CEO, C.V. Starr %26 Co., Inc General John W. Handy, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) Former Commander, U.S. Transportation and Air Mobility Command Admiral Gregory G. Johnson, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Former Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe General John M. Keane, U.S. Army (Ret.) Former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Admiral Timothy J. Keating, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Former Commander, U.S. Pacific Command Herbert D. Kelleher Founder %26 Chairman Emeritus, Southwest Airlines Co. John F. Lehman Former Secretary to the U.S. Navy General Michael E. Ryan, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) 16th Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force Eric S. Schwartz Former Co-CEO, Goldman Sachs Asset Management Michael R. Splinter President %26 CEO, Applied Materials, Inc. Jeffrey C. Sprecher Chairman %26 CEO, Intercontinental Exchange David P. Steiner CEO, Waste Management, Inc. Michael T. Strianese President, CEO %26 Director, L-3 Communications General Charles F. Wald, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) Former Deputy Commander, United States European Command Josh S. Weston Honorary Chairman, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. "The New American Oil Boom implications for energy security", http://www.eenews.net/assets/2012/05/08/document_ew_01.pdf, 6/2/12, atl)

The oil industry will be an important source of employment growth: As the number
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oil and gas industry in the coming decade could total several hundred thousand.

Failure to resolve unemployment independently guarantees collapse

Spicer, 12 (Jonathan, Reuters correspondent, April 8, 2012, "High unemployment may dog the US for years", http://economywatch.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/08/11085339-high-unemployment-may-dog-the-us-for-years?lite, 6/2/12, atl)

"We’re living through a juncture in U.S. policy history in which
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if had they lost their job when the rate was below 6 percent.

A fall in U.S. business confidence will affect the global economy.

Greetham 2007
Trevor Greetham (Director of asset allocation for Fidelity International), January 25, 2007, "America will lead they way," Online, Lexis, accessed 6/27/08.
US consumer strength has been a major driving force for global economic growth and has
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rates. This, in turn, hinges on the path of inflation.

Business confidence maintains the United States economy.

Braithwaite 2004
John Braithwaite (fellow at the Australian Research Council Federation) 2004 Annals of the American Academy of political and social science http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Ct-LT6hnUnkJ:regnet.anu.edu.au/network/ragenda/hope/link_documents/Hope.JB.pdf+recession+%22business+confidence%22+braithwaite%26hl=en
The challenge of designing institutions that simultaneously engender emancipation and hope is addressed within the
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a neglect that continues to this day (see also Barbalet, 1993).

Dependence

Despite overall increases in US energy production, oil dependence still remains relatively high

Mufson ’12 (Steven, Washington Post, "Iran’s saber rattling over oil shows that the energy crisis is still with us," 2/15, http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/even-as-oil-costs-rise-irrational-exuberance-washes-over-energy-analysis/2012/02/12/gIQAnY93FR_story.html)

But wait. What happened to the energy crisis? Rising tensions over Iran’s saber
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big. The next three biggest sources are Mexico, Venezuela and Nigeria.

Bills Good to solves the uncertainty to create jobs and boost onshore energy production

Greenberg 2012
~[Carol, policy analyst, June 15 2012, "H.E.A.T Congressmen announce comprehensive new energy legislation," Conservative Outlook~]
I had the pleasure of being on a conference call yesterday with Rep. Kevin
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was after President GW Bush in August of 2008 lifted the drilling moratoriums.  

Restrictions deter development cost effective energy sources

Perusso 2012
~[Roxane, Vice President and General Counsel of Transwest Express LLC, March 28 2012, email to Lamont Jackson~]
Multiple strong economic and environmental cases have been made for remote renewable  resources delivered by
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so afraid of the federal  government’s typically long and uncertain transmission permitting times. 

Dependence leads to middle east war

Sohn 2012
~[Stacy, policy analyst, 4/10/12, "American’s Oil Dependency," Praemon~]
General John Abizaid, the Central Commander of the Middle East and African regions,
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want another Middle Eastern war, energy efficiency should be a top priority.  

Escalates and causes every major impact

Forest 7 (James, the director of terrorism studies at the U.S. Military Academy and the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, "War Is a No-Win Scenario", September 1,  http://www.allbusiness.com/government/government-bodies-offices/5523341-1.html)
A regional war in the Middle East would bring a variety of negative consequences for
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global economy. A full-blown regional war would naturally exacerbate this.

Dependence of Foreign Energy Causes Terrorism

Parmley 2007
Julia Parmley, Udaily, University of Delaware, U.S. must end dependency on oil, 2007
Depending on volatile countries in the Middle East for oil poses a threat to national
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we end up sending dollars and cents to those who don’t like us."

Terrorism will escalate into extinction

Morgan 9 
(Dennis, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin Campus - South Korea Futures, Volume 41, Issue 10, December 2009, Pages 683-693, World on Fire) LL
Moore points out what most terrorists obviously already know about the nuclear tensions between powerful
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, to a life of unimaginable misery and suffering in a nuclear winter.      

US oil would be a drop in the bucket

Hargreaves, 12 (Steve, Senior writer for CNN Money, April 25, 2012, "Drill baby drill won’t lower gas prices", http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/25/news/economy/oil_drilling_gas_prices/index.htm, 8/1/12, atl)

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Every time gas prices reach record highs the call
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Over this same time period oil hit a record %24147 a barrel.

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Inherency

Contention 1: Inherency

US has no national feed in tariff program

Rubin 1/8
~Joe, 1/8/13, "Does Japan’s Nuclear Showdown Mean A Slow Down For Renewables?" http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2013/01/08/18037-does-japans-nuclear-showdown-mean-a-slow-down-for-renewables/~~
Back in 2000, based on similar systems he had studied in Europe, Iida
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Japan finally adopted Iida’s Feed-In-Tariff law this past July.

Environment

Advantage 1: Environment

Anthropogenic warming is happening in line with projections

Nordhaus 12 
(William D. Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, research for National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the Glaser Foundation, March 22, 2012, "Why the Global Warming Skeptics Are Wrong," New York Review of Books, http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/mar/22/why-global-warming-skeptics-are-wrong/?pagination=false)
A second argument is that warming is smaller than predicted by the models:  The
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observed global warming trend in the second half of the twentieth century."5

And, Warming is real and anthropogenic- Prefer scientific consensus to their hack deniers

Lewandowsky and Ashley 11 
(Stephan Lewandowsky, Professor of Cognitive Studies at the University of Western Australia, and Michael Ashley, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of New South Wales, June 24, 2011, "The false, the confused and the mendacious: how the media gets it wrong on climate change," http://goo.gl/u3nOC)
But despite these complexities, some aspects of climate science are thoroughly settled. We
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the 19th century, pre-dating even Sherlock Holmes and Queen Victoria.

Climate change causes extinction – policymakers should prefer policies that quickly lose emissions.

Hansen 8 (James Hansen, directs the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and ¶ Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, "Tell Barack Obama the Truth – The Whole Truth," Nov/Dec 2008, http://www.columbia.edu/~~jeh1/mailings/2008/20081121_Obama.pdf)
Now our planet itself is in peril. Not simply the Earth, but the
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so as to also improve energy security and restore economic well-being.

FiTs provide the best way to tackle the environmental problem

Mendonça, et al 10
(Miguel, Researcher, author and advocate of sustainability and resilience strategies, David, Director Renewable Energy, IFOK GmbH, and Benjamin K., Visiting Associate Professor at Vermont Law School, "Powering the Green Economy: The feed-in tariff handbook")
Feed-in tariffs (FITs) have proven to be the best support mechanism
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and successful incentive for new investment and job creation, without public borrowing.

Independently, FiTs are the quickest way to solve warming.

Plumber 08 ~9/1 2008 Bradford, "Clean Break: A new strategy could offer the¶ best, and quickest, solution to¶ global warming. What’s more,¶ you might be able to get the ball¶ rolling in your own backyard." http://archive.audubonmagazine.org/features0903/pdfs/climateChange-intro.pdf-http://archive.audubonmagazine.org/features0903/pdfs/climateChange-intro.pdf , Accessed 1/28 2013. RS.~
Despite survey after survey showing¶ that many Americans would prefer to get their¶
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, while states like¶ California have struggled to meet their renewable goals.
Fortunately, there’s a better way—an approach that has¶ quickly and dramatically
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of¶ how feed-in tariffs work, see the following pages.)¶
The main virtue of feed-in tariffs is that they give private investors plenty
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economies¶ of scale necessary to drive down the cost of clean energy.
Germany has already blazed this trail.¶ Back in the 1980s the country was fiddling
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prices¶ have ballooned, legislatures have had to pare back the tariffs.)
Germany’s success has drawn attention in the United¶ States, where six states,
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of the few policies¶ that have proved they can work that swiftly.

Solar energy solves air pollution caused by fossil fuels

DOE 08 
(April, "Improving Air Quality with Solar Energy," www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pdfs/42169.pdf)
Many states are seeking additional air pollution control strategies. Zero-emission solar technologies
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, it may become an even more attractive option for cities and states.  

Best empirical studies show – air pollution leads to disease and death

Merritt 6
Merritt, assistant director of development at Cornell College. 2006 (The Cause and Effect of Air Pollution, Accessed 7/8/08, http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1988/6/88.06.06.x.html~~%23)
One study by Ishikawa et al. provided evidence that air pollution may cause or
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high levels of air pollution were implicated in a large number of deaths.

Economy

Economic collapse coming now – failure to resolve creates a sustained recession

Morici, 12 (Peter, July 26, 2012, economist and professor at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business, "The coming economic collapse and what can – and cannot – be done", http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-07-26/news/fl-pmcol-economics-fri0727-20120726_1_wall-street-banks-export-driven-growth-tax-cuts, 8/2/12, atl)

The U.S. economy is teetering on the brink of another recession.
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and set off hyperinflation, but it can’t lower interest rates much further.

The US is key to the global recovery

Caploe, 09 (David, PhD in International political economy from Princeton, "Focus still on America to lead global recovery," The Straits Times, 8/2/12)

IN THE aftermath of the G-20 summit, most observers seem to have
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foreseeable future, even though other countries must certainly help. This crisis began 

Economic crisis causes war–strong statistical support

Royal, 10 (Jedediah, director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives, pg 213-215)

Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict
AND
. As such the view presented here should be considered ancillary to those views

FiT’s are a key policy driver for renewables deployment, which is key to job creation

Mendonça, et al 10
(Miguel, Researcher, author and advocate of sustainability and resilience strategies, David, Director Renewable Energy, IFOK GmbH, and Benjamin K., Visiting Associate Professor at Vermont Law School, "Powering the Green Economy: The feed-in tariff handbook", p. 9)
As Section 6.1.1 of this book shows, Germany has become
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climate change, A Blueprint for a Safer Planet (Stern, 2009).

Failure to resolve unemployment independently guarantees collapse

Spicer, 12 (Jonathan, Reuters correspondent, April 8, 2012, "High unemployment may dog the US for years", http://economywatch.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/08/11085339-high-unemployment-may-dog-the-us-for-years?lite, 6/2/12, atl)

"We’re living through a juncture in U.S. policy history in which
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if had they lost their job when the rate was below 6 percent.

De-carbonizing the economy will, grow industry, provide a clean environment and energy security, which solves U.S. military intervention in the Middle East

Mendonça, et al 10
(Miguel, Researcher, author and advocate of sustainability and resilience strategies, David, Director Renewable Energy, IFOK GmbH, and Benjamin K., Visiting Associate Professor at Vermont Law School, "Powering the Green Economy: The feed-in tariff handbook", p. 1-2)
’The green economy’ is a somewhat bemusing term from the perspective of the ecologist
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and Joe Biden promised to create five million new jobs through green measures.

FiTs would accelerate renewable energy market growth in the U.S.

Rickerson, et al 8
(Wilson, President of Rickerson Energy Strategies, LL C, a Boston-based consulting ¶ firm focusing on renewable energy policy and markets, Florian, s Director for Regulatory Affairs at Wilson TurboPower, Inc., a Boston-based start-up company developing advanced energy efficiency and decentralized power generation technologies, and James, Legislative Assistant to U.S. Congressman Jay Inslee (WA-1), developing energy and climate policies, "Feed-in Tariffs and Renewable Energy in the USA –a Policy Update", May 2008,http://www.wind-works.org/FeedLaws/USA/Feed-in_Tariffs_and_Renewable_Energy_in_the_USA_-_a_Policy_Update.pdf-http://www.wind-works.org/FeedLaws/USA/Feed-in_Tariffs_and_Renewable_Energy_in_the_USA_-_a_Policy_Update.pdf)
During the past decade, there has been remarkable progress in renewable energy policy development
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the emerging policy mechanisms that are being considered are feed-in tariffs.

Plan

The United States federal government should establish a feed-in tariff for the development of solar power.

Solvency

Contention 3: Solvency

FiTs quickly solve for renewable energy

Stokes 13
~Leah, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January 2013, "The politics of renewable energy policies: The case of feed—‐in tariffs in Ontario, Canada~
There are several reasons why FITs are seen as effective policies. First, FITs
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, they may be more likely to support it (Wilson, 1980).

And, FiT is the best mechanism for PV growth

Barber 12
(D.A., EnergyTrend, "U.S. Feed-in Tariffs will Increase PV Demand", 5-16-12, http://www.energytrend.com/Barber_PV_20120516-http://www.energytrend.com/Barber_PV_20120516-http://www.energytrend.com/Barber_PV_20120516-http:/www.energytrend.com/Barber_PV_20120516, rcheek)
FITs have not been instituted nationally in the United States even though the U.
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purchase or generate a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable energy sources.

Externalities are irrelevant: feed-in is uniquely key to long-term photovoltaics

Rickerson and Grace 7
Wilson Rickerson and Robert C. Grace, 2-2007, Rickerson: Masters Energy and Environmental Policy, Florian Bennhold, Masters Engineering, Director for Regulatory Affairs at TurboPower,Grace: President of Sustainable Energy Advantage, http://www.masstech.org/IS/public_policy/dg/resources/2007-02-Rickerson-Grace-Boll-Renewable-Incentives.pdf-http://www.masstech.org/IS/public_policy/dg/resources/2007-02-Rickerson-Grace-Boll-Renewable-Incentives.pdf
A second argument for the dynamic efficiency of feed-in tariffs is that they
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-term technologies are therefore pushed more quickly down their experience curves.14

More reliable than the alternatives

Mendonça, et al 10
(Miguel, Researcher, author and advocate of sustainability and resilience strategies, David, Director Renewable Energy, IFOK GmbH, and Benjamin K., Visiting Associate Professor at Vermont Law School, "Powering the Green Economy: The feed-in tariff handbook")
Let us begin by discussing the unplanned outages for conventional units. The average coal
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units simultaneously. 2 Conventional plants are more prone to cost overruns and manufacturing