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| 09/15/2012 | 1ACTournament: UNI | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge: Plan: The United States federal government should require that rates paid by utilities for the purchase of electric energy from new qualifying facilities using wind and/or solar power ensure a reasonable rate of return for 25 years and mandate allowed grid access for these qualifying facilities including the requirement that utilities bear the cost for any grid reinforcements the new qualifying facility may require. We reserve the right to clarify.Climate Advantage:Climate change is real and anthropogenic – fundamental science, atmospheric patterns, greenhouse gas fingerprints, and newest measurements all confirmBraganza 6/14/11 The greenhouse effect is fundamental science. . . with simultaneous warming in the lower atmosphere (troposphere). Rising greenhouse gases account for 90% of global warming – newest ocean studies allow isolation of natural variabilityRadio Australia 6/11/12 Feed-in Tariffs solve warming—two internal links:1. Electricity Sector—FITS key to optimize market for renewablesMasterson 10. (Crystal D., Third Year student at University of Oklahoma College of Law, American Indian Law Review, "Wind-Energy Ventures in Indian Country: Fashioning a Functional Paradigm." 2010. 34 Am. Indian L. Rev. 317 Lexis.) The feed-in tariffs require that every utility connect and give priority to all renewable-energy sources, . . . The result of such a market scheme is "less expensive renewable energy" n265 and the potential for less expensive electricity altogether. n266 Electricity sector is keyMormann 11. (Felix, German JD and JSD from University of Passau School of law, as well as an LMM from UC BerkeleySchool of Law and is a research Fellow at Stanford’s Steyer Center for Energy Policy and Finance, writing for Economic Law Quarterly, "Requirements for a Renewables Revolution." 05/02/11. http://www.boalt.org/elq/documents/elq38_4_03_2012_0808.pdf) Renewable sources of energy are relevant not only to electricity generation . . . Accordingly, this Article focuses on the use of renewables for the generation of electricity. 2. Modeling—US Climate legislation mobilizes other actors to solve warming—fosters cooperationCummins and Allen 2010 (Ronnie, Int’l. Dir. – Organic Consumers Association, and Will, Policy Advisor – Organic Consumers Association, "Climate Catastrophe: Surviving the 21st Century", 2-14, http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/02/14-6-http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/02/14-6) The hour is late. Leading climate scientists such as James Hansen are literally shouting at the top of their lungs that the world needs to reduce emissions both Democrats and Republicans-along with agribusiness, real estate developers, the construction industry, and the fossil fuel lobby appear determined to maintain "business as usual." International cooperation key to solvency – ecosystems go beyond national borders and tragedy of the commons requires collective responsesIvanova* and Esty in 8 - *Assistant Professor of Government and Environmental Policy at The College of William and Mary and the Director of the Global Environmental Governance Project at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, and Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University (2008. " Reclaiming U.S. Leadership in Global Environmental Governance " Vol 28 No. 2. http://mxivan.people.wm.edu/Ivanova%26Esty-SAIS%20Review-2008.pdf-http://mxivan.people.wm.edu/Ivanova%26Esty-SAIS Review-2008.pdf) What has confused analysts and policymakers, especially those overseas, is that Global environmental problems, . . . The organization was intended to serve as the world’s ecological conscience, provide impartial monitoring and assessment, be a global source of information on the environment, "speed up international action on urgent environmental problems," and "stimulate further international agreements of a regulatory character." 14 Climate change will be the largest factor in global conflict – accelerates instability and adds pressure to fragile countriesZaffos 4/2/12 Instability accelerant A 2010 Defense Department review-http://www.defense.gov/qdr/ identified climate change and energy security as "prominent military vulnerabilities,". . . . This periodic, global climate shift, which previews projected climate transformations, has played a role in one out of every five civil conflicts since 1950, making it as significant as any geopolitical or economic factor, according to Hsiang. Climate change causes destruction of civilizationHansen et al. 12 Fossil fuel emissions to date are only a small fraction of potential emissions from known reserves and potentially recoverable resources (Fig. P1). Although there are uncertainties in reserves and resources, ongoing fossil fuel subsidies and continuing technological advances ensure that more and more of these fuels will be economically recoverable.. . . . And these scenarios all assume a massive 100 GtC reforestation program, essentially restoring biospheric carbon content to its natural level. And science reports show renewables can curb warming – they can provide the US with enough electricity by 2030Renewable Energy World 2007, "ASES Report: Renewable Energy Can Curb Global Warming by 2030", http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2007/02/ases-report-renewable-energy-can-curb-global-warming-by-2030-47351 American Solar Energy Society (ASES) unveiled its 200-page landmark report, "Tackling Climate Change in the U.S.: Potential Carbon Emissions Reductions from Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by 2030." . . . Because global warming is an environmental crisis of enormous magnitude, we cannot afford to wait any longer to drastically reduce carbon emissions. Energy efficiency and renewable technologies can begin to be deployed on a large scale today to tackle this critical challenge. II. Competitiveness AdvantageCurrently the US is at the top but is risking decline in the green economy – lack of investment and tech innovationBlueGreen Alliance 2012, "Can the U.S. Compete in the THE STAKES ARE HIGH Over the next decade, an estimated %242.3 trillion will be invested in clean technologies.3 China’s green stimulus of %24200.8 billion accounted for 34 percent of its total stimulus package, topping the U.S.’s total green stimulus by over %24106 billion. Specifically promoting renewable electricity is key to competitive standing – Feed-in tariffs solve through new energy development and green jobsWorld Future Council 2009, "FITness Testing: Exploring the myths and misconceptions about feed-in tariff policies", http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/FITness_Testing_Myths.pdf The growth of the US renewable electricity is important not only to US climate response, but also to US competitiveness in the emerging global clean energy economy. . . . During 2009, a number of countries announced new feed-in tariffs, including China, India, South Africa, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. And lack of renewable policy action by the government is killing competitiveness now – US green competitiveness key to global economy in the futureDean 2010, Bob, Natural Resources Defense Council Staff Blog, Obama: Clean Energy Key to U.S. Competitiveness, http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/bdeans/obama_clean_energy_key_to_us_c.html President Obama has laid to rest any doubt about his determination to push for comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation, placing it near the center of his jobs agenda and casting it as essential to American competitiveness. . . .Obama, though, laid out a vision for leading the country away from outmoded energy habits and into the 21st Century with policies that can set us on the path to the clean and sustainable energy future we need to put our people back to work. That’s job one, he said, for all of us. And green competitiveness determines our overall standing – China’s race proves the US will be shut out of markets and lose strategic position without innovationHart 2011, Melanie, Policy Analyst on China Energy and Climate Policy at the Center for American Progress, "China Eyes Competitive Edge in Renewable Energy", http://www.americanprogress.org/ issues/china/news/2011/08/24/10128/china-eyes-competitive-edge-in-renewable-energy/ Instead of trying to beat the United States at its own game they are looking forward to the next round and shifting focus to direct their technology efforts toward the critical emerging market sectors where the United States is not yet dominant—the seven key "strategic emerging industries" mentioned above.. . . . The Chinese understand that they cannot beat us at our own game. But if the United States does not adjust to these new market realities we may soon find ourselves on the losing end of theirs. China rise will cause US confrontation absent US innovation leadershipPape 09, PolSci Prof at UChicago, (Robert, January, "Empire Falls" http://nationalinterest.org/article/empire-falls-2952) Over time, America’s power is fundamentally a result of its economic strength.. . . . The harsh reality is that the United States no longer has the economic capacity for such an ambitious grand strategy. With 30 percent of the world’s product, the United States could imagine maintaining this hope. Nearing 20 percent, it cannot. US Sino War causes extinction.Takai ’9 ~[Retired Colonel and Former Researcher in the military science faculty of the Staff College for Japan’s Ground Self Defense Force ("U.S.-China nuclear strikes would spell doomsday", October 7, http://www.upiasia.com/Security/2009/10/07/us-china_nuclear_strikes_would_spell_doomsday/7213/-http://www.upiasia.com/Security/2009/10/07/us-china_nuclear_strikes_would_spell_doomsday/7213/)~] What would happen if China launched its 20 Dongfeng-5 intercontinental ballistic missiles, each with a 5-megaton warhead, at 20 major U.S. cities? Prevailing opinion in Washington D.C. until not so long ago was that the raids would cause over 40 million casualties, annihilating much of the United States. . . . Accordingly, the FAS and NRDC conclusively advised U.S. leaders to get out of the vicious cycle of nuclear competition, which costs staggering sums, and to promote nuclear disarmament talks with China. Such advice is worth heeding by nuclear hard-liners. And loss of competitiveness loses America smart power – benign form of heg that solves your impact turnsArmitage and Nye 2007, Richard (Former Deputy Secretary of State) Joseph (Professor of Political Science at Harvard) December 12 "Why So Angry, America?" http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IL12Df01.html The world is dissatisfied with American leadership. Shocked and frightened after September 11, 2001, we put forward an angry face to the globe, not one that reflected the more traditional American values of hope and optimism, tolerance and opportunity. . . . and institutions that became the core of the international order for the past half-century. The Cold War ended under a barrage of hammers on the Berlin Wall rather than a barrage of artillery across the Fulda Gap precisely because of this integrated approach. American power stops conflict in every region - hegemony is inevitable the question is whether or not other nations let America use it effectivelyKagan 11contributing editor to The Weekly Standard and a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, Robert, "The Price of Power", 1-24, Vol. 16, No. 18, http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/price-power_533696.html, Today the international situation is also one of high risk. • The terrorists who would like to kill Americans on U.S. soil constantly search for safe havens from which to plan and carry out their attacks. . . . e information and intelligence and no certainty about the outcomes. No foreign policy doctrine can avoid errors of omission and commission. But history has provided some lessons, and for the United States the lesson has been fairly clear: The world is better off, and the United States is better off, in the kind of international system that American power has built and defended. And feed-in tariffs would solve competitiveness – investment and policy implementation to support developmentBlueGreen Alliance 2012, "Can the U.S. Compete in the The current political environment does not sufficiently support the growth of job-creating sectors like the renewable energy industry. . . . To support the further development of clean energy technologies, the U.S. must enact additional policies that promote renewable energies. These policies include: a carbon cap, carbon market, federal renewable energy standard, feed-in tariffs, and green bonds. Every country in the Group of 2013 — except the U.S. and Canada — have a renewable energy standard and feed-in tariffs.14 III. Grid AdvantageBlackouts are inevitable, luckily FITS can solve—two internal links1. Transmission—adding more transmission to the grid through renewables key to stability—nullifies terrorist attack on gridMasterson 10. (Crystal D., Third Year student at University of Oklahoma College of Law, American Indian Law Review, "Wind-Energy Ventures in Indian Country: Fashioning a Functional Paradigm." 2010. 34 Am. Indian L. Rev. 317 Lexis.) Second, concerns surround the vulnerability of the United States’ aging transmission grid. n51 As a result of its interconnected properties and overstressed condition. . . Accordingly, the addition of sizable transmission capacity to make widespread wind production tenable could pacify concerns relating to national security by reducing the risk of widespread power failures and increasing the use of domestic energy. Attack on grid inevitable—if it works we’ll lash out causing nuclear warHabiger, 2/1/2010 (Eugue – Retired Air Force General, Cyberwarfare and Cyberterrorism, The Cyber Security Institute, p. 11-19) Second is energy storage and green grid—FITS key to bothBehles 12. (Deborah, Associate Professor of Law and Clinical Staff Attorney, Environmental Law and Justice Clinic, Golden Gate University School of Law. William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review. "An Integrated Green Urban Electrical Grid." Spring 2012. 36 Wm. %26 Mary Envtl. L. %26 Pol’y Rev. 671 Lexis.) To provide an economic incentive to overcome the barrier of the initial capital cost, various states and countries have implemented regulatory programs that provide predictable revenue for sales of energy generated from a distributed generation resource. T A community transitioning to the green urban grid should develop a targeted feed-in tariff to encourage development of the distributed generation identified in the integrated planning exercise. In addition, the concept of feed-in tariffs could also be useful for encouraging other types of resources on the new urban green grid such as energy storage. n233 Energy Storage key to nullify inevitable blackoutsLicata 8/8/12 (John, is the founder and chief energy strategist for Blue Phoenix Inc., an independent research and consulting company focused on clean energy "Commentary: How the U.S. can avoid a blackout like India’s" http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/08/news/economy/blackout-india/index.htm) I really enjoy the summertime. Yet I’m worried. Another heat wave is forecast to blanket much of the United States this week. We already have a drought to deal with. . . A major power outage is possible in the U.S. and that could wreak havoc on our already fragile economy. We need to remember that we can’t remain a superpower if our lights aren’t on. Blackouts cause nuclear meltdownCapiello 11 (Dina, Huffington Post, "Long Blackouts Pose Risk To U.S. Nuclear Reactors" 3/29/11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/29/blackout-risk-us-nuclear-reactors_n_841869.html) WASHINGTON — Long before the nuclear emergency in Japan, U.S. regulators knew that a power failure lasting for days at an American nuclear plant, whatever the cause, could lead to a radioactive leak. Even so, they have only required the nation’s 104 nuclear reactors to develop plans for dealing with much shorter blackouts on the assumption that power would be restored quickly. Nuclear Meltdown causes Extinction—Outweighs nuclear warLendmen 11 (Stephen, "Nuclear Meltdown in Japan" 3/13/11 http://rense.com/general93/nucmelt.htm) For years, Helen Caldicott warned it’s coming. In her 1978 book, "Nuclear Madness," she said: "As a physician, I contend that nuclear technology threatens life on our planet with extinction. If present trends continue, the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink will soon be contaminated with enough radioactive pollutants to pose a potential health hazard far greater than any plague humanity has ever experienced.". .. . The Doomsday Clock keeps ticking. IV. SolvencyFIT provides perceived stability for investors in renewable energy – key to solving Another important lesson that should be noted is that the perceived stability of the two models contributed much to their success. . . . Jager 28 notes that investors perceive government programs solely funded through its budgets as more risky, because such programs are subject to downsizing through administration changes. And FITs solve – allow for citizens’ investment in market which is key to full-scale adoption of renewable techFarrell 2009, Institute for Local Self-Reliance staff Vermont, Oregon, Gainesville, FL, and the Canadian province of Ontario have recently adopted feed-in tariffs for renewable energy. . . . In Germany, it’s helped boost renewables to 16 percent of electricity in a decade, with almost half of those renewable power systems owned by German citizens and investors. And FITs are comparatively better policies that current US ones to promote renewables – produces 4x the electricity at half the cost of PTC and RPSFarrell 2010, Institute for Local Self Reliance staff For two years, solar and wind energy producers seeking federal incentives have been able to take cash grants in lieu of tax credits. The stimulus act program helped keep the renewable . . . The U.S. can extend the cash grant program, but it merely treats a symptom of the disease. A better policy awaits. | |
| 10/12/2012 | FITs 1ACTournament: Kentucky | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Plan TextThe United States federal government should establish a feed-in tariff that creates long-term purchase contracts for new qualifying facilities that use wind power, solar power, or wind and solar power for energy production to ensure a reasonable rate of return.Contention 1: WarmingCatastrophic anthropogenic warming is happening – observable data and a scientific consensus confirm positive feedbackKaku 11. (Michio, PhD from Berkeley University. Author of Ph.D. level textbooks. “Physics of the Future.” http:~/~/213.55.83.52/ebooks/physics/Physics%20of%20the%20Future.pdf(% style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" %)) By midcentury, the full impact of a fossil fuel economy should be in full AND New Jersey. With transportation flooded, the economy grinds to a halt.
Consensus over climate change now with over 90% certainty—We can’t wait for certitude to act because it will be too lateDennis Patrick O'Hara and Alan Abelsohn 11, Assistant professor of ethics as well as the Director of the Elliott Allen Institute for Theology and Ecology at the University of St. Michael's College and assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and lecturer in the Centre for Environment, at the University of Toronto (Ethics and the Environment, Volume 16, Number 1, Spring)
Another disclaimer that has been used to justify delayed and inadequate responses to climate change AND certitude, scientific or otherwise, contradicts the very pattern of our existence.
Emissions are reversible but the window is closing.Fiona Harvey 11 is an environmental correspondent for Guardian, “World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns,” 11/9, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/09/fossil-fuel-infrastructure-climate-change
The world is likely to build so many fossil-fuelled power stations, energy AND temperatures to 2C of warming will be closed forever," said Birol.
3 Internal LinksFirst is Renewable GenerationFITS key to optimize market for renewablesMasterson 10. (Crystal D., Third Year student at University of Oklahoma College of Law, American Indian Law Review, “Wind-Energy Ventures in Indian Country: Fashioning a Functional Paradigm.” 2010. 34 Am. Indian L. Rev. 317 Lexis.) The feed-in tariffs require that every utility connect and give priority to all AND renewable energy" n265 and the potential for less expensive electricity altogether. n266 Electricity sector is key polluterMormann 11 (Felix, German JD and JSD from University of Passau School of law, as well as an LMM from UC BerkeleySchool of Law and is a research Fellow at Stanford’s Steyer Center for Energy Policy and Finance, writing for Economic Law Quarterly, “Requirements for a Renewables Revolution.” 05/02/11. http://www.boalt.org/elq/documents/elq38_4_03_2012_0808.pdf) Renewable sources of energy are relevant not only to electricity generation but also to other AND this Article focuses on the use of renewables for the generation of electricity. National FIT is modeled globally and solves resource shortagesLynch 8/9/12, Advisor to Principal Solar Inc, Feed-in Tariffs: The Proven Road Not Taken – FierceEnergy, http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/feed-tariffs-proven-road-not-taken/2012-08-09#ixzz24aVQZwDO The U.S. needs a nationwide FIT to kick-start the renewable AND foreign oil, while helping to decrease the associated massive annual cash drain. Resource shortages escalate to global conflictHeinberg 12. (Richard, Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute, Energy Bulletin, “Geopolitical implications of ‘Peak everything’” January 10th 2012. http:~/~/energybulletin.net/stories/2012-01-10/geopolitical-implications-%E2%80%9Cpeak-everything%E2%80%9Durl:http://energybulletin.net/stories/2012-01-10/geopolitical-implications-%E2%80%9Cpeak-everything%E2%80%9D(% style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri" %)) From competition among hunter-gatherers for wild game to imperialist wars over precious minerals AND —will most probably be economic and ecological ruin accompanied by political chaos.
Second is Natural GasThe US will be locked in to natural gas unless renewable alternatives are developed—Natural Gas causes methane release and fast warmingTed Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger 12 are the authors of Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility, Feb 27 (http://e360.yale.edu/feature/nordhaus_shellenberger_beyond_cap_and_trade_a_new_path_to_clean_energy/2499/) A funny thing happened while environmentalists were trying and failing to cap carbon emissions in AND fossil fuels. There simply is no substitute for making clean energy cheap.
***FITs prevents volatile natural gas pricesBlake 09, Maria, the Washington Monthly, “The Rooftop Revolution”, http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2009/0903.blake.html
You might expect that a system like this—one that allows countless independent producers AND cut your use of natural gas, bringing prices down across the board. Decreased natural gas usage for energy production is essential to agricultureIECA 3 Industrial Energy Consumers of America, nonprofit organization created to promote the interests of manufacturing companies for which the availability, use and cost of energy, power or feedstock play a significant role in their ability to compete, July 22 2003, “IMPACT OF THE U.S. NATURAL GAS CRISIS ON THE NORTH AMERICAN NITROGEN FERTILIZER INDUSTRY,” http://www.ieca-us.com/wp-content/uploads/072203Fertilizerbriefing.pdf Natural gas is the principal and only economically feasible feedstock raw material used for producing AND must enact policies that stabilize the supply/demand balance for natural gas. US agriculture and food production is critical to prevent world food warsLugar 2000 (Richard, Chairman of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Member/Former Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, “Plant power” http://www.unep.org/OurPlanet/imgversn/143/lugar.html) In a world confronted by global terrorism, turmoil in the Middle East, burgeoning AND research will generate the innovations that will be necessary to feed the world.
Food shortages cause WWIII.Calvin, 02 (William H, Univ Washington, A Brain For All Seasons, http://faculty.washington.edu/wcalvin/BrainForAllSeasons/NAcoast.htm)
The population-crash scenario is surely the most appalling. Plummeting crop yields will AND longer do so if it lost the extra warming from the North Atlantic.
Third is the Green Economy,Green economy key to address climate change – feed-in tariffs solve through investment and can meet the global energy demandKofetsky 2008, “DEUTSCHLAND OBER ALLES: WHY GERMAN REGULATIONS NEED TO CONQUER THE DIVIDED U.S. RENEWABLE-ENERGY FRAMEWORK TO SAVE CLEAN TECH (AND THE WORLD)”, https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=vandpid=gmailandattid=0.1andthid=13955f78a3a8375dandmt=application/pdfandurl=https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui%3D2%26ik%3Db62fd2ee4a%26view%3Datt%26th%3D13955f78a3a8375d%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dsafe%26zwandsig=AHIEtbRX3GpQtnAMY29zWdsBnFGFuWibbA Global warming., threats to energy Security, and rising energy costs have become unavoidable AND are dim for advancing clean tech to sufficiently meet the current energy concerns. FITs has the opportunity to provide three million US jobs directly and indirectlyWorld Future Council 2011, “Feed-In Tariffs – A guide to one of the world’s best environmental policies Boosting Energy for our Future”, http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Maja/Feed-in_Tariffs_WFC.pdf How many jobs can RE create? The German FIT legislation has been instrumental in AND needs, will have a great opportunity to benefit from this new industry. Ability to export renewables is the cornerstone of American economic recoveryJenkins 2011, Jesse, ”Director of Energy and Climate Policy, Breakthrough Institute”, http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2011/10/is-america-losing-the-clean-en.php#2102285 There are a host of reasons why targeted policies and smart public investments in emerging AND Making clean energy cheap and fully competitive should become our nation’s rallying focus. Economic stagnation leads to nuclear war.Merlini, Senior Fellow – Brookings, 11 Cesare Merlini, nonresident senior fellow AND -Secular World? Survival, 53:2, 117 – 130 Two neatly opposed scenarios for the future of the world order illustrate the range of AND theocratic absolutes, competing or converging with secular absolutes such as unbridled nationalism. Global economic crises cause war -- strong statistic supportRoyal, '10 (Jedediah, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction Program -- DOD, Economics of War and Peace: Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-15) Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict AND such, the view presented here should be considered ancillary to those views. CO2 independently causes extinctionWestenskow 8. (Rosalie, UPI Correspondent, United Press International, “Acidic oceans may tangle food chain.” 06/06/08. http:~/~/www.upi.com/Energy_Resources/2008/06/06/Acidic_oceans_may_tangle_food_chain/UPI-84651212763771/print/http://www.upi.com/Energy_Resources/2008/06/06/Acidic_oceans_may_tangle_food_chain/UPI-84651212763771/print/(%%)) **citing Scott Doney, PhD from MIT in Chemistry, AND CITING, David Adamec, head of Ocean Sciences at NASA with a PhD in Meteorology from Naval Postgraduate School Increased carbon levels in ocean water could have devastating impacts on marine life, scientists AND one year, potentially leading to extinction for some species, Adamec said. Magnifies the risk of global conflictKaku 11. (Michio, PhD from Berkeley University. Author of Ph.D. level textbooks. “Physics of the Future.” http:~/~/213.55.83.52/ebooks/physics/Physics%20of%20the%20Future.pdf(% style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" %)) . FLOODING BANGLADESH AND VIETNAM A report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change isolated AND methane gas to be released, causing a runaway cycle of global warming.
Contention 2: CompetitivenessCurrently the US is at the top but is risking decline in the green economy – lack of investment and tech innovationBlueGreen Alliance 2012, “Can the U.S. Compete in the Global Clean Economy?”, http://www.bluegreenalliance.org/news/publications/document/US-Global-Competitiveness.pdf
THE STAKES ARE HIGH Over the next decade, an estimated $2.3 AND U.S.’s total green stimulus by over $106 billion.
Specifically promoting renewable electricity is key to competitive standing – Feed-in tariffs solve through new energy development and green jobsWorld Future Council 2009, “FITness Testing: Exploring the myths and misconceptions about feed-in tariff policies”, http://www.worldfuturecouncil.org/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/FITness_Testing_Myths.pdf
The growth of the US renewable electricity is important not only to US climate response AND China, India, South Africa, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
And lack of renewable policy action by the government is killing competitiveness now – US green competitiveness key to global economy in the futureDean 2010, Bob, Natural Resources Defense Council Staff Blog, Obama: Clean Energy Key to U.S. Competitiveness, http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/bdeans/obama_clean_energy_key_to_us_c.html
President Obama has laid to rest any doubt about his determination to push for comprehensive AND work. That's job one, he said, for all of us.
And loss of competitiveness loses America smart power – benign form of heg that solves your impact turnsArmitage and Nye 2007, Richard (Former Deputy Secretary of State) Joseph (Professor of Political Science at Harvard) December 12 “Why So Angry, America?” http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IL12Df01.html
The world is dissatisfied with American leadership. Shocked and frightened after September 11, AND barrage of artillery across the Fulda Gap precisely because of this integrated approach.
American power stops conflict in every region - hegemony is inevitable the question is whether or not other nations let America use it effectivelyKagan 11contributing editor to The Weekly Standard and a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, Robert, “The Price of Power”, 1-24, Vol. 16, No. 18, http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/price-power_533696.html,
Today the international situation is also one of high risk. • The terrorists who AND in the kind of international system that American power has built and defended.
And feed-in tariffs would solve competitiveness – investment and policy implementation to support developmentBlueGreen Alliance 2012, “Can the U.S. Compete in the Global Clean Economy?”, http://www.bluegreenalliance.org/news/publications/document/US-Global-Competitiveness.pdf
The current political environment does not sufficiently support the growth of job-creating sectors AND Canada — have a renewable energy standard and feed-in tariffs.14
Contention 3: GridsGrid centralization ensures energy disruptionsHildyard et al 12 Nicholas, The Corner House, Larry Lohmann and Sarah Sexton.12 Energy Security For Whom? For What? February 2012, http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/sites/thecornerhouse.org.uk/files/Energy%20Security%20For%20Whom%20For%20What.pdf By the same token, the more that an energy system is subjected to centralised AND of generators magnify such “cyber-security” and data protection challenges. FITS solves 2 ways:1. Distributed Generation—insulates the grid from power shortages.Miguel Mendonça et al 9. Miguel Mendonça. Researcher, author and advocate AND : The Feed-in Tariff Handbook, p. 112-8) To penalize renewables for their variability or intermittency not only ignores how that variability can AND the more stable the grid becomes, rather than the other way around. Independently, Susceptibility of our grid makes cyber-attacks likely in the near termCopelin 12 (Laylan,Austin American-Statesman “Growing threat to utilities weighed” May 25, 2012 Lexis) U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul on Thursday huddled behind closed doors with AND all other sectors, it deserves special and urgent attention," he said.
Modernization of the grid deters attacks and prevents attacks effectivenessNETL 7 (National Energy Technology Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, “MODERN GRID BENEFITS” August 2007 http://www.netl.doe.gov/smartgrid/referenceshelf/whitepapers/Modern%20Grid%20Benefits_Final_v1_0.pdf) SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VULNERABILITY TO TERRORIST ATTACK AND NATURAL DISASTERS A Center for Contemporary Conflict white AND increased resistance to attack makes it better able to cope with natural disasters.
Successful cyber-attack on the grid would cause US lash out triggering nuclear warHabiger, 2/1/2010 (Eugue – Retired Air Force General, Cyberwarfare and Cyberterrorism, The Cyber Security Institute, p. 11-19) However, there are reasons to believe that what is going on now amounts to AND based defenses, making us significantly more at risk of a major war. Second, Blackouts cause nuclear meltdownCapiello 11 (Dina, Huffington Post, “Long Blackouts Pose Risk To U.S. Nuclear Reactors” 3/29/11 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/29/blackout-risk-us-nuclear-reactors_n_841869.html A 2003 federal analysis looking at how to estimate the risk of containment failure said AND things in a place that would not have been swept away by tsunami." Nuclear Meltdown causes ExtinctionLendmen 11 (Stephen, “Nuclear Meltdown in Japan” 3/13/11 http://rense.com/general93/nucmelt.htm) For years, Helen Caldicott warned it's coming. In her 1978 book, " AND or face extinction. No one listened. The Doomsday Clock keeps ticking.
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| 02/09/2013 | Airborne Wind 1ACTournament: Northwestern | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge: The scientific evidence demonstrates that global warming is a real danger that jeopardizes our planet’s International climate scientists are more certain than ever that humans are responsible for global warming And CO2 is the largest cause of warming – natural explanations don’t explain GHGs We're not yet committed to surpassing 2°C global warming, but as Watson Catastrophic warming causes multiple scenarios for extinction. Finally, there is one major existential threat to American security (as well as Aff’s emissions reduction makes adaptation work. AWE solves warming – rapid energy scale up and solves electricity sector The dependance of the global energy system on fossil sources owned by few producer countries US model proves green economy works--others get on board Contention 2: Petroleum is currently used to satisfy 80% of the US military’s energy needs and High-altitude wind is key to the military – solves fossil fuel dependence, budget costs, remote operations, and basing demands Tapping into these higher altitude winds will have many advantages and challenges—this chapter U.S. military operations de-escalates all conflicts—any other system results in global conflict Of course, even if it is true that the costs of deep engagement fall Violence low now – heg is key to reduce the size of conflict, most recent data Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has leveraged And AWE directly can replace oil – best technology for military Oil is the largest energy concern for the U.S., with about 60 And military would adapt the tech Windlift, a North Carolina-based airborne wind startup, is developing mobile airborne Forward deployment key to Asian alliances – specifically South Korea Military bases overseas are a vital part of American security, says U.S STRENGTHENING THE U.S.-KOREA ALLIANCE FOR THE 21st ALLIANCE Alliance Prevents Korean war. Missile risks are increasing from North Korea now – continued alliances check aggression And though almost two-thirds of missile-fielding countries in the world currently North Korean war goes global and nuclear. Independently, US presence in Asia is key to stop Japan Militarization and China conflict in the Taiwan straits Japanese rearm will lead to global war. Of all the conflicts in the world, as you look at the Taiwan Strait Solvency The FAA is currently restriction testing on multiple levels Federal Register 11 Given the altitudes that these ¶ structures can operate and their ¶ operating characteristics, Regulation biggest hurdle blocking airborne wind now and future tech Although there are many technological and engineering¶ barriers, most of the experts agreed AWE is cost competitive – businesses agree At least thirty startups and research groups around the world are busy at work to ARPA-E already approved funding this year ARPA-E announces new grants¶ The Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy ( Congress just passed several wind incentives The U.S. wind industry is powering up once again after Congress extended |
Round Reports
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| Northwestern | 1 |
Opponent: Georgetown CV | Judge: Justin Green 1AC: AWE aff with Heg, Asian alliances, and Warming advantages |
| Northwestern | 3 |
Opponent: UTSA NS | Judge: Eric Robinson 1AC: Airborne Wind - heg, warming |
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