Hampton-Solecki Neg

Round 2

K

The affirmative’s production-oriented approach to energy locks-in devastating consumption patterns and guarantees error-replication
Princen 2 – Professor of Natural Resources @ U of Michigan
Thomas, Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, where he also co-directs the Workshop on Consumption and Environment, Michael Maniates, Professor of Political Science and Environmental Science at Allegheny College, and Ken Conca, professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland,  “Confronting Consumption,” Confronting Consumption, Chapter 1

Production oriented economics are unsustainable – only an analytical re-orientation can break the cycle of destruction
Princen 2 – Professor of Natural Resources @ U of Michigan
Thomas, Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, where he also co-directs the Workshop on Consumption and Environment, Michael Maniates, Professor of Political Science and Environmental Science at Allegheny College, and Ken Conca, professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland,  “Confronting Consumption,” Confronting Consumption, Chapter 2

The impact is extinction
Ehrenfeld 5 – Professor of Ecology @ Rutgers
David, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources @ Rutgers University, “The Environmental Limits to Globalization”, Conservation Biology Vol. 19 No. 2, EBSCO

The alternative is to: reject the affirmative and approach the 1ac harms from the angle of consumption
Princen 2 – Professor of Natural Resources @ U of Michigan
Thomas, Associate Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, where he also co-directs the Workshop on Consumption and Environment, Michael Maniates, Professor of Political Science and Environmental Science at Allegheny College, and Ken Conca, professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland,  “Confronting Consumption,” Confronting Consumption, Chapter 1

Elections
Unscrewed polls prove Romney will win the election
Merkel 9/21
Jesse, Reporter and Pollster, Policy Mic, “Obama vs Romney Polls: When You Crunch the Numbers, Romney is Actually Doing Very Well”, http://www.policymic.com/articles/15145/obama-vs-romney-polls-when-you-crunch-the-numbers-romney-is-actually-doing-very-well

Loan guarantee’s popular
Wang ‘12

Domestic energy production key to swing states – allows Obama to make a comeback
Mead ‘12
Walter Russell, Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College and Editor of The American Interest magazine, considered one of the country’s leading students of American foreign affairs, The American Interest, “Green Politics Hurting Obama in Swing States”, http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/06/06/green-politics-hurting-obama-in-swing-states/

2 internal links – Romney will label china a currency manipulator and Obama will do it if he’s going to lose
Dawson and Mason, 12
Stella and Jeff, Columnists @ Reuters, 2/13, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/13/us-usa-campaign-obama-china-idUSTRE81C0DG20120213

Currency manipulation causes rapid Chinese military modernization
Preeg 3
Ernest, Senior Fellow – Manufacturers Alliance, Chinese Currency Manipulation and the U.S. Trade Deficit, 9-25, http://www.uscc.gov/hearings/2003hearings/written_testimonies/03_09_25/preeg.htm)

Rapid modernization causes Asian war and Chinese nationalism
Krawitz 3
(Howard M., National Defense U., Modernizing China’s Military: A High-Stakes Gamble, Strategic Forum #204, December)

Extinction
Ogura and Oh 97
(Toshimaru and Ingyu, Teachers – Economics, Monthly Review, April)

CP

Text: The fifty states and relevant sub-national actors should guarantee loans for companies to build Integral Fast Reactors  
The states can do the plan
Haynes 5 (Rusty, Policy Analyst, N.C. Solar Center, N.C. State University, “Systematic Support for Renewable Energy in the United States and Beyond: A Selection of Policy Options and Recommendations” http://www.dsireusa.org/documents/PolicyPublications/Haynes_KIER_Keynote.pdf)