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The Department of Defense should procure the development and demonstration of Solar Power Satellites via Arbitrarily Large PHased Array.

Tech investment now but no plan, development and demonstration are key

David 4-9

Scientific consensus proves the SPS-ALPHA overcomes previous hurdles – quick solvency

Mankins 12

And, can be scaled up immediately

Garretson 10

And, it’s effecient

Lin 1

Warming is real and human induced – consensus is on our side – numerous studies prove

Rahmstorf 8

Warming’s real and positive feedback loops are possible

Parenti 11

Not inevitable – cuts solve

Somerville 11

Warming collapses agriculture

Field 11

Ag causes extinction

Plumb 8

Warming leads to invasive species – collapses biodiversity

Olmstead 11

Extinction

Lynas 7

Even 2 degree warming causes extinction

Hansen and Sato 12

Placing SSP in L-1 solves warming

Cocks 9

This fully reverses warming, even with future Co2 increases

Angel 6

Only US action gets other nations on board

Appleby 10

National policy is comparatively more effective

Carnesale 11

DoD as anchor tenant is the only way to get the private sector on board

NSSO 7

2 billion individuals lack access to basic energy requirements – the impact substantially lowers quality of life

Bradbrook and Gardam 6

Greater federal support for Space-Based Solar Power is the only way to meet rising energy demand -~-- averts extinction from unsustainable development, specifically warming, environmental collapse, prolif and nuclear terrorism

Hsu 7

Invisible threshold to collapse

Brown 11

Comparatively the largest impact

Hsu 10