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Expanding alternatives to oil decreases oil prices.
Strand, Development Research Group Senior Economist, 07
(Jon, May 11, " Technology treaties and fossil-fuels extraction," http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-7309937/Technology-treaties-and-fossil-fuels.html, accessed 9-1-12, ads)

Assume that a treaty …. price of fuel.

Oil price decrease collapses the Russian economy
Harding, The Guardian Lead Correspondent, 08
(Luke, November 20, “Russia close to economic collapse as oil price falls, experts predict,” http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/20/oil-russia-economy-putin-medvedev, accessed 8-31-12, ads)

The collapse in …Moscow brokerage Uralsib. 

Econ collapse kills military security and causes accidental launch
Oliker, RAND Associate Political Scientist, and Charlick-Paley, RAND Associate Social Scientist, 02
(Olga, Tanya, RAND, nonprofit global policy think tank, “Assessing Russia's Decline,” www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1442/, d/a 8-27-12, ads)

What challenges does … a nuclear/industrial catastrophe.

Accidental nuclear launch causes global nuclear war
Pikaev et al, Non-proliferation and Arms Reduction Center head, 2001
Alexander Alexeevich, RAS IMEMO PMFC Non-Proliferation and Arms Reduction Center head, Assistant State Duma Deputy, "De-alerting Russian and US nuclear weapons: A path to reducing nuclear dangers," http://www.ieer.org/russian/pubs/dlrtbk-e.html, mss

The capability of … massive nuclear strikes.

Russian economic decline goes nuclear
Filger, founder of GlobalEconomicCrisis.com, 2009
(Sheldon, “Russian Economy Faces Disastrous Free Fall Contraction”, 5-10, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheldon-filger/russian-economy-faces-dis_b_201147.html, ldg)

In Russia, historically …least dangerous consequence.

Triggers complete global war- draws in every major power
Peimani, University of Bradford Department of Peace Studies Central Asia and Caucasus specialist, 02
Hooman, Failed Transition, Bleak Future: War and Instability in Central Asia and the Caucasus, p. 142, accessed 2007ish, mss

The impact of … they are involved.

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Counter-plan: The United States Federal Government should abandon the AFF’s plan and repeal the No Child Left Behind Act and Race to the Top.

No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top hurts our schools-focuses students on tests and hurts creativity
Ravity, New York University Research Professor of Education, 11
(Diane, “Education Reform and U.S. Competitiveness”, 9-12-11, Council on Foreign Relations, http://www.cfr.org/education/education-reform-us-competitiveness/p25816, accessed 8-3-12 wdw)

In his 2011 … the right answer. 

Education key to US competitiveness
Elzey, ICW vice president, 10
(Karen, “Education: The Key to Global Competitiveness,” Institute for a Competitive Workforce, 5-7-10, http://icw.uschamber.com/newsletter-article/education-key-global-competitiveness, accessed 8-3-12, hgh)

As accountants say, … numbers do not lie.

Lack of ability to speak foreign languages dooms future U.S. economic competitiveness
Alden, Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow, 6-26-12
(Edward, “Foreign Languages and U.S. Economic Competitiveness,” accessed 9-6-12, http://blogs.cfr.org/renewing-america/2012/06/26/foreign-languages-and-u-s-economic-competitiveness/) 

Americans are lousy … a foreign language.

Education is a pre-req to a winning energy policy-creates innovation
U.S. Department of Commerce, 12
(“The Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the United States”, January 2012, U.S. Department of Commerce, http://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2012/january/competes_010511_0.pdf, accessed 8-4-12 wdw)

The U.S. economy … not be forgotten.

Economic collapse causes nuclear war
Friedberg and Schoenfeld, professor of politics and international relations at Princeton University and visiting scholar at the Witherspoon Institute 2008
(Aaron and Gabriel, “The Dangers of a Diminished America”, Wall Street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455074012352571.html) 

Pressures to cut … with external adventures.

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Focusing on war as an event produces politics of crises and control that attempt to manage outbreaks of violence. This reproduces militarism and perpetuates the structural violence of “peacetime militarism”
Chris Cuomo, Ph.D., 1992, University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Philosophy University of Cincinnati, 1996 (War is not just an event: Reflections on the significance of everyday violence, Hypatia. Bloomington: Fall 1996. Vol.11, Iss.4;pg. 30)

Philosophical attention to … war and militarism.

Link: The idea of peace through strength is the ultimate justification for violence
Ira Chernus, Professor Of Religious Studies University Of Colorado At Boulder, 1998 (The Word "Peace" As A Weapon Of (Cold) War, December) http://spot.colorado.edu/~chernus/Research/PeaceAsWeaponOfWar.htm

Of course we … our peaceful objectives."

Impact: Security becomes an end in itself engendering violence
Michael Dillon, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International relations at the University of Lancaster, 1996 (Politics of Security, p. 21)

The charge levelled … secure the world.

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The United States Federal Government should initiate a binding substantive environmental impact statement, including but not limited to a health impact assessment regarding insert plan text and adopt such measure only if it can be made consistent with the results of the statement. We’ll clarify.

CP solves-public participation is key and equity norms make the plan more sustainable
Bratspies, CUNY law professor, 2010
(Rebecca, “The Intersection Of International Human Rights And Domestic Environmental Regulation”, 8-20, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1662576, DOA: 8-18-12, ldg)

There are many … leases less likely. 

Minimizing health care costs is vital to hegemony and power projection
Haas, UVA political science PhD, 2008
(Mark, “Pax Americana Geriatrica”, 7-14, http://www.psmag.com/culture-society/pax-americana-geriatrica-4416/, DOA: 8-22-12, ldg)

Although global population … health care system. 

Failure to implement guarantees great power war
Zhang et al., Carnegie Endowment researcher, 11
(Yuhan, “America’s decline: A harbinger of conflict and rivalry”, 1-22-11, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/01/22/americas-decline-a-harbinger-of-conflict-and-rivalry/, DOA: 9-21-11, ldg)

This does not …unrivalled US primacy.

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Inequality high and increasing
Weinger, Politico reporter, 2011
(Mackenzie, “Wealth gap widening in U.S., globally, report says”, 12-5, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/69803.html#ixzz1qTqJ62Q6, DOA: 7-4-12, ldg)

The gap between …, the OECD found. 

Aff’s logic of incentives presumes universal rationality and drives for profit-re-entrenches neoliberalism.
Reno, Michigan anthropology PhD, 2011
(Joshua, “Motivated Markets: Instruments and Ideologies of Clean Energy in the United Kingdom”, Cultural Anthropology Volume 26, Issue 3, pages 389–413, August 2011, Wiley, ldg)

To grapple with … potentially alienating forms. 

Neoliberalism orders the world that renders economically vulnerable societies disposable-creates structural violence and war
Giroux, McMaster cultural studies professor, 2008
(Henry, “Beyond the biopolitics of disposability: rethinking neoliberalism in the New Gilded Age”, Social Identities; Sep2008, Vol. 14 Issue 5, p587-620, ebsco, ldg)

The mutually determining …to murderous violence’ 

Discourse of the commons solves-creates space to challenge neoliberalism
De Angelis, East London political economy professor, 2003
(Massimo, “Reflections on alternatives, commons and communities”, Winter, http://www.commoner.org.uk/deangelis06.pdf, DOA: 7-2-12, ldg)

This movement has … the social fields. 

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Expansion of nuclear power devastates existing freshwater – waste disposal, fuel mining, and accidents
Wilson, River Network's program on water and energy director, 12
(Wendy, June 27, 2012, “Burning Our Rivers”, The Water Footprint of Electricity, A River Network Report, 8/25/12, atl)

Nearly 25% of …power plant meltdown.

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Nuclear power construction causes business credit downgrade
Mez, Freie Universität, Berlin, Professor of Political Science and Social Sciences, 12
(Lutz, May 7, 2012, “Nuclear energy–Any solution for sustainability and climate protection?” http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421512003527, 6/29/12, atl)

In contrast to … democratic industrialized countries.

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Counterplan: The United States Federal Government should:
• release sulfate aerosols sufficient to increase Earth’s albedo by two percent, distributed over time, near the tropical upward branch of the stratospheric circulation system,
• adjust albedo enhancement as necessary as data becomes available based on the results,
• and should not stop abruptly without taking into account the effect on carbon sinks, or without the ability to quickly restart if necessary.

Counterplan solves warming- natural albedo enhancement and best climate science prove
Ikle, CSIS distinguished scholar, and Wood, Hoover Institute research fellow, 2008
Fred, undersecretary of defense for policy for President Ronald Reagan and director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency for Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, and Lowell, "Climatic Engineering," The National Interest, l/n, accessed 9-6-10, mss

Moreover, climate scientists… volcanic eruption in 1991.

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Text: The United States Federal Government should substantially reduce restrictions on oil drilling on federal lands with the exception of ANWR.

Observation One: Competition—the plan and counterplan are in direct contradiction, the counterplan maintains restriction on ANWR.  

Observation Two: The net benefit to the counterplan is the biodiversity turn and/or Environment disad, as no drilling occurs in the key Arctic region.   

Observation Three: Solvency 

Lifting restrictions on federal lands solves the advantages—it increases oil production significantly
Cover, CNS News 12
(Matt, Cybercast News Service, “Lifting Drilling Restrictions Could Increase U.S. Reserves by 30 Percent, Study Finds,” 8-13-12, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2001/08/tapping-oil-reserves-in-a-small-part-of-anwr, accessed 12-19-12, kns) 

A report from … available,” CBO said.

ANWR drilling doesn’t solve for the economy or energy security
Gartenstein-Ross, Foundation of Defense of Democracies, 09
(Daveed Director of the Center for the Study of Terrorist Radicalization, J.D. from the New York University School of Law, “Can we drill our way to Energy Security” 3-5-09 http://www.daveedgr.com/news/can-we-drill-our-way-to-energy-security/ accessed: 7-29-12 mlb)

 The Energy Information Administration … between 2025 and 2027.

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The DOD is modernizing to focus on Asia now --- budget cuts threaten to undermine the pivot
Chaffin, National Bureau of Asian Research intern, 2012
(Greg, “An Interview with Thomas G. Mahnken”, 7-30, http://www.nbr.org/research/activity.aspx?id=265, DOA: 9-27-12, ldg)

The current debate …that posture a reality. 

Full funding requirements magnify the link—the entire procurement costs are included in the FY13 defense budget
O’Rourke, CRS National Defense Foreign Affairs specialist, 2005
(Ronald, “Defense Procurement: Full Funding Policy — Background, Issues, and Options for Congress”, www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL31404.pdf, DOA: 9-26-12, ldg)

For DOD procurement programs,… or future Congresses.

Makes tradeoffs likely
O’Rourke, CRS National Defense Foreign Affairs specialist, 2005
(Ronald, “Defense Procurement: Full Funding Policy — Background, Issues, and Options for Congress”, www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL31404.pdf, DOA: 9-26-12, ldg)

Alternative of Incremental Funding… international security environment.

Pivot is key to contain China`s rise and prevent Asian instability.  
Colby, Center for Naval Analyses research analyst, 2011
(Elbridge, “Why the U.S. Needs its Liberal Empire,” 8-10, http://thediplomat.com/2011/08/10/why-us-needs-its-liberal-empire, DOA: 9-27-12, ldg)

 But, in part … on the Middle East. 

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U.S. soft power is low and declining now
Borger and Clark, Reporters for The Guardian, 9-11-12
(Julian and Tom, “Widespread distrust of US extends beyond Middle East, poll shows,” The Guardian, accessed 10-24-12, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/11/distrust-us-middle-east-poll) 

American influence on … still deeply divided.

Hard power is key to soft power
Layne, Texas AandM Univ. National Security Prof., 12
(Christopher, “The Global Power Shift from West to East,” The National Interest, May/June 2012, accessed 10-24-12, p. lexis) 

Further, there is a …is much diminished.

Impacts—
First—U.S. soft power destabilizes foreign societies and cultures  
Garten, Dean of the Yale School of Management, 11-30-98
(Jeffrey, Dean of the Yale School of Management, “'CULTURAL IMPERIALISM' IS NO JOKE,” Business Week, p. lexis) 

The transmission of … confrontation, not conciliation.

Second—Strong cultural diversity is key to planetary survival
UNESCO, 00
 (“The Earth’s Linguistic, Cultural, and Biological Diversity,” http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=18391andURL_DO=DO_TOPICandURL_SECTION=201.html) 

The world’s languages…is for our planet.