Cisneros-Perez Aff

Coal to liquid fuel is economically viable and leaves less carbon footprint than alternatives, but the DoD is restricted from purchasing it

IER, ’12 (Institute for Energy Research, 3/5/12, http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2012/03/05/coal-not-part-of-the-obama-all-of-the-above-strategy/,  )

U.S. Government Cost estimates are 10 to 40 times more than petroleum based aviation fuels. 

Further, the DoD is limited to 5 year fuel contracts.  This cannot provide a financial incentive for the commercial development of coal to liquid energy 

Bartis ‘8 (James, senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization, http://www.rentechinc.com/pdfs/RAND_MG754.pdf)

Contractual Limitations...duration and size

Thus the Plan: The United States Federal Government shall increase incentives for the production of coal by granting the DoD the authority to purchase twenty-five year contracts liquid coal fuels.

Advantage 1: Leadership

Scenario One is Readiness

The DOD is increasingly dependent on foreign oil–readiness is held hostage to price shocks and supply fluctuations. The plan’s commitment to alternative energy is a key signal to the market to build refineries 

Cuttino, ‘12 (Phyllis, Director, Pew Clean Energy Program, DoD Can Lead The Way On Energy Security, http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/05/powering-our-military-whats-th.php#2213565,  )

This week ...oil not undermine them. There is too much at stake for the nation’s energy future to do anything less. 

Ending oil dependence is necessary to long-term US leadership: builds alliances, weakens adversaries, allows flexible forward deployment, and enables continued power projection, our evidence supposes a scenario of inevitable budget cuts.
 
Sussman ’12 (Michael Sussman, The writer conducted his graduate studies at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya. He served in the office of the Critic of International Cooperation in the Canadian House of Commons, where he conducted foreign policy analyses. He is currently the president of the strategic consulting firm Samuel Sussman Strategic Consulting Group. His forthcoming book is entitled, Multiple Modernities in the Contemporary Scene, “American military spending and oil dependency”, February 9, 2012,  )

One of the most crucial problems ...not being implemented.

Independently, oil price fluctuation risks the inability to respond to short-term global emergencies across multiple theaters

Bender 7*Bryan Bender is a Staff Reporter for the Boston Globe The study cited is from LMI a governmental consulting firm *Milton R. Copulos is president of the national defense council foundation [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/05/01/pentagon_study_says_oil_reliance_strains_military/?page=2, May 1st 2007, “Pentagon Study says oil reliance strains military”]

A new study ordered by the Pentagon ...key subordinates," the report says.

US Leadership solves several scenarios for great power war
Kagan, 7 - senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Robert, “End of Dreams, Return of History”, 7/19, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/07/end_of_dreams_return_of_histor.html)

This is a good thing... an easier path.

Scenario Two is Flashpoints

The US military secures oil supply lines
Reveron 12 Derek S. Reveron, an Atlantic Council contributing editor, is a professor of national security affairs at the Naval War College, February 17, 2012, “The Future of Energy-Dominated Foreign Policy”, http://www.acus.org/new_atlanticist/future-energy-dominated-foreign-policy

Because of oil...the Strait of Hormuz. 

This security presence risks destabilizing flashpoints
Kahn 11 Jeremy Kahn is writer for the Boston Globe – citing Eugene Gholz is an Associate Professor of Public Affairs at UT Austin and Daryl Press is Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, February 13, 2011, “Crude reality”, http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/02/13/crude_reality/?page=2

In their Security Studies paper...revolutionary anger.

Destabilization risks a nuclear exchange between regional hegemons
Russell 9 - James A. Russell, senior lecturer in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Nava Postgraduate School, Strategic Stability Reconsidered: Prosepects for Nuclear War and Escalation in the Middle East, in collaboration with the Atomic Energy Commission, http://www.nps.edu/academics/sigs/ccc/people/biolinks/russell/PP26_Russell_2009.pdf

Strategic stability in the region ...with substantial risk for the entire world.

Reducing oil dependency ends the need to protect oil supply lines

Snow, Nick. "Former Ambassadors Cite Foreign Policy Impacts from Oil Imports." Oil & Gas Journal. N.p., 2012. 

Successfully addressing the growing US trade deficit's challenges ...change this.

Solvency

Expanding contracts to 25 years is key to commercial CTL development

Dalton, ‘7 (Mathew, 9/11/7,  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118947728453223452.html,  )

The effort...receiving federal support.

The plan would spark massive new demand and the construction of CTL plants – DOD action is key
Dalton, 2007 (Mathew, 9/11/7,  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118947728453223452.html,  )

Expanding coal demand ...the country's ability to import oil.