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Plan Text
The United States Federal Government should substantially increase financial incentives for solar energy production in the United States by eliminating tariffs on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells imported from the People’s Republic of China.

Solvency
Solar Solvency (1/4)
Steep tariffs raise price of solar panels coming into the US from China.

Lott 12 (Melissa C. Lott, engineer and researcher who works at the intersection of energy, environment, technology, and policy, October 11, 2012, “Chinese Solar Tariffs Moving Forward” http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2012/10/11/chinese-solar-tariffs-moving-forward/) sbb

Yesterday, the U.S. Department
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to counteract Chinese subsidies on its solar firms.
The tariffs have drastically increased the price of Chinese solar panels in the US.

Bradsher and Cardwell 12

(Keith Bradsher and Diane Cardwell, writing for the New York Times, “US slaps high tariffs on Chinese solar panels” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/business/energy-environment/us-slaps-tariffs-on-chinese-solar-panels.html?_r=1andpagewanted=allandpagewanted=print)

The United States on Thursday announced the imposition
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increase in the price of solar panels here.
Nearly half of planned US installations were going to use Chinese solar panels.

Bullis 12

(Kevin Bullis, writing for Technology Review, published by MIT, “Could Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels Do More Harm than Good?” 3.20.12 http://www.technologyreview.com/news/427283/could-tariffs-on-chinese-solar-panels-do-more/)

But the real story is more complicated.
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. "There's no way to avoid that."
These tariffs are crushing solar energy production – cost is the key factor keeping Americans from installing solar panels.

Bensinger 12
(Ken, April 23, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, “U.S. tariffs on Chinese solar cells fuel debate about green jobs,” http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/23/business/la-fi-solar-jobs-20120423, d/a 8-2-12, ads)

But a close look at the U.
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whether they can save money,” Rive said.
Energy Independence Advantage (1/7)
Tariffs choke American solar industry – all the jobs are in sales, installation, and maintenance, not production.

Reuters 12

(Reuters wire story, “CASE Responds to Damaging Solar Tariff Decision” 17 May 2012 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/idUS201557+17-May-2012+BW20120517)

Jigar Shah, the President of CASE,
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it harder for American families to access solar.”
Solar development key to energy independence and preventing economic crisis

Jabusch 12

(Garvin Jabusch, “Tariffs on Chinese Solar Are Bad for Us All” on Green Alpha's Next Economy 18 May 12 http://sierraclub.typepad.com/gaa/2012/05/tariffs-on-chinese-solar-are-bad-for-us-all.html) sbb

Slowing down solar development is undesirable in general
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in getting Saudi’s solar business to Chinese firms.
Scenario 1: Economy
Economic crisis triggers resource wars over energy resources.

Royal 10 (Jedediah, director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives, pg 213-215)

Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline
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here should be considered ancillary to those views.
Resource wars cause global nuclear holocaust
Lendman ’07 (Stephen Lendman  is a renowned author and Research Associate of the Center for Research on Globalization. Rense.com. “Resource Wars - Can We Survive Them?” http://www.rense.com/general76/-resrouce.htm, July 2007, JGR)

With the world's energy supplies finite, the
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big part of it, would have survived.
Scenario 2: Environment
Renewable energy is key to stop global warming.

Shahan, 02/12 (Clean Technica, Zachary Shahan, 02/29/12, “Former Microsoft Exec. Needs” http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/29/former-microsoft-exec-nathan-myhrvold-climate-scientist-ken-caldeira-on-our-clean-energy-not- -gas-needs/) og
natural
In summary, Myhrvold and Caldeira have shown
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nuclear, and possibly carbon capture and storage.
Warming causes extinction – melting polar ice caps and massive carbon release.

Ahmed 2010 (Nafeez Ahmed, Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Development, professor of International Relations and globalization at Brunel University and the University of Sussex, Spring/Summer 2010, “Globalizing Insecurity: The Convergence of Interdependent Ecological, Energy, and Economic Crises,” Spotlight on Security, Volume 5, Issue 2, online)

Perhaps the most notorious indicator is anthropogenic global
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survival of all life on earth.xi
Warming is real and anthropogenic

Lewandowsky and Ashley 2011 (Stephan Lewandowsky, Professor of Cognitive Studies at the University of Western Australia, and Michael Ashley, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of New South Wales, June 24, 2011, “The false, the confused and the mendacious: how the media gets it wrong on climate change,” http://goo.gl/u3nOC)

But despite these complexities, some aspects of
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-dating even Sherlock Holmes and Queen Victoria.
Solar has the power to decentralize the current system through widespread distribution of individualized power generation.

Himmelman 12 Jeff Himmelman, writing for the New York Times, “The Secret to Solar Power” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/magazine/the-secret-to-solar-power.html?_r=1andpagewanted=alland_moc.semityn.wwwandfb_source=message#hTaoesb,4) sbb 

Silicon Valley has done a great job of
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U.S. economy several billion dollars.
Cost of solar systems is key to the viability of a decentralized grid.

Fehrenbacher 12 (Oct 30 2012, Katie Fehrenbacher, “The case for a distributed, smarter, cleaner power grid post Hurricane Sandy” http://gigaom.com/cleantech/the-case-for-a-distributed-smarter-cleaner-power-grid-post-hurricane-sandy/) sbb

A truly de-centralized power grid would
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the price of its fuel cells drops dramatically.
Short-term market mechanisms are the only solution to environmental destruction.
Bryant 12—professor of philosophy at Collin
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, and we do need to act now.
Without the plan, further environmental justice threatens to dehumanize
Faber 08 (Daniel Faber, “Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice: The Polluter-Industrial Complex in the age of Globalization”, published by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2008, ISBN, 0-7425-3391-3 pg124) mp

These inadequacies exacerbate antagonisms between people of color
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decision-making which leads to them.21
 
We must seek justice for environmental racism – that’s critical to preventing global collapse
Bryant 95 (Bunyan, Professor in the school of Natural Resources and Environment, and an adjunt professor in the center for Afro-American and African studies at the University of Michigan, “Environmental Justice: Issues, Policies, and Solutions, p.209-212, MV) 

The cooperative relations forged after World War II
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should at least have that as a goal.
US China relations are on the brink now – tariff pushes them over the edge

Clayton 12

(Mark Clayton, writer for Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2012 “US imposes tariff on Chinese solar panels, a victory for US manufacturers”  http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2012/0517/US-imposes-tariff-on-Chinese-solar-panels-a-victory-for-US-manufacturers) sbb

The United States Commerce Department ruled Thursday that
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soured recently by a dispute over human rights.
U.S.-Sino relations key to East Asia stability

Bandow 10

(Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute, “Engaging China to Maintain Peace in East Asia”, http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11845, 5-25-2010)

How to maintain the peace in East Asia
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an unstable North Korea expands its nuclear arsenal.
Asian instability goes nuclear.

Dibb 01 (Paul Dibb, Professor of Defense Studies at the Australian National University  College of Asia and the Pacific, Areas of expertise: Defence Studies, Natural Resource, Management, International Relations, 'Strategic Trends: Asia at a Crossroads', US Naval War College Review, vol. LIV, no. Winter 2001, pp. 22-38.)

The areas of maximum danger and instability in
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to be ineffective when confronted with major crises.

Shambaugh 12 (David Shambaugh, is professor and director of the China Policy Program at George Washington University, and recent author of Tangled Titans: The United States and China, “The Rocky Road Ahead in U.S.-China Relations” October 23, 2012 http://www.chinausfocus.com/foreign-policy/the-rocky-road-ahead-in-u-s-china-relations/) sbb

Over the past three years the relationship has
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a modicum of stability between the two sides.