Tournament: JMU | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
A. Obama winning now but its close
USA Today, 10-8-12
Catalina Camia, “Gallup Poll: Obama leads Romney,”  http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2012/10/08/romney-obama-debate-poll-shift-gallup/1619677/, accessed: 10-12-12, LLL)

President Obama leads Mitt Romney
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jobless rate dipped below 8% for the first time since January 2009. 

B. Base enthusiasm is key
Bouie, staff writer at The American Prospect, 9-26-12
(Jamelle, “Among Obama supporters, enthusiasm hasn’t dimmed,” http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/among-obama-supporters-enthusiasm-hasnt-dimmed/2012/09/26/cb65e624-07e7-11e2-9eea-333857f6a7bd_blog.html, accessed 9-27-12, CMM)

A common theme we keep hearing from conservatives who are unhappy 

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energized, and ready to reelect the president.

C. Plan’s causes a backlash – massively unpopular AND environmental benefits aren’t perceived
Moniz et al., Physics @ MIT, Director of Energy Studies, Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, 3
(Professor Ernest J, Professor John Deutch, Professor Stephen Ansolabehere, Professor Emeritus Michael Driscoll, Professor Paul E Gray, Professor John P Holdren, Professor Paul L Joskow, Professor Richard K Lester, Professor Neil E. Todreas, and Eric S Beckjord, “The Future of Nuclear Power: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003, pg. 6, http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/pdf/nuclearpower-full.pdf, accessed 9-17-12, CMM)

Expanded deployment of nuclear power requires public acceptance of 

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expansion of the nuclear option. 

D. Catering to the environmental base is key to Obama’s re-election
Hudson, investigative journalist and Congressional Correspondent, 9-11-12
[Audrey, Human Events, “Has Obama made the planet greener?”, http://www.humanevents.com/2012/09/11/is-the-planet-greener-because-of-obama-al-gore-says-no/, accessed 9-16-12, AFB]

Democrats wax lyrical when it comes to President Barack
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inaugural celebration, to an estimated $3.75 today.
E. Impact – Romney would crush US-Russia relations
The Economist, 9-1-12
(“Romney Could Screw Up US Relations With Russia,” http://www.businessinsider.com/mitt-romneys-foreign-policy-chops-come-into-light-2012-9, accessed 9-21-12, CMM)

Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate in the US presidential election, has indicated that 

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that portrays Russia as targeted by malevolent, interfering Western powers.
US-Russian relations are key prevent war, nuclear terrorism, and prolif.
Allison, Director at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Blackwill, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs,
10-30-11
(Graham Allison,; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Robert D. Blackwill, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs "10 Reasons Why Russia Still Matters"http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/21469/10_reasons_why_russia_still_matters.html, accessed 2-23-12, CMM)

That central point is that Russia matters a great deal to a U.S. government seeking to defend and advance its national interests. Prime Minister
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operations remains essential to the U.S. war to destroy Al Qaeda and combat other transnational terrorist groups.

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Text: The 50 state governments, the District of Colombia, and all relevant territories of the United should provide alternative financing for nuclear power in the United States by raising the personal income tax by 1 percent on people with incomes over $500,000. 

States incentives solve nuclear development
Dow Jones Newswires, 7
(5-21-07, “States Maneuver to Lure New Nuclear Power Plants” http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=19778941, accessed 8-29-12, CMM)

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) In a positive shift for U.S
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 customers, while Georgia regulators  are considering a similar move.

Increasing taxes on the wealthy generates a lot of revenue and doesn’t tank the economy
McNichol, Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 9
(Elizabeth, Andrew Nicholas and Jon Shure, 11-11-09, “Raising State Income Taxes on High-Income Taxpayers,” http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=2792, accessed 8-29-12, CMM)

As states face increasingly difficult choices for closing the gap between available resources and the cost of needed programs and services

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of wealth and income among a small fraction of a state’s households.

2NC Block Cards

1. Local context and avoids bad politics
   Adelman, Associate Professor of Law, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, and Engel, Professor of Law, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, 8
   (David, Kirsten, “SYMPOSIUM: Reorienting State Climate Change Policies to Induce Technological Change,”
   50 Ariz. L. Rev. 835, lexis, accessed 8-26-12, CMM)

[*851]  State-level policies also have certain
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 of biofuels are shockingly small. n91
2. Efficiency  
Larsen et al, expert on Federal climate and energy policy World Resources Institute, 7
(John, Andrew Aulisi, Jonathan Pershing, Paul Posner, “Climate Policy in the State Laboratory: How States Influence Federal Regulation and the Implications for U.S. Policy,” World Resources Institute, September, http://pdf.wri.org/climate_policy_in_the_state_laboratory.pdf, accessed 8-25-12, CMM)

On many issues, the states are often positioned
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to act in unison, because of the greater number of interests¶ and parties.

Gridlock means the public looks to states first
Carlarne, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina School of Law, 8
(Cinnamon, July, “Notes from a Climate Change Pressure-Cooker: Sub-Federal Attempts at Transformation Meet National Resistance in the USA,” 40 Conn. L. Rev. 1351, lexis, accessed 8-26-12, CMM)

The flood of independent and collaborative
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 substantive and symbolic-to fill the regulatory vacuum.

Spill up solves international perception
Larsen et al, expert on Federal climate and energy policy World Resources Institute, 7
(John, Andrew Aulisi, Jonathan Pershing, Paul Posner, “Climate Policy in the State Laboratory: How States Influence Federal Regulation and the Implications for U.S. Policy,” World Resources Institute, September, http://pdf.wri.org/climate_policy_in_the_state_laboratory.pdf, accessed 8-25-12, CMM)

While the United States continues to search for a
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adequate,¶ international solution.

A2 Perm

Federal-state coop is not key to solvency
Larsen et al, expert on Federal climate and energy policy World Resources Institute, 7
(John, Andrew Aulisi, Jonathan Pershing, Paul Posner, “Climate Policy in the State Laboratory: How States Influence Federal Regulation and the Implications for U.S. Policy,” World Resources Institute, September, http://pdf.wri.org/climate_policy_in_the_state_laboratory.pdf, accessed 8-25-12, CMM)

The last factor—federal assistance to states—
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to deal with the problem, so¶ federal funding for better understanding air pollution was¶ important.

2. No link to politics – States politics is less contentious
Rabe, Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, 4
(Barry, “Statehouse and Greenhouse,” Brookings Institution Press. Washington, DC. Pg 27, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/press/books/2004/2/statehouseandgreenhouse/statehouseandgreenhouse_chapter, accessed 8-29-12, CMM)

But this is not what occurred in the
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potential to reduce greenhouse gas releases.
3. Bureaucracy undermines clash at the state level
Rabe, Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, 4
 (Barry, “Statehouse and Greenhouse,” Brookings Institution Press. Washington, DC. Pg 27, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/press/books/2004/2/statehouseandgreenhouse/statehouseandgreenhouse_chapter, accessed 8-29-12, CMM)

Second, state-level policymaking is often quite different from
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 group positions has not been created. 

State action spills up when necessary – federal adoption is inevitable if the states don’t solve.
Larsen et al, expert on Federal climate and energy policy World Resources Institute, 7
(John, Andrew Aulisi, Jonathan Pershing, Paul Posner, “Climate Policy in the State Laboratory: How States Influence Federal Regulation and the Implications for U.S. Policy,” World Resources Institute, September, http://pdf.wri.org/climate_policy_in_the_state_laboratory.pdf, accessed 8-25-12, CMM)

The second most important factor emerging from this¶ analysis was policy
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need for federal action.
The fed will only copy effective state policies
Larsen et al, expert on Federal climate and energy policy World Resources Institute, 7
(John, Andrew Aulisi, Jonathan Pershing, Paul Posner, “Climate Policy in the State Laboratory: How States Influence Federal Regulation and the Implications for U.S. Policy,” World Resources Institute, September, http://pdf.wri.org/climate_policy_in_the_state_laboratory.pdf, accessed 8-25-12, CMM)

In policy debates on both land-use planning and the¶
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vastly different roles in fi scal policy.

Solvency Adv.
2NC Increase Tax Solvency
Focused tax increases solve state budgets
Williams, Policy Analyst with the State Fiscal Project, 12
(Erica, 2-8-12, “Strengthening State Fiscal Policies for a Stronger Economy,” http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3675, accessed 8-29-12, CMM)

Pursue focused tax increases. Tax increases on individuals and
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of affluent people to other states, this claim is false.
State-by-state examples
McNichol, Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 9
(Elizabeth, Andrew Nicholas and Jon Shure, 11-11-09, “Raising State Income Taxes on High-Income Taxpayers,” http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=2792, accessed 8-29-12, CMM)

    Connecticut enacted a new top income tax bracket
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households. This change is expected to generate about $164 million in fiscal 2010.

Tournament: JMU | Round:  | Opponent: Vandy CH | Judge:
A. Interpretation – financial incentives include tax credits, production payments, and loans – R&D is distinct.
EIA, 2001
[Energy Information Administration, “Renewable Energy 2000: Issues and Trends” http://www.eia.gov/ftproot/renewables/06282000.pdf, p.1-2, accessed 6-25-12, TAP]

Over the years, incentives and mandates for renewable energy have been used to advance different energy policies

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Finally, this article provides an assessment of the aggregate impact of the various programs for promoting renewable energy.
_ R&D isn’t tied to energy production—plan is an indirect incentive
EIA, Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, U.S. DOE, ‘92
(“Federal Energy Subsidies: Direct and Indirect Interventions in Energy Markets,” ftp://tonto.eia.doe.gov/service/emeu9202.pdf)

Research and development. The budgetary cost of Government-funded research and development (R&D) is easy to measure
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 R&D will affect future energy prices and costs, and so could be considered an indirect subsidy.

Block Cards

_ Allowing the affirmative interpretation destroys any and all limits on the meaning of incentives…all action becomes topical.

Grant, Duke political science professor, 02 [Ruth, “THE ETHICS OF INCENTIVES: HISTORICAL ORIGINS AND CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDINGS,” Economics and Philosophy, 18 (2002) 111, proquest]

This history also allows us to define more clearly what
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. The emergence of the term historically within discourses of social control is illustrative of this point.

_ R&D isn’t tied to energy production—plan is an indirect incentive
EIA, Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, U.S. DOE, ‘92
(“Federal Energy Subsidies: Direct and Indirect Interventions in Energy Markets,” ftp://tonto.eia.doe.gov/service/emeu9202.pdf)

Research and development. The budgetary cost of
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energy prices and costs, and so could be considered an indirect subsidy.

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A. Interp – licensing isn’t T
NRC has exclusive authority over licensing.
Jose, Jose and Associates law firm managing partner, and Garza, Georgetown JD, 2007
Donald and Michael, Temple Journal of Science Tech and Environmental Law, Vol 26 No 1, “The Complete Federal  Preemption of Nuclear Safety Should Prevent  Scientifically Irrational  Jury Verdicts in Radiation  Litigation” p.12-4, accessed 9-24-12, TAP

At the very dawn of the nuclear age,
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use of nuclear¶ materials.”89 “Upon these subjects, no role was left for the states.”90

The NRC is an independent agency, not the federal government .
Office of Materials integration for the DOE and NRC, No Date
Post-dates 2006, “What is the History of the NMMSS?” http://nnsa.energy.gov/aboutus/ourprograms/nuclearsecurity/nmmsshome/nmmssinfo/faqs/abouthistorynmmss, accessed 9-24-12, TAP

In the early 1940s, there were no government
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1. Solvency double bind – either loan guarantees are necessary in which case failure is inevitable or they aren’t and solvency is inevitable
   Kreutzer, Research Fellow in Energy Economics and Climate Change at The Heritage Foundation, 7-12-12
   (David, Testimony before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power United States House of Representatives, “The American Energy Initiative: The Cost of Loan Guarantees,” http://www.heritage.org/research/testimony/2012/07/the-american-energy-initiative-the-cost-of-loan-guarantees, accessed 7-26-12, CMM)

Section 1705 Recipients
The majority of the Section 1705 loans fall 

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interest-rate subsidy that comes with a guarantee from the federal government.

3. They have no evidence that says increasing funding for loan guarenetees alone is sufficient to solve the advantages without actually energizing the nuclear industry and having plants being finished and used in the US.
4. No solvency – problems building new power plants create a chilling effect
AP, 7-10-12
Associated Press, “AP IMPACT: Building costs rise at US nuclear sites,” http://washingtonexaminer.com/ap-impact-building-costs-rise-at-us-nuclear-sites/article/feed/2010657#.UEQY5UT9WeE, 7-10-12, access date: 7-11-12, MAY 

ATLANTA (AP) — America’s first new nuclear plants in
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prospects” for construction of new nuclear plants.

5. Huge timeframe on constructing nuclear plants- takes out solvency for all advantages
University of Pitssburgh, The Nuclear Energy Option, NO DATE
University of Pittsburgh, “COSTS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS — WHAT WENT WRONG?,” http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc/book/chapter9.html, The Nuclear Energy Option, Chapter 9, NO DATE, access date: 9-30-12, MAY 

In addition to increasing the quantity of materials 

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improves safety more than the added complexity reduces safety.
6. Nuclear power can’t compete – even with subsidies
de Rugy, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 12
(Veronique, Reason Contributing Editor, July, “No to Nukes,” http://reason.com/archives/2012/06/25/no-to-nukes, accessed 9-4-12, CMM)

When Barack Obama was just a baby, nuclear energy 

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is an act of desperation by a president who has realized he is running out of other options.
7. No solvency – droughts undermine production capacity
Krier, InsideClimate News, 8-15-12
(Robert, "Drought, heat test nuclear energy's limits,” http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/aug/15/drought-heat-test-nuclear-energys-limits/?printandpage=all, accessed 9-2-12, CMM) 

Nuclear energy might be an important
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, with nuclear energy considered a very water-intensive energy source.

Block Cards

The criteria to meet stimulus loan guarantees is messed up
Kreutzer, Research Fellow in Energy Economics and Climate Change at The Heritage Foundation, 7-12-12
(David, Testimony before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power United States House of Representatives, “The American Energy Initiative: The Cost of Loan Guarantees,” http://www.heritage.org/research/testimony/2012/07/the-american-energy-initiative-the-cost-of-loan-guarantees, accessed 7-26-12, CMM)

Section 1705 Loans
In October 2010, the director of the Department of
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could have gotten private financing.
Loan guarantees add value to worthless projects
Kreutzer, Research Fellow in Energy Economics and Climate Change at The Heritage Foundation, 7-12-12
(David, Testimony before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power United States House of Representatives, “The American Energy Initiative: The Cost of Loan Guarantees,” http://www.heritage.org/research/testimony/2012/07/the-american-energy-initiative-the-cost-of-loan-guarantees, accessed 7-26-12, CMM)

Loan Guarantees Misallocate Capital
The Antelope Valley Solar Ranch (AVSR), now owned by Exelon
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 the project regardless of Exelon’s market capitalization.
Loan guarantees often fail and cost the government big bucks
Kreutzer, Research Fellow in Energy Economics and Climate Change at The Heritage Foundation, 7-12-12
(David, Testimony before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power United States House of Representatives, “The American Energy Initiative: The Cost of Loan Guarantees,” http://www.heritage.org/research/testimony/2012/07/the-american-energy-initiative-the-cost-of-loan-guarantees, accessed 7-26-12, CMM)

Guarantees Are Not Costless to the Government
Though it is obviously false in retrospect, one assertion
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for the government to get into the equity side.
Solvency double bind ext
Kreutzer, Research Fellow in Energy Economics and Climate Change at The Heritage Foundation, 7-12-12
(David, Testimony before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power United States House of Representatives, “The American Energy Initiative: The Cost of Loan Guarantees,” http://www.heritage.org/research/testimony/2012/07/the-american-energy-initiative-the-cost-of-loan-guarantees, accessed 7-26-12, CMM)

Conclusion
The Section 1705 loan guarantees are based
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move to cheap natural gas has done.

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Turn – the affs expansion of nuclear power makes accidents more likely – reactors designs and fuel types are irrelevant.
Ramana, with the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University and is on the Coordinating Committee of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, 11
(MV, Costs, risks, and myths of nuclear power, “No escape from accidents,” http://www.nirs.org/international/reachingcriticalwillreport.pdf, accessed 9-15-12, CMM)

In the aftermath of Fukushima and, twenty five years¶ earlier, Chernobyl,
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In either case, though, our experience is¶ too limited to make any reliable predictions.
C. Impact – Nuclear accidents risk extinction
Lendman, Research Associate of the Center for Research on Globalization (CRG), 11
(Stephen, 3-13-11, “Nuclear Meltdown in Japan,” http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2011/03/13/nuclear-meltdown-in-japan, accessed 9-15-12, CMM)

For years, Helen Caldicott warned it's coming. In her 1978 book, "Nuclear Madness," she said:¶ "As a physician
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for a bomb able to devastate a large city, besides causing permanent radiation contamination.

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1. Hypocrisy means no one listens to the US
   Wellen, editor of the Foreign Policy in Focus blog, 12
   (Russ, staff writer, 6/19/12, “West's Idea of Nuclear Disarmament Doesn't Include Itself,” http://truth-out.org/news/item/9758-wests-idea-of-nuclear-disarmament-doesnt-include-itself, accessed 9-15-12, CMM)

The West insists on nuclear nonproliferation

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for continued nuclear-weapons funding.

Regs block exports – that crushes nonprolif leadership
Barber, chief of power generation for Energy Central’s Generation Hub, 10-1-12
(Wayne, “Cumbersome U.S. rules hobbling nuclear exports, report says,” http://www.energybiz.com/article/12/10/cumbersome-us-rules-hobbling-nuclear-exports-report-says, accessed 10-4-12, CMM)

U.S. firms are missing out on an international nuclear 

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, without congressional action.

3. Technological innovation hurts long-run competitiveness – other countries steal the tech and mass produce it cheaper than the US could – Germany proves
Buchan, senior research fellow at The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 7-27-12
(David, “Germany's risky green wager,” http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5066, accessed 7-29-12, CMM)

China’s solar panel makers are well aware of Germany’s
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 can turn into disadvantage.

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1. Economy up There’s growth now
   CNBC, 9-20-12
   (“UCLA Anderson Forecast Predicts Slow Economic Growth at State and National Levels This Year; Faster Growth Expected by 2014,” http://www.cnbc.com/id/49107744, accessed 9-20-12, CMM)

The UCLA Anderson Forecast says that 

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by gradually rising home prices, record low mortgage rates, improved household formations and modest employment growth.

2. Econ decline doesn’t cause war – the recent recession proves.
Barnett, senior managing director of Enterra Solutions LLC, 9
(Thomas P.M., contributing editor/online columnist for Esquire magazine, 8-24-09, “The New Rules: Security Remains Stable Amid Financial Crisis,” http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/4213/the-new-rules-security-remains-stable-amid-financial-crisis, accessed 12-20-11, CMM)

When the global financial crisis struck roughly a year ago, the blogosphere was ablaze with all sorts of scary predictions of, and commentary 

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 financial crisis has proven the great resilience of America's post-World War II international liberal trade order.

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The manufacturing sector is improving now – that’s key to the economy.
ESA, Economics and Statistics Administration of the US Department of Commerce, 12
(5-7-12, “The Benefits of Manufacturing Jobs,” http://www.esa.doc.gov/Reports/benefits-manufacturing-jobs, accessed 9-6-12, CMM)

Executive Summary
The role of the manufacturing sector in the U.S. economy is more prominent than is suggested solely by its output or number of workers. 

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 to workers with higher overall compensation than other sectors, and to the economy through innovation that boosts our nation’s standard of living.  

Technological innovation hurts long-run competitiveness – other countries steal the tech and mass produce it cheaper than the US could – kills US manufacturing.
Buchan, senior research fellow at The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 7-27-12
(David, “Germany's risky green wager,” http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5066, accessed 7-29-12, CMM)

China’s solar panel makers are well aware of Germany’s clean-energy programme. They have been quick to supply
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, and how easily a first mover advantage can turn into disadvantage.
Economic collapse leads to global war.
Lind, New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Policy Director, 5/11/2010
Michael, "Will the great recession lead to World War IV?," http://www.salon.com/news/economics/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/05/11/great_recession_world_war_iv

If history is any guide, an era of
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World War IV resembling Orwell’s shifting coalitions of Eurasia, Eastasia and Oceania in 1984 is all too easy to imagine.

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A. Solar power is growing now
Lovins, Chair and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute, 12
(Amory, senior author of Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era, “A Farewell to Fossil Fuels: Answering the Energy Challenge,” Foreign Affairs. New York: Mar/Apr 2012. Vol. 91, Iss. 2; pg. 134, 13 pgs, accessed 5-24-12, CMM)

New coal and nuclear plants are so uneconomical that official
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year, outpacing even wind power.
B. Plan lowers prices – that crowds out solar and makes warming inevitable
Schwartz, Senior Vice President for Global Relations and Strategic Planning for Salesforce.com, 8-17-12
(Peter, futurist, author, and cofounder of the Global Business Network (GBN), an elite corporate strategy firm, specializing in future-think and scenario planning, “Abundant Natural Gas and Oil Are Putting the Kabosh on Clean Energy,” http://www.wired.com/business/2012/08/mf_naturalgas/all/, accessed 8-17-12, CMM)

But this is changing. We’ve long been acutely
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that’s very bad news for climate change.
C. Solar development is key to partner with natural gas – solves price spikes.
Carus, AOL Energy, 7-16-12
(Felicity, “Suntech President Warns of Election Threat to Solar Incentives,” http://energy.aol.com/2012/07/16/suntech-president-warns-of-election-threat-to-solar-incentives, accessed 7-20-12, CMM)

Coal and Natural Gas Developments Offer Solar Opportunities
Lefebvre said that a large opportunity for US solar - currently only 0.4% of the country's energy mix - would arise from the retirement of coal plants
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a partner to natural gas, a hedge against the cost of natural gas."
Lefebvre – President of Suntech America
Prices spikes cause widespread economic damage
Urbina, NYT, 6-25-11
(Ian, “Insiders Sound an Alarm Amid a Natural Gas Rush,” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/us/26gas.html?_r=3andpagewanted=print, accessed 8-8-12, CMM)

The data show that while there are some very active wells
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 home heating bills.
Economic collapse leads to global war.
Lind, New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Policy Director, 5/11/2010
Michael, "Will the great recession lead to World War IV?," http://www.salon.com/news/economics/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/05/11/great_recession_world_war_iv

If history is any guide, an era of global economic
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and Oceania in 1984 is all too easy to imagine.

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NRC refuses to approve nuclear licensing.
Tucker, American Spectator energy reporter, 2011
William, Mar 2011, “America’s Last Nuclear Hope” http://0101.nccdn.net/1_5/28c/010/2c9/America-s-Last-Nuclear-Hope-Tucker-TAS.pdf, p.4, accessed 9-24-12, TAP

So why isn’t there more coordination between the
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miracle if any proposal ever makes it
through the process.
No interest in thorium now – high risk and cheap natural gas discourage
Yurman, energy consultant and blogger, 8-24-12
(Dan, publishes a blog on nuclear energy titled 'Idaho Samizdat', frequent contributor to the ANS Nuclear Cafe and to Fuel Cycle Week, “LWR SMRs have fuel advantages,” http://theenergycollective.com/dan-yurman/106276/lwr-smrs-have-fuel-advantages?utm_source=feedburnerandutm_medium=emailandutm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29, accessed 9-3-12, CMM)

Post Script – What about thorium reactors?
The standard answer to the question of
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 are likely to be few takers in next few years.

Thorium development takes decades.
Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research president, 5-4-12
Arjun, interview with NPR host Ira Flatow, “Is Thorium A Magic Bullet For Our Energy Problems?” http://www.npr.org/2012/05/04/152026805/is-thorium-a-magic-bullet-for-our-energy-problems, accessed 8-15-12, TAP

MAKHIJANI: I have a favorite molten salt
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so you can regulate this thing, because all of our regulation is based on light water reactors.
Huge barriers before thorium commercial development
Lovering et al, Breakthrough Institute Energy and Climate Program policy analyst, 12
(Jessica, Ted Nordhaus, chairman, Michael Shellenbergerare president of the Breakthrough Institute, “Out of the Nuclear Closet,” http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/09/07/out_of_the_nuclear_closet?page=full, accessed 9-8-12, CMM)

To move the needle on nuclear energy to the point that it
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subsidies and regulatory fixes. With a few exceptions, this is largely true elsewhere around the world as well.

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No one listens to the US
Wellen, editor of the Foreign Policy in Focus blog, 12
(Russ, staff writer, 6/19/12, “West's Idea of Nuclear Disarmament Doesn't Include Itself,” http://truth-out.org/news/item/9758-wests-idea-of-nuclear-disarmament-doesnt-include-itself, accessed 9-15-12, CMM)

The West insists on
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for continued nuclear-weapons funding.
3. US nuclear tech leadership up
Domenici, Senator, and Miller, Former DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, 12
(Pete (Senator), Senior Fellow and Co-Chair, Debt Reduction Task Force, and Warren (Co-Chair, Nuclear Initiative; Former DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy), “Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Global Nuclear Energy Markets”, July 2012, Bipartisan Policy Center, RSR, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Leadership%20in%20Nuclear%20Energy%20Markets.pdf, accessed 9-15-12, CMM)

Nuclear power already plays an important role in
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international¶ fuel-cycle issues.

4. The US won’t exert nonprolif pressure
Cleary, AEI Research Assistant, 12
(Cleary, American Enterprise Institute Research Assistant, 8/13/12, Richard Cleary: Persuading Countries to Forgo Nuclear Fuel-Making, http://npolicy.org/article.php?aid=1192andtid=30, accessed 9-29-12, CMM)

The cases above offer a common lessonAND
 to forgo nuclear fuel-making.
5. Even if we do, it fails
Cleary, AEI Research Assistant, 12
(Cleary, American Enterprise Institute Research Assistant, 8/13/12, Richard Cleary: Persuading Countries to Forgo Nuclear Fuel-Making, http://npolicy.org/article.php?aid=1192andtid=30, accessed 9-29-12, CMM)

The examples above show the limitations of 

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have not materialized and therefore seem to have had little tangible influence.
6. Global prolif is slow now
HYMANS, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California, 12
(Jacques, “Botching the Bomb.,” Foreign Affairs; May/Jun2012, Vol. 91 Issue 3, p44-53, 10p, ebsco, accessed 9-30-12, CMM)

THE CHRONIC problem of
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years before the system was solidified. So the NPT, useful though it may be, cannot alone account for this phenomenon.
7. Thorium causes prolif – it leaves pure uranium as waste.
Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research president, 5-4-12
Arjun, interview with NPR host Ira Flatow, “Is Thorium A Magic Bullet For Our Energy Problems?” http://www.npr.org/2012/05/04/152026805/is-thorium-a-magic-bullet-for-our-energy-problems, accessed 8-15-12, TAP

ARJUN MAKHIJANI: I don't think so. I think
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materials, some short-lived, some long-lived, to make energy.

8. Prolif doesn’t cause war – empirics prove
Farley, assistant professor at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky, 11-16-11
(Dr. Robert, “Over the Horizon: Iran and the Nuclear Paradox,” http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/10679/over-the-horizon-iran-and-the-nuclear-paradox, accessed 11-21-11, CMM) 

How much danger would Iranian nuclear weapons pose to
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collapse. Thus far, however, the effects of the arsenal have been minimal.

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2. US emissions are decreasing now from the recession and natural gas – that solves international modeling.
Roberts, Grist, 7-17-12
(David, “U.S. leads the world in cutting CO2 emissions — so why aren’t we talking about it?,” http://grist.org/climate-policy/u-s-leads-the-world-in-cutting-co2-emissions-so-why-arent-we-talking-about-it/, accessed 7-24-12, CMM)

Contrary to popular belief

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Four years ago, it was 50%. By the end of this decade, it is likely to be near 30%.

4. Warming is inevitable – developing countries
Plumer, Washington Post, 12
(Brad, 5-25-12, “U.S. cut its carbon emissions in 2011 — but China erased the gains,”  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-us-cut-its-carbon-emissions-in-2011~-~-but-got-swamped-by-china/2012/05/25/gJQAiZEBqU_blog.html?wprss=rss_ezra-klein, accessed 7-24-12, CMM)

Yes, it’s true: Americans are slowly starting to tackle global warming.
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know this will have catastrophic implications for all of us.”