| 09/22/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge: A. Definition – the “United States Federal Government” is the legislative, judicial, and executive branches.
USA.gov, the U.S. government's official web portal, 9
(“U.S. Federal Government”, http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/federal.shtml, accessed 7-29-9) U.S. Federal Government¶ AND U.S. government's branches. And, “Its” is a possessive determiner – they indicate possession of the noun they modify – in this case, the energy policy that is possessed by the United States Federal Government
Kosur, Language Learning Channel contributing editor and Illinois State University Milner Library conservation technician, 9
(Heather Marie, 6-16-9, “The Forms and Function of Determiners in English”,
http://www.brighthub.com/education/languages/articles/36828.aspx, accessed 9-7-9) Possessive Determiners¶ The second grammatical form of the determiner in English is the possessive
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are also referred to as possessive adjectives and sometimes incorrectly called possessive pronouns. And, “should” implies a call to action
Dictionary.com
("should." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House,
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/should, accessed 9-9-9) 3. must; ought (used to indicate duty, propriety, or expediency): You should not do that. B. Violation – the aff doesn’t defend an increase in US federal government’s incentives for energy or reduction in restrictions.
C. Fairness– - Predictable ground – USFG action is critical to all negative strategies – there are an infinite amount of non-policy advocacies that are impossible to predict – USFG is key to all generic negative arguments.
2. Aff conditionality- only a resolutionally-based plan prevents shifting advocacies- their framework allows aff vagueness, allowing the aff to become a moving target which destroys discussion, advocacy skills and fair ground.
D. Impacts – - Unpredictable or unfair debates preclude an informed discussion that rigorously tests the efficacy of their approach- this collapses civic deliberation because it prevents informed clash. This outweighs all other impacts - fairness is a prerequisite for voting for one team’s arguments or advocacy over the other’s - because we can’t test the truth-value of an argument or advocacy without rigorously testing it.
2. Predictability is the key starting point for discussion
Shively, former Texas AandM political science assistant professor, 2000
[Ruth, Political Theory and Partisan Politics, edited by Portis, Gundersen, and Shively, “Political Theory and the Postmodern Politics of Ambiguity,” 181-2]
The requirements given thus far are primarily negative. The ambiguists must say “no
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. In other words, contestation rests on some basic agreement or harmony.
3. Fairness is key to education- agreed fundamental rules are essential to prevent political debates from devolving into irresolvable ideological disputes- their framework guarantees resistance and hostility
Portis, Gunderson and Shively, Texas AandM political science professors, 2000
[Edward Bryan, Adolf G., and Ruth Lessl, Political Theory and Partisan Politics, 2-3] By extension, partisan divisions based upon competing constellations of interests, such as class
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framework provides criteria by which coherence might be assessed and alternative positions evaluated.
4. Evaluating between policy options is key to real world education about possible reforms- their interpretation devastates learning about the real world. The inherent vagueness of their broad advocacy statements and lack of analysis of mechanisms, actors and implementation destroy reciprocal and coherent deliberation about the merits of an idea- a resolutionally-based policy focus is key to rigorous testing of ideas.
5. Topical version of the aff solves – advocating USFG action solves their offense while avoiding ours. |
| 09/22/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge: A. Links – - Engaging in theoretical philosophy only meant to persuade those in the room without any call to action outside of it creates a spectator mentality – it undermines all action to end human misery and change political structures
David E. McClean, New School University Professor, and Society for the Study of Africana Philosophy President, 2001, “The Cultural Left and the Limits of Social Hope,” http://www.american-philosophy.org/archives/past_conference_programs/pc2001/Discussion%20papers/david_mcclean.htm
Yet for some reason, at least partially explicated in Richard Rorty's Achieving Our Country
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critics with their snobish disrespect for the so-called "managerial class."
2. This distracts us from more important work for policy pragmatism – the aff’s inaccessible abstract musings will not create change and allow us to think all of our troubles away
Johnston, Emory University, 2004
[Adrian, "The Cynic's Fetish: Slavoj Zizek and the Dynamics of Belief," http://www.scribd.com/doc/20244451/Johnston-a-The-Cynic-s-Fetish-Slavoj-Zizek-and-the-Dynamics-of-Belief, 1/1] However, the absence of this type of Lacan-underwritten argument in Žiž
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whose underlying complicity with the present state of affairs he describes so well.
3. Environmentalism fails when focused on the individual level – debating policy proposals grounded in institutional awareness is key to change.
Maniates, Professor of Political Science and Environmental Science at Allegheny College, 1
(Michael, “Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World?,” Global Environmental Politics 1:3, August 2001, http://merlin.allegheny.edu/employee/m/mmaniate/savetheworld.pdf, page 32-33, accessed 6-20-12, CMM) Mark Dowie, a journalist and sometimes historian of the American environmental movement, writes
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impact” = “population” x “affluence” x “technology.” Any environmental strategy that fails to activate political forces will fail – only state action produces effective change.
Maniates, Professor of Political Science and Environmental Science at Allegheny College, 1
(Michael, “Individualization: Plant a Tree, Buy a Bike, Save the World?,” Global Environmental Politics 1:3, August 2001, http://merlin.allegheny.edu/employee/m/mmaniate/savetheworld.pdf, page 32-33, accessed 6-20-12, CMM) And yet mainstream environmentalism has not always advanced an individualized consumeristic strategy for redressing environmental
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they were lovely visionaries, naive about the forces that confronted them.22 B. Impact – This year’s resolutions provides us with the important opportunity of discussing U.S. energy policy, which is directly tied the increasing environmental problems of the status quo. The potential for education on this topic in the university space and the skills taught in debate are uniquely key to achieving environmental sustainability – otherwise, extinction is inevitable.
Segalàsa et al, UNESCO Chair of Sustainability, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, 10
(J., D. Ferrer-Balasb, Centre for Sustainability, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, K.F. Mulderc, Technology Dynamics and Sustainable Development, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands, “What do engineering students learn in sustainability courses? The effect of the pedagogical approach,” Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 18, Issue 3, February 2010, Pages 275–284, Science Direct, accessed 6-12-12, CMM) There are a considerable number of signs suggesting that our industrialised society might eventually cause
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work within transdisciplinary frameworks and to develop values consistent with the sustainability paradigm. |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge:
Their fetishizing of Native Americans bolsters capitalism- their movement becomes coopted.
Aldred, Montana State University Native American studies professor, 2000
[lisa, “plastic shamans and stroturf sun dances” jstor, accessed 4-17-10, TP] The subjectivities of human experience produced under capitalism leads to feelings of alienation. Yet
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of their own historical and social complicity in the oppression of indigenous peoples. B. Resisting this reliance on economic evaluation is the ultimate ethical responsibility – the current social order guarantees social exclusion on a global scale.
Daly, University College of Northampton politics senior lecturer, 2004
[Slavoj and Glyn, Conversations with Zizek page 14-16] For Zizek it is imperative that we cut through this Gordian knot of postmodern protocol
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abject Other to that of a ‘glitch’ in an otherwise sound matrix. C. Completely withdraw from the ideology of capital – this is essential to destroy the fetish that allows capital to survive.
Johnston, interdisciplinary research fellow in psychoanalysis at Emory University, 2004
[Adrian, Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society, December v9 i3 p259 page infotrac] Perhaps the absence of a detailed political roadmap in Zizek's recent writings isn't a
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comforting fiction ("Capitalist commodity fetishism or the truth? I choose fetishism"). |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge:
speeds up environmental destruction.
Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992
[Martin, “Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism” http://books.google.com/books?id=cMThEEHW2JYCandprintsec=frontcover#v=onepageandqandf=false, p.8, accessed 7-10-12, TAP] Finally, the radical green movement threatens nature by advocating a return to the land
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metropolitan areas, rural populations would soar and wildlife habitat would necessarily diminish. Some degree of centralized structures is good and doesn’t cause totalitarianism – the critiques all or nothing approach results in economic chaos, war, and oppression.
Lewis, George Washington University geography and regional science professor, 1992
[Martin, “Green Delusions: An Environmentalist Critique of Radical Environmentalism” http://www.amazon.com/Green-Delusions-Environmentalist-Critique-Environmentalism/dp/0822314746, p.101-2, accessed 7-10-12, TAP] The eco-radical fear of cities and other large-scale structures seems to
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increasing centralization, although certain political interest groups may well pull for it. |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 3 | Opponent: | Judge:
A. Interpretation – Government purchases may be an incentive but they aren’t FINANCIAL incentives.
Sam Schoofs, Calvin College, 2004,
[2004, Washington Internships for Students of Engineering Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 6 August 2004 A federal Renewable Portfolio Standard: Policy Analysis and Proposal, http://www.wise-intern.org/journal/2004/WISE2004-SamSchoofsFinalPaper.pdf, accessed 9-20-12, CMM) D. Renewable Energy Policy …programs in place
B. Violation – the plan is procurement – that’s a nonfinancial incentive
C. Standards – - Limits – expanding the topic outside of financial incentives makes it limitless
Czinkota et al, Georgetown University McDonough school of business professor, 2009
[Michael, Ilkka A. Ronkainen, Georgetown University McDonough school of business professor , and Michael H. Moffett, Thunderbird school of global management continental grain professorship, “Fundamentals of International Business” http://books.google.com/books?id=_X-l25srIYkCandq=69#v=snippetandq=69andf=false, google books, p.69, accessed 6-25-12, TAP]
Incentives offered by policymakers to … investments in infrastructure facilities. 2. Ground – we can’t get core offense based off financial incentives or CPs that offer a different type of incentive
D. T is a voter for fairness and education – reasonability is arbitrary and leads to judge intervention |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 3 | Opponent: | Judge:
The plan extends positive rights, stripping people of their agency – it’s no different from fascism.
Machan, Auburn University Philosophy professor, 3
(Tibor R, Research Fellow at Hoover Institution Stanford University, Passion for Liberty, pg. 19-20) Those who wanted to retain … abide some modicum of democracy.
That kills value to life.
Raz, Philosophy PhD, 91
(Joseph, THE MORALITY OF FREEDOM, 1991, p. 359) One way to test the thesis of … be better than that life. |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 3 | Opponent: | Judge:
A. Uniqueness – Obama will win now – base enthusiasm is key
Blumenthal, Huffington Post, 9-19-12
(Mark, “Obama Up 8 Points Nationally In Latest Pew Poll,” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/2012-polls-obama-lead_n_1897591.html?utm_hp_ref=elections-2012, accessed 9-19-12, CMM) A dozen national polls conducted … keep an eye on the enthusiasm gap.
B. 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 … expansion of the nuclear option. C. Internal Link – 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 … inaugural celebration, to an estimated $3.75 today.
D. 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 … 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 … transnational terrorist groups. |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 3 | Opponent: | Judge:
Text: The 50 state governments, the District of Colombia, and all relevant territories of the United States should provide alternative financing for generating electricity by small modular reactors for military bases 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 … 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=viewandid=2792, accessed 8-29-12, CMM) As states face increasingly difficult choices … among a small fraction of a state’s households. *Round 6 v Michigan DH 2NC Cards* 50 States fiat is legit – - Its predictable – the states taking action to fill in for the lack federal action is huge in the literature now because of gridlock – our solvency advocates prove.
2. Its not utopian –– it’s the squo
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)
On its own, California can exert … political momentum to overcome federal inertia. Utopian fiat doesn’t apply to energy policy
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) States consistently have been the "… the absence of a federal mandate. 3. Key to neg ground – states are a key check on small, unpredictable affs, especially on a domestic topic and they are a key limit on restrictions aff since they can be anything.
4. Key to in-depth policy education and innovations. Uncertainty inevitable – companies can cope
Anderson, AOL Energy, 9-12-12
(Jared, “The Flawed US Energy Policy Discussion,” http://energy.aol.com/2012/09/12/the-flawed-us-energy-policy-discussion, accessed 9-15-12, CMM) Are the energy industry and the … or four year segments. States are perceived internationally – acceptance by the fed creates perception of endorsement
Robinson, J.D. from Yale, 7
(Nick, Fox Fellow at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Nick, “Citizens Not Subjects: U.S. Foreign Relations Law and the Decentralization of Foreign Policy,” 40 Akron L. Rev. 647, lexis, accessed 8-29-12, CMM) State and local governments are … the policy of the federal government. n155 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 … need for federal action. |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 3 | Opponent: | Judge:
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 …every 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 … 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 … 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 …electricity and 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 … in 1984 is all too easy to imagine. 2NC
Solar power is key to grid resiliency
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) Skeptics of solar and wind power warn of …should win out even without subsidies. Solar power is the best energy to solve warming
Romm, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, 8
(Joe, Ph.D. in physics from MIT, 4-14-8, “The technology that will save humanity,” http://www.salon.com/2008/04/14/solar_electric_thermal/, accessed 8-31-12, CMM) Clearly, the world needs a massive …has a long and fascinating history.
Solar power decreases water consumption
Leitner, Senior Consultant, RDI Consulting, 2
(Arnold, RDI Consulting, a strategic information and consulting firm serving the energy industry with research reports, studies, consulting and information services, July, “Fuel From the Sky: Solar Power’s Potential for Western Energy Supply,” http://www.nrel.gov/csp/pdfs/32160.pdf, page 99, accessed 8-31-12, CMM) Because of the high operating …occasional turbine blade wash. |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 3 | Opponent: | Judge:
A. Uniqueness – nuclear power is decisively on the decline – Fukushima, costs, and delays
Roney, president of Earth Policy Institute, 5-22-12
(J. Matthew, 5/22/12, “Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power” Earth Policy Institute, http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2012/update103, accessed 9-15-12, CMM) On May 5, 2012, Japan shut down its …their electricity needs with wind alone.
B. Link – 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, … 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….causing permanent radiation contamination. 2NC
Meltdowns cause instant and long-term systemic deaths
Caldicott, president of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute, 94
(Helen, Nuclear Madness: What You Can Do, pg 63) The nuclear power accident that … but they will surely occur.
Nuclear power is down now- - Costs are too high
Lovering et al, Breakthrough Institute Energy and Climate Program policy analyst, 9-7-12
(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)
As long as nuclear technology is … faster than new plants can be deployed.
2. It can’t compete with natural gas or renewables
Clark, FT Environment Correspondent, 7-30-12
(Pilita, “Nuclear ‘hard to justify’, says GE chief,” http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/60189878-d982-11e1-8529-00144feab49a.html#axzz228mfA2UB, accessed 7-30-12, CMM) Nuclear power is so expensive compared … turbine prices have steadily declined. 3. Skilled worker shortage
Pitt Tribune Review, 10
(“Nuclear industry in midst of skills crisis,” lexis, accessed 9-15-12, CMM) Walking through the expansive complex, … at the same time staffing new projects." Extend the link – expanded nuclear power makes accidents more likely – - Trends prove
Featherstone, PopSci, 7-17-12
(Steve, “Chernobyl Now,” http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-06/chernobyl-now?single-page-view=true, accessed 9-2-12, CMM)
Twenty-five years separate Chernobyl … how to cope with its fallout.
2. The industry isn’t prepared
Douglass, InsideClimate News, 7-16-12
(Elizabeth, “How Fukushima Challenged a Core Tenet of U.S. Nuclear Safety: An Expert's View,” http://insideclimatenews.org/print/15773, accessed 9-2-12, CMM) So nuclear opponents were stunned …because it was deemed impossible. Prefer our risk assessments – - Their risk prediction models fail – don’t trust their projections
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)
Theoretically, the probabilistic risk …of other systems for cooling the core.
2. Their authors are empirically wrong and only produce fatal overconfidence
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) If probabilistic risk assessments were … currently being built is striking. A. Unique Link – the NRC acts effectively now – commercializing new tech causes a budget overstretch and risks regulatory capture.
Harding, 4Factor Consulting Energy Consultant, 8-6-12
(Margaret, has almost 30 years of experience in the nuclear industry, “NRC and Regulatory Capture: Conflict of Interest?.” http://theenergycollective.com/margaretharding/100156/nrc-and-regulatory-capture?utm_source=feedburnerandutm_medium=emailandutm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29, accessed 9-2-12, CMM) However, it brings up another question. Many … of responsibility within the NRC.
B. Impact – regulatory capture makes accidents likely
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 just about every country that has a …,¶ patterns of behavior.
SMRs risk safety problems
Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, and Boyd, former director of the Safe Energy Program at Physicians for Social Responsibility, 10
(September, ARJUN MAKHIJANI, electrical and nuclear engineer who is President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research AND MICHELE BOYD, former director of the Safe Energy Program at Physicians for Social Responsibility, September, “Small Modular Reactors No Solution for the Cost, Safety, and Waste Problems of Nuclear Power,” http://www.psr.org/nuclear-bailout/resources/small-modular-reactors-no.pdf, accessed 9-15-12, CMM) Increased safety and¶ … factor over 14 years before¶ being permanently shut.24 |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 3 | Opponent: | Judge:
Warming - Oil, coal, and natural gas use are all alt causes to warming – they can phase them all out in time.
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, the U.S. is …, 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 … have catastrophic implications for all of us.”
5. No Impact for decades, tech solves, and war outweighs
Kenny, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, 4-9-12
(Charles, Schwartz fellow at the New America Foundation, “Not Too Hot to Handle,” http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/04/09/not_too_hot_to_handle?page=full, accessed 5-15-12, CMM) But for all international diplomats … defenses that lower death tolls. |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 3 | Opponent: | Judge:
SMRs can’t solve warming – they take too long
Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, and Boyd, former director of the Safe Energy Program at Physicians for Social Responsibility, 10
(September, ARJUN MAKHIJANI, electrical and nuclear engineer who is President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research AND MICHELE BOYD, former director of the Safe Energy Program at Physicians for Social Responsibility, September, “Small Modular Reactors No Solution for the Cost, Safety, and Waste Problems of Nuclear Power,” http://www.psr.org/nuclear-bailout/resources/small-modular-reactors-no.pdf, accessed 9-15-12, CMM) Not a climate solution
Efficiency and most renewable … as new¶ waste disposal problems.
Nuclear can’t be quickly ramped up
Lovering et al, Breakthrough Institute Energy and Climate Program policy analyst, 9-7-12
(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) As long as nuclear technology is … to increase faster than new plants can be deployed.
2. Fossil fuel use in the nuclear reactor process negate any benefits
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) Nuclear Power not Cleaner and Greener
Just the opposite, in fact. … require large amounts of energy. Multiple barriers to SMRs on military bases and risk theft overseas
Andres, Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and, Breetz, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 11
(Richard, Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center
for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University, Hanna L., Feb, “Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications,” http://www.ndu.edu/inss/docuploaded/SF%20262%20Andres.pdf, accessed 9-15-12, CMM) Small reactors used on domestic military … in the event that reactors fall into enemy hands. Huge barriers before SMR 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 … around the world as well. |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 3 | Opponent: | Judge:
US is hypocritical – undermines nonprolif leadership
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 … for continued nuclear-weapons funding. Prolif doesn’t cause war or increase the proliferators influence – empirically proven
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 …, the effects of the arsenal have been minimal.
Prolif isn’t destabilizing – won’t be used, no cascades, no incentive, and their ev is hype
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) The problem with nukes is that … the cohesion of the anti-Iran block. |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 3 | Opponent: | Judge:
2. There are checks on infrastructure shutdown
Hersh, Pulitzer prize winning investigative journalist, 11-1-10
[Seymour, “The Online Threat,” http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/11/01/101101fa_fact_hersh?currentPage=1#ixzz13ce5kOXU, Accessed 10-27-10, WHS] The most common cyber-war scare …, can also protect networks. 3. The grid breaks down all the time- means that critical power users have back-ups and we already know how to deal with blackouts
Ghosh, Time, 09
(Bobby Ghosh, 4-15-09, Time, “How Vulnerable is the Power Grid?,” http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1891562,00.html, access date: 9-16-12, LLL) •The most critical power users — …goes down, we start it up again."¶
4. Unipolarity is not peaceful – empirical evidence goes neg.
Monteiro, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University, 11
(Nuno P., Winter 11/12, “"Unrest Assured: Why Unipolarity Is Not Peaceful",” International Security, volume 36, issue 3, pages 9-40, http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/21648/unrest_assured.html, accessed 1-23-12, CMM) How well, then, does the argument … that unipolarity is peaceful.48 |
| 09/23/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: 6 | Opponent: | Judge:
Text: The United States Federal Government should remove restrictions on the export of natural gas. The United States Federal Government should ban uranium mining in the US. The United States Federal Government should exempt the Argonne National Laboratory from the cap on H-1B visas.
Exports are key to solve warming
Mufson, Washington Post, 12
(Steven, 2-1-12, “Cheap natural gas jumbles energy markets, stirs fears it could inhibit renewables,” http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/cheap-natural-gas-jumbles-energy-markets-stirs-fears-it-could-inhibit-renewables/2012/01/08/gIQApLr5hQ_story.html, accessed 8-22-12, CMM) For the past three years, promoters … resources will be around forever.”¶
Exports solve energy demand
NGI 8-20-12
(Natural Gas Intelligence, “Development of Unconventionals Could Transform World Politics,” 8-20-12, http://intelligencepress.com/subscribers/daily/news/d20120820c.html?printable=yesandhighlight=export, accessed 9-18-12) PM The ability to convert shale and tight … noncritical.' I see it as a game changer..."
CP solves Argonne
Lutton, PhD, immigration author for 20 years, head of the Social Contract Quarterly, ‘1
(Wayne, “States, Federal Government Hire Foreign Workers,” http://www.manews.org/0403lutton.htm, accessed 9-23-12) PM State and federal government agencies … Virginia Department of Corrections. |
| 09/24/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: Doubles | Opponent: | Judge:
1NC
A. Interpretation – Government purchases may be an incentive but they aren’t FINANCIAL incentives.
Sam Schoofs, Calvin College, 2004,
[2004, Washington Internships for Students of Engineering Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 6 August 2004 A federal Renewable Portfolio Standard: Policy Analysis and Proposal, http://www.wise-intern.org/journal/2004/WISE2004-SamSchoofsFinalPaper.pdf, accessed 9-20-12, CMM) D. Renewable Energy Policy Overview… have equipment certification programs in place
B. Violation – the plan is procurement – that’s a nonfinancial incentive
C. Standards – - Limits – expanding the topic outside of financial incentives makes it limitless
Czinkota et al, Georgetown University McDonough school of business professor, 2009
[Michael, Ilkka A. Ronkainen, Georgetown University McDonough school of business professor , and Michael H. Moffett, Thunderbird school of global management continental grain professorship, “Fundamentals of International Business” http://books.google.com/books?id=_X-l25srIYkCandq=69#v=snippetandq=69andf=false, google books, p.69, accessed 6-25-12, TAP]
Incentives offered by policymakers … in infrastructure facilities. 2. Ground – we can’t get core offense based off financial incentives or CPs that offer a different type of incentive
D. T is a voter for fairness and education – reasonability is arbitrary and leads to judge intervention 2NC Limits
_ 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 … of social control is illustrative of this point. 2NC DSIRE Interp ¬¬¬_ There are 2 categories of policies to promote energy development – (1) financial incentives and (2) rules, regulations, and policies. Financial incentives are tax programs, grants, rebates, and loan assistance. Rules are things like purchasing mandates. DSIRE Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency ’12 [http://www.dsireusa.org/glossary/] DSIRE organizes incentives and … Wind Permitting Standards
2NR – DSIRE = Best
DSIRE is most qualified and up to date – assumes federal policy
Gouchoe, NC State National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2K
(Susan, “Local Government and Community Programs and Incentives for Renewable Energy— National Report,” December 2000, http://seg.fsu.edu/Library/casestudy%20of%20incentives.pdf, accessed 9-24-12) PM The Database of State Incentives for …¶ education and outreach. AT: Financial Incentive
_ Plan is not a production incentive – the topic specifies they need to be a financial incentive for energy production – at best they are a consumption incentive or consumption mandate World Bank 08 [World Development Report 2008, http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/0contentMDK:23092318pagePK:478093piPK:477627theSitePK:477624,00.html] Are biofuels economically viable—… through high import tariffs on ethanol.
_ Production and consumption incentives distinct Sherlock, SPECIALIST IN ENERGY TAX POLICY, CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, 12-14-11 [Molly,SEN. JEFF BINGAMAN HOLDS A HEARING ON ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TAX INCENTIVES, lexis] WRYSCH: We don't really have a … neutral playing field for energy. _ Tech transfer is distinct Piscitello, Renewable Energy Engineer with the Asia Alternative Energy Program, 97 [E. Scott Piscitello and V. Susan Bogach, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, Feb 17-21, http://seg.fsu.edu/Library/financial%20incentives.pdf] International experience shows … and technology transfer programs. |
| 09/24/2012 | Tournament: GSU | Round: Octos | Opponent: | Judge:
1NC
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 … 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 …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 global … in 1984 is all too easy to imagine. 1NR
Manufacturing growth is up
BBC News, 9-20-12
(“US manufacturing growth 'modest', PMI survey shows,” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19660959, accessed 9-20-12, CMM) Growth in the US manufacturing … fall since October 2011.
Fiscal cliff is dumb
Fieldhouse, Federal Budget Policy Analyst, Economic Policy Institute and The Century Foundation, 9-19-12
(Andrew, “Avoiding a Double-Dip Recession Doesn't Require Extending the Bush Tax Cuts,” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-fieldhouse/avoiding-a-doubledip-rece_b_1893137.html, accessed 9-20-12, CMM) Politicians, pundits, and the … temporary fiscal support. economic decline causes war –
Their evidence doesn’t assume current geopolitics – prolonged economic decline causes multiple flashpoints for conflict
Auslin, resident scholar at AEI, and Lachman, resident fellow at AEI, 9
(Michael, and Desmond, 3-6-2009, “The Global Economy Unravels,”
http://www.aei.org/article/100187%29, accessed 9-29-11, CMM) What do these trends mean in the … that coalesce into a big bang. Empirics go neg
Mead, CFR senior fellow, 9
[Walter Russell, “Only Makes You Stronger: Why the recession bolstered America” http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169866/posts, accessed 3-26-11, TP] History may suggest that financial … on track, we may still have to fight. Economic decline makes conflict more likely
Bennett and Nordstrom, Pen State Political Science Professors, Ph.D., 2K
[Scott, Tim, "Foreign Policy Substitutability and Internal Economic Problems in Enduring Rivalries," The Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 44, No. 1] In this article, we applied arguments …to manifest con-flict behavior within states. Studies prove economic factors central to violent conflicts
Starr, American University Economics professor, 6
(Martha, Review of Social Economy, VOL. LXIV, NO. 2, JUNE 2006, “Growth and Conflict in the Developing World: Neo-liberal Narratives and Social-Economy Alternatives”, p. 205-6, Business Source Complete, accessed 9-16-9) Violent conflicts, such as civil wars … vital for keeping the peace. Economic problems will force a transition to multipolarity guaranteeing great power wars
Khalilzad, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the UN, 2-8-11
(Zalmay, United States ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations during the presidency of George W. Bush and the director of policy planning at the Defense Department from 1990 to 1992, National Review Online, “The Economy and National Security,” http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/259024/economy-and-national-security-zalmay-khalilzad, accessed 2-8-11, CMM) Today, economic and fiscal trends pose … way through the kind of crisis that we face today. Manufacturing is key to military tech innovation – turns heg
Ettlinger, Vice President for Economic Policy, and Gordon, Vice President for Energy Policy at the Center for American Progress, 4-7-11
(Michael, Kate, “The Importance and Promise of American Manufacturing,”
http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/issues/2011/04/pdf/manufacturing.pdf, accessed 9-6-12, CMM) Beyond innovation and competitiveness, … designed for military application.10
Manufacturing is key to heg – reliance on imports undermines
Ettlinger, Vice President for Economic Policy, and Gordon, Vice President for Energy Policy at the Center for American Progress, 4-7-11
(Michael, Kate, “The Importance and Promise of American Manufacturing,”
http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/issues/2011/04/pdf/manufacturing.pdf, accessed 9-6-12, CMM) Finally, supplying our own needs through … to trade embargoes to natural disasters. Turns space – manufacturing sector would be key to get into space
We couldn’t innovate tech to solve the aff
Manufacturing is the lynchpin of the economy
Ettlinger, Vice President for Economic Policy, and Gordon, Vice President for Energy Policy at the Center for American Progress, 4-7-11
(Michael, Kate, “The Importance and Promise of American Manufacturing,”
http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/issues/2011/04/pdf/manufacturing.pdf, accessed 9-6-12, CMM) Manufacturing is critically …—¶ gives it great potential resiliency. 2ac 4 – plan locks in expertise – I’ll do the link debate here
A. Innovating policy here leads to spillover abroad – that’s Buchan – Germany proves that innovation and investment in new tech leads to other countries being able to produce it more cheaply
B. First mover disadvantage – they don’t have to commercialize for other countries to figure out the tech once we innovate it – countries like China would figure out the tech and crowd the US out of the market, means we wouldn’t innovate
SMRs get copied and mass produced by China
Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, and Boyd, former director of the Safe Energy Program at Physicians for Social Responsibility, 10
(September, ARJUN MAKHIJANI, electrical and nuclear engineer who is President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research AND MICHELE BOYD, former director of the Safe Energy Program at Physicians for Social Responsibility, September, “Small Modular Reactors No Solution for the Cost, Safety, and Waste Problems of Nuclear Power,” http://www.psr.org/nuclear-bailout/resources/small-modular-reactors-no.pdf, accessed 9-15-12, CMM) Increased safety and¶ proliferation problems
Mass manufacturing raises …14 years before¶ being permanently shut.24 |
