Flowe-Itlong Novice/JV Nats  AFF

Chapter One: The people of Zone A
Just as debaters move from one extinction scenario to another, the public loses connection with the most vulnerable. When a new crisis begins, we are engaged even empathic but the reaction slowly dissipates and we move on.  While unfortunate, without a rupture, this process is inevitable. As individuals who have seen Hurricane Sandy up close, our affirmative refuses to allow you to move on without looking back. We live in Zone A. We will not forget.

Birckhead ‘12 {Tamar-Associate professor of law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, criminal defense attorney In the Eye of the Storm: Remembering the Most Vulnerable Posted: 11/02/2012 2:03 pm http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tamar-birckhead/hurricane-sandy-victims-_b_2063938.html}  

As with most natural disasters....as the lifeblood of democracy, become cold and indifferent in the face human suffering and death.

And a refusal to remember makes us complicit with what occurs.  Our appetites for energy production cause us to equate those who are victimized as “resources.” We are parties to the continuing the extinction of the communities of the planet at every level of this complex series of ecosystems. These travesties cross lines of race, species, and status all under the guise of “progress and technology.” Ultimately, it is a question of agency and appetites.  
AbdelRahim in 8 {Layla, Beyond the Symbolic and towards the Collapse May http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/layla-abdelrahim-beyond-the-symbolic-and-towards-the-collapse}

Those who are worried about the collapse....the blacks of South Africa who dug out our diamonds and coal. 

There are underlying reasons for this mode of thinking.  The US posits itself as a the defender of global freedom and liberty so we focus attention on outmoded cold war dangers leaving little time and attention for natural disasters at home
Campbell 98 (Professor of International Politics University of Newcastle (David, Writing Security: United States Foreign Policy and the Politics of Identity)
The crisis of representation the United States.... as an international discourse of danger. 

Chapter Two:  FOLKS NEED WATER –
The most disturbing images were the break-ins in the South Bronx, Seaside Heights and State Island.  People were not looting for cash or high-priced electronics.  They wanted water. Water to brush their teeth.  Water to wash themselves and retain their self-respect.  Hurricane Sandy is a forebearer of the conditions faced daily by a third of the world’s population and kills 3.75 million people annually.   Water is a precious and endangered resource.  

Cardoni in 12 {Salvatore-Care2 Causes Editors  March 22Access to Drinkable Water Shouldn’t Be an American “Pipe Dream” http://www.care2.com/causes/access-to-drinkable-water-shouldnt-be-an-american-pipe-dream.html}

There is no more fundamental natural resource....or we will all regret our neglect .

OUR ACTIVITY REDUCES EVERYTHING DOWN TO ITS SIMPLEST TERMS.  ALL OUR OPPONENTS WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT IS OUR PLAN AND ADVANTAGES EVEN IF THAT PLAN IS JUST A METAPHOR.   OUR ADVOCACY IS THAT THE U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD INCENTIVIZE SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTION USING OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION.    

OTEC produces desalinated water—this is critical to prevent global water scarcity.

Eric Bender, 8/13/2001. Head of public affairs at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and previous editor of MIT's Technology Review. "Oceans of Power: Is ocean thermal energy conversion finally ready to pump up?" Technology Review, http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/12527/.

OTEC systems are not just limited to....on coastal regions especially where access to fresh water is scarce.

Federal production tax credit combined with research and development funding is key to business investment in OTEC.
Michael Schmidt, 9/25/2006.  Staff Writer. “Panel told ocean energy technologies face 'almost insurmountable' hurdle,” Inside Energy with Federal Lands, Lexis.

Executives said Monday that their intention to commercialize....and refine technologies for field application," Bahleda said. 

Some debaters will probably read politics against us with a states counterplan.  Sadly, the images of people suffering waiting helplessly for FEMA should be fresh enough to take out the counterplan and as for the DA, Millions die yearly from lack of drinking water—comparatively outweighs war, terrorism and WMD use.

Jessica Berman, 3/17/2005.  Science and Medicine Correspondent for VOA. “WHO: Waterborne Disease is World's Leading Killer,” http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2005-03/2005-03-17voa34.cfm?CFID=93767752&CFTOKEN=55192494.

The World Health Organization says.... contaminated by the feces of sick individuals.