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| 09/22/2012 | GSU AFFTournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge: NOTE: If you have found a digital copy of Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity, please email me at mgn249@nyu.edu. We’re going old school on those cards and it just isn’t fun. Contention 1 is the failure of Modern Politics Coherent energy policy is inarticulable in the current political paradigm- inherent contradictions with the system of infinite growth have left politics at a stalemate Ophuls and Boyan, 1992 (William and A. Stephan, Fmr U.S Foreign Service Officer and Phd in Political Science, associate professor emeritus of political science at UMBC, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited, pp.250) NG None of the tendencies… intolerable levels of pollution. Moreover these policies rely on a static vision of energy and cannot answer the question of “sustainable energy development” Ophuls and Boyan, 1992 (William and A. Stephan, Fmr U.S Foreign Service Officer and Phd in Political Science, associate professor emeritus of political science at UMBC, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited, pp 122-123) NG Although progress towards a… means where necessary. Democratic Politics as they exist cannot survive the crisis they have created. Reformist policies based on static interpretations of energy only address the symptoms of absolute scarcity Ophuls and Boyan, 1992 (William and A. Stephan, Fmr U.S Foreign Service Officer and Phd in Political Science, associate professor emeritus of political science at UMBC, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited, pp. XI-XII) NG The environmental handwriting… change and social cacophony. Further, continued marginal reforms will only sustain the crisis in more insidious forms Ophuls and Boyan, 1992 (William and A. Stephan, Fmr U.S Foreign Service Officer and Phd in Political Science, associate professor emeritus of political science at UMBC, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited) pp.3-5 NG This book argues, to… by examining basic concept. Contention 2 is the Tragedy of the Commons New expansions of energy policy are rooted in the logic of continued consumption. The culmination of scarcity and flawed energy policy is a “crunch” that will destroy the biosphere Ophuls, 1997 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Requiem for Modern Politics”, pp. 5-7)NG Another way of viewing … their implications in more depth. The topic as it exists is flawed- new forms and expansion of energy on exacerbates the logic of the commons- we can no longer afford to think of humans external to the natural world lest extinction become inevitable Ophuls, 1997 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Requiem for Modern Politics”, pp. 7-8)NG Human beings have profoundly …more we ultimately impoverish ourselves. This form of technological thinking creates a framework of reliance and reaction, ensuring that the crunch is more deadly and totalitarian Ophuls and Boyan, 1992 (William and A. Stephan, Fmr U.S Foreign Service Officer and Phd in Political Science, associate professor emeritus of political science at UMBC, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited, pp. 211-212) NG Modern humanity has used… compatible with our values. Humanities abandonment of ecological harmony has led to amoral selfishness- leads to impersonal warfare and the extinction of all life Ophuls, 2011 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Platos Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology”, pp. 2-4) NG From this perspective, the …. is measured has grown enormously. This amorality spills over to become a parasitic and self-absorbed form of politics, culminating in corporate authoritarianism Ophuls, 1997 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Requiem for Modern Politics”, pp. 55-56)NG Hobbes's failure is ironic…us toward a Hobbesian future. Thus, Nate and I endorse facing the environmental music rather than rather than let scarcity force us into an era of unwanted political change and social cacophony through the politics of the steady state Contention 3: Envisioning New Horizons The role of politics and debate is to articulate new possibilities for progress. Problematizing the logic of the mindset surrounding energy creates new and subversive forms of reality Ophuls and Boyan, 1992 (William and A. Stephan, Fmr U.S Foreign Service Officer and Phd in Political Science, associate professor emeritus of political science at UMBC, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited) NG Second, at this juncture… long to come to our senses. The most fundamental question is if energy as the resolution represents it sustainable and compatible with human survival? Envisioning post-growth, steady-state aligned worlds is crucial to politics and survival Ophuls and Boyan, 1992 (William and A. Stephan, Fmr U.S Foreign Service Officer and Phd in Political Science, associate professor emeritus of political science at UMBC, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited) NG Marx’s utopian assessment… to meet the challenge. Only an ethical alignment with ecology can cure the hubris of technocracy and expose the illusions of modern politics Ophuls, 2011 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Platos Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology”, pp. 28-29) NG With this brief justification … human humility, moderation, and connection. Our advocacy is the only way to create space for political progress. Remaining within modern democratic politics ensures failure because it rests on flawed understandings of energy and consumption Ophuls, 1997 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Requiem for Modern Politics”, pp. IX-XII)NG The argument of this work is … historical and philosophical perspective. | |
| 11/08/2012 | 2AC answersTournament: GSU/Vegas | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Moreover, personal …acting or doing nothing. 4. This comparatively outweighs all other forms of violence War has always …go on unabated. 5. Vesting confidence in the dramas of politics as usual only perpetuates the mindset at the root of collapse- new politics must be articulated PLACING OUR FAITH IN THEIR STATIC PARTIES SURRENDERS POLITICS TO CAPITALISM; WE SHOULD TREAT THE STATE AS EXTERNAL TO OUR DEMANDS, RATHER THAN LOCATING OURSELVES INTERNAL TO ITS OPERATIONS The third and… required it to be done. 2AC A/T Market Solves The practical import is …is only now dawning. 2AC Crunch Now The point of … is called entropy . 4) More resources only drive the shipwreck quicker because they are inefficient- extraction will destroy the environment before we run out Better technologies can … on concentrated energy. 2AC A/T Heidigger Despite the merits … inspire true collective action. 3) Permutation do both- it’s a question of material sustainability, not harmonization or the transformation of humans into subjects that can interact with technology, the crunch proves that relationality insofar as it relates to sustainable ethics with the natural world is not only crucial to avert the crunch, it is inevitable as a result of natural limits. The only question is whether the transformation of post-growth societies will be totalitarian and biopolitical or whether it will be benevolent and able to sustain some technological practices that enrich our lives. 4) The material world is inescapable and prior to the K, only the 1AC’s alignment with sustainable politics can access the reorientation key to the K’s impacts The foundation behind … their legislative initiatives 1AC conceptualization of natural law is mutualism- proves incorporation of the aff solves better So although competition …, to that degree, alive. Natural beauty is ontologically apriori- alternative results in psychic repression and paralysis The quintessential task … false and unreal as well. The aff solves the kritik by normalizing new forms of relationality with nature- divorcing “ecology” from a lens of progress is the crucial first step Japan, site of … now more than ever. | |
| 02/20/2013 | Northwestern 1ACTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Coherent energy policy is inarticulable in the current political paradigm- inherent contradictions with the system of infinite growth have left politics at a stalemate Ophuls and Boyan, 1992 (William and A. Stephan, Fmr U.S Foreign Service Officer and Phd in Political Science, associate professor emeritus of political science at UMBC, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited, pp. 250) NG None of the tendencies... levels of pollution. Moreover these policies rely on a static vision of energy and cannot answer the question of “sustainable energy development” Ophuls and Boyan, 1992 (William and A. Stephan, Fmr U.S Foreign Service Officer and Phd in Political Science, associate professor emeritus of political science at UMBC, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited, pp. 122-123) NG " Although progress toward... means where necessary. Specifically in the context of energy, status quo understandings of resource availability obscures the external costs of extraction, ensuring ineffectual policy and environmental disaster. Ophuls 2012 (Williams and A. Stephen, Fmr U.S. Foreign Service Officer and PhD in Political Science, Immoderate Greatness) A contemporary example... it expedites entropy. Democratic Politics as they exist cannot survive the crisis they have created. Reformist policies based on static interpretations of energy only address the symptoms of absolute scarcity Ophuls and Boyan, 1992 (William and A. Stephan, Fmr U.S Foreign Service Officer and Phd in Political Science, associate professor emeritus of political science at UMBC, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited, xi-xii) NG The environmental handwriting... and social cacophony. Contention 2 is the Tragedy of the Commons The Crunch is Coming: 1) New expansions of energy policy are rooted in the logic of continued consumption. The culmination of scarcity and flawed energy policy is a “crunch” that will destroy the biosphere Ophuls, 1997 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Requiem for Modern Politics”, pp. 5-7)NG Another way of viewing... in more depth. 2) Exponential growth ensures overshoot without intervention- more discoveries just fuel demand and the degradation Ophuls, 2011 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Platos Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology”, pp. 61-62) NG The practical import... only now dawning. 3) Entropy- low-grade resources require more extraction and drive the crunch faster Ophuls, 2011 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Platos Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology”, pp. 62-63) NG The point of... is called entropy. The crunch is insidious and has already begun like exponential growth, collapse picks up speed until it is impossible to control Ophuls 2012 (Williams and A. Stephen, Fmr U.S. Foreign Service Officer and PhD in Political Science, Immoderate Greatness) Renewables and innovation only sustain a system that degrades carry capacity, humanity can never innovate fast enough to divert collapse Ophuls 2012 (Williams and A. Stephen, Fmr U.S. Foreign Service Officer and PhD in Political Science, Immoderate Greatness, pp 9-11) This form of technological thinking creates a framework of reliance and reaction, ensuring that the crunch is more deadly and totalitarian Ophuls and Boyan, 1992 (William and A. Stephan, Fmr U.S Foreign Service Officer and Phd in Political Science, associate professor emeritus of political science at UMBC, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited, pp. 211-212) NG Modern humanity has... with our values. Humanities abandonment of ecological harmony has led to amoral selfishness- leads to impersonal warfare and the extinction of all life Ophuls, 2011 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Platos Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology”, pp. 2-4) NG From this perspective... has grown enormously. This amorality spills over to become a parasitic and self-absorbed form of politics, culminating in corporate authoritarianism Ophuls, 1997 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Requiem for Modern Politics”, pp. 55-56)NG Hobbes failure is... a Hobbesian future. Thus, Aziz and I endorse an ethical alignment with the steady state. Contention 3: Envisioning New Horizons The transition to the steady state is inevitable- the question is only whether overshoot will cause totalitarian collapse Ophuls and Boyan, 1992 (William and A. Stephan, Fmr U.S Foreign Service Officer and Phd in Political Science, associate professor emeritus of political science at UMBC, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited, pp 181-183) NG The essential meaning... graphically in Figure 3-6. The role of politics and debate is to articulate new possibilities for progress. Problematizing the logic of the mindset surrounding energy creates new and subversive forms of reality Ophuls and Boyan, 1992 (William and A. Stephan, Fmr U.S Foreign Service Officer and Phd in Political Science, associate professor emeritus of political science at UMBC, Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity Revisited, pp 282) NG Second, at this... to our senses. Only an ethical alignment with ecology can cure the hubris of technocracy and expose the illusions of modern politics Ophuls, 2011 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Platos Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology”, pp. 28-29) NG With this brief... moderation, and connection. Our advocacy is the only way to create space for political progress. Remaining within modern democratic politics ensures failure because it rests on flawed understandings of energy and consumption Ophuls, 1997 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Requiem for Modern Politics”, pp. IX-XII)NG The argument of... and philosophical perspective. Exposure of the illusion of modern politics will prevent violent totalitarianism- our inround advocacy shapes the direction of institutional posters Ophuls, 2011 (William, former Foreign Service Officer, PhD in political science from Yale University, “Platos Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology”, pp. xi-xiv) NG I start from... institutions shape us. | |
| 02/23/2013 | Districts AffTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Everyday we continue 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 of their system...who dug our diamonds and coal.
Measures proposed to address environmental degradation reflect the appetites by vested interests. They protect structures of power that are implicated in the perpetuation of environmental problems. Tuathail in 98 (Gearóid Ó, prof -Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.The Geopolitics Reader, 1998, pgs. 7) Co-existing with these discourses on the new world order...in the creation and perpetuation of environmental problems.
The system is imploding and we’re stuck inside. The nuclear is at point of obsessive stockpiling of information, security and regulations that collapses into an absurdity of useless databases, repressed anxiety and regulatory nightmares that is a tipping point for systems of control beyond which control is lost. Baudrillard ’95 (Jean, “Simulacra and Simulation: The Precession of Simulacra”, pp. 41-42) The nuclear is at once the culminating point...a reversion of energies toward a minimal threshold.
The folly of such measures is apparent in the overshoot of the nuclear industry that is gripped in delusional rhetoric at the highest levels. They ignore the reality of renewables in favor of lies about nuclear. Godoy in 12 {Julio-InterPress Service Agency Mainstream Rhetoric on Nuclear Power Far From Reality http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/08/mainstream-rhetoric-on-nuclear-power-far-from-reality/} The catastrophe following the meltdown...over the same period," he said.
The US indulges this fantasy by fueling a nuclear renaissance. Worthington, 12 – contributing editor for SmartPlanet (David, 2/9. “The U.S. nuclear renaissance has begun.” http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/the-us-nuclear-renaissance-has-begun/13058url:http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/the-us-nuclear-renaissance-has-begun/13058) These are cooling towers on the horizon in the United States...cost of US$14 billion, CNN reported.
Plan Text: The United States federal government should amend Section 202 subsection 4 (a)
Observation two: The Perfect Storm The powerful expand the concept of security from traditional issues like war to include the environment. This framing of the environment spills over massively expanding government power and justifying militarism and the most authoritarian response. Waever 1995, Senior Researcher at the Center for Peace and Conflict Research, (Ole, On Security, p. 63-64) Central to the arguments for the conceptual innovation...in the name of the environment.
The powerful within the nation-state exercise a hold over thinking which inhibits a central reorientation and limits resistant scholarship. We must not allow these restrictions to constrain our intellectual imagination. Biswas 7 (Shampa, Professor of Politics at Whitman College, December, “Empire and Global Public Intellectuals: Reading Edward Said as an International Relations Theorist,” Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Vol. 36, No. 1, p. 125-126)
In its endless search for threats, the state launches violent crusades against the marginalized- ensuring escalating wars and cycles of violence Connoly in 2k (William, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science @ Johns Hopkins University, Identity/Difference, expanded edition) In several domains, the state no longer...by the civilization of productivity itself.
Threats and the search for security have transfixed the state on spectacle, a worship of realpolitik that insures that escalation and creation of threats that are not reflections of the material world Baudrillard, 2004 (Jean, The Phantom Menace “The Intelligence of Evil or the Lucidity Pact,” 117-121) At this present stage of a networking...(with a savagery that is no longer natural, but technical).
The powerful believe in the permanence of consumption as a pathway to protection propping up the security apparatus in dangerous ways. The emergency mentality joins national security in the fight for environmental security further feeding the paranoid state. Neocleous 2008 (Mark is a Professor of the Critique of Political Economy; Head of Department of Politics and History, he joined Brunel University in the Department of Government in 1994. Since then he has published numerous books and articles. His most recent work has been towards the development of a critique of security. “CRITIQUE OF SECURITY” 2008. Pg. 154-155) Because the need for security is so amorphous...an inescapable feature of bourgeois society.
The hidden justification for this “power grab” is militarism and the security norms Washingtons in 12 (Nuclear Power Is Expensive and Bad for the Environment … It’s Being Pushed Because It Is Good For Making Bombs Apr11 by WashingtonsBlog) If nuclear energy is expensive and bad...just promoters for the nuclear cycle.
This security fetishism and drive to create order causes destabilization and extinction Dillon and Campbell 1992 (Michael, @ Lancaster U, and David @ Newcastle U, “The Political Subject of Violence”, p. 163-164,) Edited for Gendered Language This interpretation of violence...at home in any other house.
Contention 3: Outcomes of the struggle To say we solve would be an exercise in arrogance and a continuation of the insolence we indict. Our advocacy can be judged to be productive if our actions raise enough questions about energy production choices based in securitized language. By questioning, we can contest the politics of security that render technologically calculable objects that characterize international relations. We must think about the very foundations of the system. Dillon 1996 Michael, professor Politics and International Relations at the University of Lancaster, The Politics of Security, pp. 22-23 Contesting our politics of security...belonging together of security and insecurity.
The proportional balance required by the energy policy act of 2005 creates direct tradeoffs between renewables and nuclear energy because the total portfolio must add up to 100%. Section 1212(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13317(a)) "(4)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B)...for the fiscal year to other projects.
This power already rests with the Secretary in the language of the law. No new legislation is required to pass it. Section 202 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 The language of Section 202...percentage requirements of subparagraph (A)."
By restricting those in power and engaging our places as individuals in the real world we locate the mechanisms to avoid contributing to the climate of fear and hopelessness that undermines those who hope to organize Lichterman 2009 (Andrew is a lawyer and policy analyst Western States Legal Foundation, “Disarmament work amidst a global economic crisis”, 8/6/09, disarmamentactivist.org/.../Lichterman%20Hiroshima%20Day%202009.pdf) We also must take back our politics...inequities of the global system as a whole.
Now is a key time to expose the big lie of the institutions that shape our stories. Exposure is a precursor to a change of consciousness essential to resisting soft authoritarianism. Informed citizens that can both imagine and act responsibly. It is key to our survival Giroux 12 Henry, Global TV Network Chair Professorship, McMaster Univ, English and Cultural Studies Dept, “Beyond the Politics of the Big Lie: The Education Deficit and the New Authoritarianism” June 6,http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9865-beyond-the-politics-of-the-big-lie-the-education-deficit-and-the-new-authoritarianism For the first time in modern history...becoming more normalized and dangerous.
The lies of the nuclear power industry rest at the center of the security myths and represent a dangerous diversion. Changing the subsidy balance tackles the nuclear nightmare so it cannot crowd out safer technologies and opens the door to better choices globally. Levendis Block and Morrel in 9 {John, Walter, Joseph Morrel Journal of Business Ethics (2006) 67:37–49 P46 http://www.walterblock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Nuclear-Power.pdf Spring} The present paper is neither pro nor anti-nuclear...energy technologies and energy efficiency.
Securitizing the environment without a serious reorientation of the state’s relationship to security justifies militarism, which results in colonialist wars. Barnett 2001, Fellow in the School of Social and Environmental Enquiry at University of Melbourne, 2001 (Jon, and a New Zealand Sci and Tech Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Canterbury and serves on the editorial boards of several scholarly journals, May 4, The Meaning of Environmental Security: Ecological Politics and Policy in the New Security Era, pg. 47 p3 – pg. 49 p1) The most important critique of expanded conceptions...do not correspond to the needs of people. |
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