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Violation – the second plank of their affirmative is extra topical –

Instead of removing current restrictions, they mandate that no further restrictions be placed on natural gas.

This policy is not supported within the resolution, which asks us to REMOVE restrictions, not BAN restrictions.

Voting issue for the following reasons

Limits – sets a precedent for the affirmative adding an unlimited number of planks to boost their solvency or get around defecits set in the topic.

Predictable ground – we can’t predict extra topical plan planks which means that we aren’t prepared for them.

Even if we get ground through the topical portions of their aff, they can outweigh our DAs with their advantages based off of extra topical action, and since we can’t predict it we will have to concede it and it will outweigh.

And they may try to say the portion that bans future regulations is a financial incentive – but its command and control which is distinct from a financial incentive which is direct.

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

Voting issue for fairness and competitive equity

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A. Uniqueness – Obama will win the election
Huffington Post, 10/31/2012.  (“Presidential Race Tied, But Most Think Obama will Win: Poll.”  www.huffingtonpost.com)
B. Plan flips the election: Obama is promoting an “all of the above” strategy to appease both dirty and clean energy – passing legislation either way is politically devastating due to the politicized nature of energy during campaign season
New York Times, Sept. 13 – 2012.  (“Fossil Fuel Industry Ads Dominate TV Campaign.”  www.nytimes.com)
C. Impact – 

1. Romney victory leads to China bashing over multiple issues – causes sanctions
   Gerstein 11 (Josh – Politico, “The GOP's China syndrome”, 11/22/2011, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/68952.html)

2. That collapses relations and causes a US-China war, collapsing global trade
Droke 10 (Clif, Editor – Momentum Strategies Report, “America and the Next Major War’, Green Faucet, 3-29, http://www.greenfaucet.com/technical-analysis/america-and-the-next-major-war/79314)
3. US-Sino war goes nuclear
Johnson 1 (Chalmers, President – Japan Policy Research Institute, “Time to Bring the Troops Home”, The Nation, 4-26, http://ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/k12/girling_troops.doc)
4. Trade collapse causes a world war and nuclear terrorism
Pazner 8 (Michael J., Faculty – New York Institute of Finance, Financial Armageddon: Protect Your Future from Economic Collapse, p. 137-138)

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Text: The United States Supreme Court should rule that Vermont’s ban on hydraulic fracking is unconstitutional on the basis that it is facially discriminatory against interstate commerce as outlined in the dormant commerce clause.
Gas companies already use the dormant commerce clause to challenge state regulations; a Supreme Court ruling would strengthen their case.
ELI 2010. "Safeguarding the Laws that Protect the Environment."Endangered Environmental Laws. Environmental Law Institute, 2010. Web. 31 Aug. 2012.

Plan opens the door for gas companies to challenge state laws that prevent development.
Esch 2012.Esch, Mary. "FrackingIn New York: Gas Drillers Wrangle Over Limitations, Bans Across Empire State." Huffington Post 11 May 2012. Web. 21 Aug. 2012.

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A single energy policy can’t reverse warming – huge changes in lifestyle and consumption patterns required
Foster, 2008.  (John, Researcher in environmental economics for the ESRC Global Economic Change Programme, research fellow at Lancaster University.  “The Sustainability Mirage” (Book). Page 9)
Roman era warming disproves the emissions internal link
Caputo and Mulargia, 2011.  (Dr. Michele, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy / Geophysics Texas A and M University, and Dr. Francesco, professor of geophysics at University of Bologna.  “Global Warming During the Roman Era?”  Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei (2011) 22:403–408.)
Alt Causes
A. Livestock Methane
Nusbaum, 2010.  (Dr. Neil J., Professor at University of Mass. Med School.  “Dairy Livestock Methane Remediation and Global Warming.  J Community Health (2010) 35:500–502 )
IPR laws prevent US/China cooperation, which is key to reduce emissions
Ajemian and Reid, 2010.  (Chris K. Ajemian is an Associate with Albers Center for Global Business, Seattle University and David McHardy Reid is a Professor of Global Business Strategy and Director Albers Center of Global Business, Seattle University.  “Preventing Global Warming: The United States, China, and Intellectual Property.”  Business and Society Review 115:4 (417-436))
No causality between warming and catastrophes
Irwin and Williams, 2011.  (William, PhD Professor of Philosophy at King’s College.  And Brian, Dr. Brian, PhD Professor of Chemistry at King’s College.  “An Ethical Defense of Global-Warming Skepticism.”  Reason Papers 32 (Fall 2010): 7-27)

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Aff can’t access their econ impact long term because dependent on continued cost effective extraction which simply doesn’t exist. Right now we are just in a bubble, but soon the bubble will burst. (Also, resource claims overblown).
Butterfield 2012. Butterfield, Anne. "Shale Gas: From Geologic Bubble to Economic Bubble." Huffington Post 13 Mar. 2012, denver ed. Web. 11 Sept. 2012.
Natural gas industry is unreliable; there is not a solid basis for economic growth.
Demalle 2012. DeMalle, Brendan. "Shale Gas Bubble: Insiders Suggest Fracking Boom Is a Bust." Huffington Post 11 Jan. 2012, green ed. Web. 11 Sept. 2012.
Industry insider say natural gas doesn’t have nearly the economic potential gas companies advertise. Rush to develop just balloon all the negative impacts.
Urbina 2011. Urbina, Ian. "Insiders Sound an Alarm Amid a Natural Gas Rush." New York Times 25 June 2011. Web. 11 Sept. 2012.