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	01/22/2013	Binghampton 1AC Tournament: \| Round: \| Opponent: \| Judge: Observation 1: Inherency The Wind Energy Tax Credit will expire by the end of the year – gradual collapse is better than immediate ¶ Sullivan B Adam 12, Editor Iowa City Press Citizen, “Lawmakers Talk Wind Energy” Aug 29, 2012, http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20120830/NEWS01/308300032/Lawmakers-talk-wind-energy ¶ U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, players in the industry.”¶ Plan: The president of The United States should sign an executive order extending the wind energy tax credit for 7 years and re - appropriate credit funds from blade turbines to bladeless technology investment in Saphon Energy Corp ¶ Contention 1 – Jobs The economy is on the brink of recession – Action now is key Morici, Economist and Professor 12, 6/4 (Peter Morici, 6/4/2012, “Depressed by a US jobs stalemate”, http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/US-jobs-US-economic-recovery-US-unemployment-pd20120604-UWRHY?opendocumentandsrc=nsf/Article/US-jobs-US-economic-recovery-US-unemployment-pd20120604-UWRHY?opendocumentandsrc=rss, ESW) The per cent in 2012. Current unemployment rates are the lynchpin of slow growth Rugaber, reporter for the Associated Press, 6/22/ 12(Christopher S, “Weak Job Market Impairs Recovery,” 6/22/12, http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20120622/BUSINESS/306220015/com/article/20120622/BUSINESS/306220015/Weak-job-market-impairs-recovery) The sluggish …..note to clients. Jobs are the biggest internal link to the economy Newport 12, Frank Newport, writer for Gallup.com, 07-19-12, “Americans Focus on Jobs as Best Way to Improve U.S. Economy,” http://www.gallup.com/poll/155768/aspx PRINCETON, NJ …. balancing the budget. Specifically PTC is key to Midwest Economy failure to extend puts those states at risk of poverty Kasper, Matt 12, “Report: 23 largest wind farms in illonois bring 6 billion in economic benefits to the state.” Think Climate Progress, http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/07/24/572881/report-23-largest-wind-farms-in-illinois-bring-6-billion-in-economic-benefits-to-the-state/http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/07/24/572881/report-23-largest-wind-farms-in-illinois-bring-6-billion-in-economic-benefits-to-the-state/ Mitt …extended. Poverty is the worst form of violence – it kills more people than an ongoing nuclear war Abu-Jamal, prominent social activist and author, ‘98 A Quiet and Deadly Violence, Sept 19, http://www.flashpoints.net/mQuietDeadlyViolence.html The …..the son, and the kids fight each other. Wind PTC improves the economy on general Martson, Jim 12 Editor of EDF, “Why we must extend the Production Tax Credit For Wind Energy” Environmental Defense Fund, August 31, 2012, http://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2012/08/31/why-we-must-extend-the-production-tax-credit-for-wind-energy/http://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2012/08/31/why-we-must-extend-the-production-tax-credit-for-wind-energy/ The PTC is sound …. or nuclear energy combined. Economic decline causes global nuclear war Mead 9 — Henry Kissinger Senior Fellow at the CFR, Professor at Yale (Walter Russel, "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger," The New Republic) So far, such …. still have to fight. Contention 2 – Bats Blade Turbines account for thousands of bat deaths a year Molland Judy, 12 Editor for Care 2, “1000s of bats die every year from wind turbines : can we save them?” July 9th 2012, http://www.care2.com/causes/1000s-of-bats-die-every-year-from-wind-turbines-can-we-save-them.html#html#ixzz25ecJHSWq Dead bats ….potential fix.¶ We isolate 2 internal links – 1st is Deforestation Bats prevent pests save farmers money and prevent US deforestation – they account for 95 percent of forest regrowth NWF No Date, “Night Friends – American Bats” The National Wildlife Federation, American Bats Online Activity Guide, http://www.nwf.org/~/media/PDFs/Wildlife/ashx Worldwide, ….dispersing animals US Deforestation causes species and ecosystems collapse Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund, 2008, Earth: The Sequel The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming, p. 193 (PDEN0897) …forests …the world combined. Each new species extinction risks planetary extinction MAJOR DAVID N. DINER 94 , Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army, Military Law Review Winter 1994 143 Mil. L. Rev. 161 Biologically diverse …. abyss. ( = correction Warming causes extinction Oliver Tickell (Climate Researcher) August 11 2008 “On a planet 4C hotter, all we can prepare for is extinction”, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/11/uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/11/climatechange) We need to … a similar hothouse Earth. Second is Food Prices Loss of Bats directly increases food prices Schwartzel Erich 11 , “ Bats fall victim to wind turbines; bugs proliferate” Pittsburg Post Gazette http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/science_tech/Bats-fall-victim-to-wind-turbines%3B-com/dpp/news/science_tech/Bats-fall-victim-to-wind-turbines%3B-bugs-proliferate The butterfly effect …Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Increase in Food Prices will disproportionately affect Russia – Spikes will destroy political stability and lead to civil war Yasmann 8 (Victor, RFE/RL analyst, "Analysis: Global Food Crisis Catches Up With Russia," Date published: 5/16/12. Date accessed: 6/30/12. http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1117497.html) Food prices will be … Russian farmers. Russian social unrest will escalate to nuclear war David 99 – Professor of Political Science at John Hopkins University Steven R., “Saving America from the Coming Civil Wars,” Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb, LN conflicts fought … weapons. Observation 2 - Solvency The congressional signal of a Wind Energy Tax Credit shores up investment and directly solves job growth Friedman 2008 Thomas, Pulitzer prize columnist for the New York Times, Dumb as We Wanna Be,http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/opinion/30friedman.html?hp, April 30 “It’s a disaster,” … made. Obama supports the wind energy tax credit German Ben - 05/08/12 11:33 AM ET Obama presses Congress to extend energy tax incentives http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/226021-obama-presses-congress-to-extend-energy-tax-incentives President Obama … cap have sputtered. Bladeless Tech is viable now - directly solves bird deaths – and is less noisy and more cost effective Franzen, Carl 12 Editor for TPM, “From Tunishia The future of Wind Power” TMP Ideal Lab, June 20, 2012 http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/php An unlikely …remains to be seen.¶ Passing PTC is key to resolve uncertainty in wind industry By Jacquelyn S. Bryan, Jason L. Richey, and William D. Wickard September 13, 2012 Failure to extend the renewable energy production tax credit: Will it send wind energy investors packing for opportunites abroad? http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/failure-to-extend-the-renewable-energy-p-20713 The impasse … the tax credit.15
	01/22/2013	USNA 1AC Tournament: \| Round: \| Opponent: \| Judge: Contention 1: Inherency Friends of Earth GHG restriction means no new OPIC projects - Lack of cap space means they’ll start drawing down our evidence is comparative Guay, Justin 12. Editor for TP “Obama’s International Clean Energy Strategy: A Tale of Two Agencies” Oct 18. 2012, http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/10/18/1041931/obamas-international-clean-energy-strategy-a-tale-of-two-agencies/?mobile=nc ¶ The best … a modern institution. Plan: The United States federal government should lift the Green House Gas Restriction on the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Contention 2: US Manufacturing Chinas crushing our solar industry - multiple warrants Lederman, Josh 12 Editor for AP, “Trade Panel finds China harming US industry” Nov, 8, 2012 http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=49andarticleid=20121108_49_E4_CUTLIN545871 (Haughton) WASHINGTON - …. reason it flopped.¶ Solar Power is key to our manufacturing industry USA NEWS 12, “For residential solar, homeowners seek American made” Dec 6, 2012 http://www.wwnytv.com/house/?feed=bimandid=182421051(Haughton) With residential solar … and maintain. Our manufacturing sector is at risk Curtin 10/17 – Staff Writer for CNBC News and the Daily Ticker (Stacy, 10/17/12, “Manufacturing 'Recovery' Not All It's Cracked Up to Be?,” http://www.cnbc.com/id/49448048) While … cannot do. This Is True For A Couple Reasons: 1.) Market Certainty Cutini Jerry 12, CEO for elQ Energy. “U.S. Solar Tariff Ruling Provides Much-Needed Certainty” Mar 21. 2012. Renewable Energy World, http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/03/u-s-solar-tariff-ruling-provides-much-needed-certainty San Jose, Calif. -- By far …move forward. 2.) Job Growth – assurance and sustainability SEIA 12, “U.S. Solar Energy Jobs Increase by More Than 13 Percent” Solar Energy Industries Association, Nov 2nd 2012. http://www.seia.org/news/us-solar-energy-jobs-increase-more-13-percent WASHINGTON, D.C. – The … BW Research with technical assistance from Cornell University. Green jobs are the biggest internal link to manufacturing Pollack Ethan 12, Editor for EPI (Economic Policy Institute) “Counting up to green, assessing the green economy and its implications for growth and equity” Oct 10. 2012 http://www.epi.org/publication/bp349-assessing-the-green-economy/(Haughton) Greener industries … the overall manufacturing sector. Tariffs are still inefficient – plan saves the industry Hurdle John 12, Editor for AOL Energy, “US Solar industry pessimistic on China tariffs” Dec 13, 2012 http://energy.aol.com/2012/12/13/us-solar-industry-pessimistic-on-china-tariffs/(Haughton) If … manufacturers… We isolate 2 Benefits of US Manufacturing Scenario 1: Bio Terror Manufacturing is key to the pharmaceutical industry Swezey ’11 - Project Director for Breakthrough Institute where he works as an energy and climate policy analyst (Devon, 2011, “Manufacturing Growth Advanced Manufacturing and the Future of the American Economy,” http://thebreakthrough.org/blog/BTI_Third_Way_Idea_Brief_-_Manufacturing_Growth_.pdf) New manufacturing …manufacturing.12 The pharmaceutical industry is key to preventing bioterrorism Washington Post ‘1 (2001, Nov. 8, p.e01, Justin Gillis, http://www.vaccinationnews.com/DailyNews/November2001/ScisRaceForVax.htm) rss U.S. scientists, …billions. US Bio Defense spending is inevitable – its an issue of efficiency HSR 12, Homeland Security Market Research, “Bio-Terror and Infectious Disease Outbreak: Detection Technologies and Global Markets – 2012 Edition” Q12. http://www.homelandsecurityresearch.com/2012/03/bio-terror-infectious-disease-outbreak-detection-technologies-and-global-markets-2012-edition/ Events of … will reach $5.6 billion Now specifically is key – threats are increasing Garret Laurie 12, Correspondent for FP “Flu Season” Foreign Policy. January 05, 2012. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/05/flu_season?wp_login_redirect=0 Making … revolution. Advanced manufacturing stops bioterror Morgan et al. ’03 (Sarah Morgan East Texas Baptist University, Silverio Colon, Arizona State University Department of Bioengineering College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Judith A. Ruffner and John A. Emerson Organic Materials Department, Ramona L. Myers Nuclear Safety Assessment Department, “Biomanufacturing: A State of the Technology Review “September 2003,http://www.che.ncsu.edu/academics/concentrations/documents/Biomanufacturing-AStateofTechRev.pdf) Perhaps the most ….any one of these fields. Bio – Weapon attacks cause extinction Kellman ‘08 Barry, Director of the International Weapons Control Center at the DePaul University College of Law and author of Bioviolence—Preventing Biological Terror and Crime; “Bioviolence: A Growing Threat,” The Futurist, May-June 2008, http://www.wfs.org/March-April09/MJ2008_Kellman.pdf What Might …. untenable. Scenario 2: Nuclear Deterrence Manufacturing capabilities key to technology necessary for U.S. deterrence O’Hanlon 2012 (Mackenzie Eaglen, American Enterprise Institute Rebecca Grant, IRIS Research Robert P. Haffa, Haffa Defense Consulting Michael O'Hanlon, The Brookings Institution Peter W. Singer, The Brookings Institution Martin Sullivan, Commonwealth Consulting Barry Watts, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments “The Arsenal of Democracy and How to Preserve It: Key Issues in Defense Industrial Policy January 2012,” pg online The current wave … in a globalized marketplace. Defense industrial base deterrence capabilities deters war with Russia, China, and prevents terrorism Watts ‘8 (Senior Fellow @ The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (Barry D, “The US Defense Industrial Base, Past, Present and Future,” 2008 CBA,http://www.csbaonline.org/4Publications/PubLibrary/R.20081015._The_US_Defense_In/R.20081015._The_US_Defense_In.pdf) Since the 1950s, … 1950s. Contention 2 Energy Crisis OPIC Akamai alliance coming now – post plan means new projects OPIC 12, (Media and Connections: “OPIC Selects Akamai Global as Originator in Enterprise Development Network” Overseas Private Investment Corp. Nov 28. 2012, http://www.opic.gov/press-releases/2012/opic-selects-akamai-global-originator-enterprise-development-network) WASHINGTON, D.C. – … http://akamaiglobal.co.uk Global Warming proves Lake Victoria - Uganda’s main energy source will dry up Schultz Rebecca 07, Editor for Center of American Progress “ Africa’s Energy Crisis Worsens: Viable Clean Energy Alternatives are imperative” Jul 17, 2007 http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2007/07/17/3276/africas-energy-crisis-worsens-viable-clean-energy-alternatives-are-imperative/(Haughton) The problem goes beyond … day. That’ll kill Ugandan health infrastructure Binyina Don Bwesigye 11, Editor for International Rivers “Uganda: Energy diversification will solve our energy crisis” Mar, 07 2011, http://damsandalternatives.blogspot.com/2011/03/uganda-energy-diversification-will.html(Haughton) In Tanzania, the authorities … Uganda That puts thousands at risk for disease spread McKenzie David 12, Editor for CNN “Rebel leader in Uganda for Congo crisis talks” Nov 23, 2012 http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/22/world/africa/congo-rebels/index.html(Haughton) A fight for the … water.. New Ebola Outbreak and no travel restrictions puts us on the brink - we’re time pressured Herriman Robert 12. Reporter for Examiner “WHO revises Uganda Ebola outbreak total case count.” Examiner.com. Dec 1st 2012, http://www.examiner.com/article/who-revises-uganda-ebola-outbreak-total-case-count In a ….disease. Ebola outbreaks cause extinction SCMP NO Date, South China Morning Post NO DATE. South China Moring Post: (Kavita Daswani, “Leading the way to a cure for AIDS”, 1-4, L/N) Despite … he said. As factories and industries close - Independently it will also increase poverty Schultz Rebecca 07, Editor for Center of American Progress “ Africa’s Energy Crisis Worsens: Viable Clean Energy Alternatives are imperative” Jul 17, 2007 http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2007/07/17/3276/africas-energy-crisis-worsens-viable-clean-energy-alternatives-are-imperative/(Haughton) To keep … economy. We have a moral obligation to fight poverty – it’s a type of structural violence that’s genocide on a population deemed lesser Jamal – Abu 98, prominent social activist and author, ’98 A Quiet and Deadly Violence, Sept 19, http://www.flashpoints.net/mQuietDeadlyViolence.html (Haughton) The … each other. Contention 3: Solvency The Carbon Emissions Ceiling prevents OPIC from planning new projects – any investment is a natural result of plan action Moss Todd 12, Editor for CFDG: “A Policy Tweak to Help Bring Lights to 700 Million People Stuck in the Dark (Without Baking the Planet”) Aug 30. 2012 http://blogs.cgdev.org/globaldevelopment/2012/08/a-policy-tweak-to-help-bring-lights-to-700-million-people-stuck-in-the-dark-without-baking-the-planet.php Let’s not be …the next administration.¶ Lack of rainfall makes hydro dams unsustainable – solar is the only alternative Binyina Don Bwesigye 11, Editor for International Rivers “Uganda: Energy diversification will solve our energy crisis” Mar, 07 2011, http://damsandalternatives.blogspot.com/2011/03/uganda-energy-diversification-will.html(Haughton) In December …every day. Plan solves - Our international panel exports avoid China and re-create an influx of green jobs – OPIC projects in South Africa prove Andrew 12, Editor for Clean Technica. “South Africa solar power project financed by OPIC” Sept 20, 2012. http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/20/opic-finances-memc-sunedison-jvs-south-africa-solar-power-project/(Haughton) Developing … 2016. ... The plan relieves uncertainty in the industry Gladstone Sabrina 12, Reporter for CNS NEWS “Obama Administration to Spend $20 Million on Green Energy Plan – For Africa” Jul. 05, 2012. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-administration-spend-20-million-green-energy-plan-africa ¶ The U.S… up.”¶ … High initial investment is the biggest barrier to solar energy in Uganda Mukasa Jerome 12, Editor for All Africa “Uganda new, easy method to acess solar energy” East African Business Week (Kampala) April 15, 2012 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204161595.html(Haughton) According … dollar a day. Plan solves – OPIC loan guarantees can easily cover the investment KD No Date, Krieg Default: Overseas Private Investment Corporation http://www.kriegdevault.com/userfiles/file/The%20Overseas%20Private%20Investment%20Corporation.pdf Loan ….s in the EDN OPIC budgets are self-sustaining – they’re distinct from other types of federal spending OPIC 12, WEBSITE “OPIC Board Approves $250 million for 60MW Solar Power Project in South Africa” Sept. 17, 2012. http://www.opic.gov/press-releases/2012/opic-board-approves-250-million-60mw-solar-power-project-south-africa' OPIC …American jobs.
	01/22/2013	Wake 1AC Tournament: \| Round: \| Opponent: \| Judge: Observation 1: Truth-Telling – We are all complicit in a system that otherizes and destroys non-dominant or inconvenient ideologies. Its aim: preserving Whiteness, Its weapon: energy production. The status quo is a characterization of an invisible racial contract that’s the root cause of otherizing genocidal politics - Disposability becomes written onto black bodies and spaces where resource disparities exist in order to maintain the purity of white spaces. Mills 2k Charles W. Mills, “Black Trash” 2001¶ For …. politic.¶ Plan: The United States federal government should reduce Nuclear Regulatory Commission restrictions on new nuclear power plant designs and divert all nuclear funding in the status quo for the research and production of liquid fluoride thorium reactors. Observation 2: The Truth is all around us - The science behind warming is rock solid – most scientific reports have confirmed the validity of the greenhouse gas effects; however, modern reactionaries on the march have taken over “climate denial” as their new pet project CFR 9/25/11 Council on Foreign Relations, reposted from the AP written by Charles Hanley AP Special correspondent, AP: The American 'Allergy' to Global Warming: Why?, http://www.cfr.org/climate-change/ap-american-allergy-global-warming-why/p26042?cid=rss-fullfeed-apthe_americanallergyto_-092511andutm_source=feedburnerandutm_medium=feedandutm_campaign=Feed%3A+cfr_main+%28CFR.org+-+Main+Site+Feed%29andutm_content=Google+Reader NEW YORK (AP) — ….ustains us." The effects of warming strike at the heart of minority rights – systematic discrimination means marginalized communities are less likely to survive global warming, threatening their unique culture – they are the acceptable casualties of climate denial. Minority Rights Groups International April 2008http:www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/ClimateChange/Submissions/Minority_Rights_Group_International.pdfAuthor: Rachel Baird (MRG) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) working to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities. Climate …. nation. Natural Disasters are strengthening - Hurricane Sandy proves we are at the tipping point It is the best exposition of climate denial- minority communities ignored – no electricity, lack of food and FEMA still hasn’t shown up Ujjn North Star Fund, Writer The Blog, Huff Post Editor, “ Climate Change and Sandy’s Impact in the age of inequality” 11/9805 for /12 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hugh-hogan/hurricane-sandy-recovery_b_2067605.html (KH) One …. hits.¶ Climate denialism is the last bastion of invisible racism. The Politics of denial act to preserve the interests of the rich white male, ignoring the impact borne by minorities. Mooney ’11, Chris, science and political journalist specializing in science in politics, the psychology of denialism, Knight Science Journalism Fellow, MIT; Visiting Associate, Center for Collaborative History, Princeton U; 8/2/11 (“What’s Up With Conservative White Men and Climate Change Denial?,” http://www.desmogblog.com/what-s-conservative-white-men-and-climate-change-denial) They’re … flames. No concessions—We cannot accept any degree of racism. It makes injustice and violence inevitable. You have an affirmative obligation to act in the face of racism – solvency is not an issue Memmi 2K (Albert, , Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Paris, Racism, University of Minnesota Press, translated by Steve Martinot, p. 163) The …. racist challenge. Observation 3: The Truth has been hidden from us. Minority communities on the periphery are always the first to be chosen – Economically disadvantaged and Increasingly vulnerable due to exemptions from most state laws and environmental regulations Minority communities are always the first to be chosen – Economically disadvantaged and Increasingly vulnerable due to exemptions from most state laws and environmental regulations PC No Date, Public Citizen Agency “Radioactive Racism: The History of Targeting Native American Communities with High-Level Atomic Waste Dumps” http://www.nirs.org/radwaste/scullvalley/historynativecommunitiesnuclearwaste06142005.pdf Low-…. sovereignty. LFTR’s have the potential to expose this racist decision – they burn existing waste Hansen, NO DATE (Dr. James, Strategies to Address Global Warming, http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2009/20090713_Strategies.pdf) The … have been Discourse on nuclear waste offer a unique space to expose what has been hidden from us. Our advocacy opens a dialogue that allows us to uncover the concealed motivations that govern our actions Damveld, 04 (Herman, June, Norms, Values, and Nuclear Waste: A Timely No Thanks to Nuclear Energy, http://www.energiestiftung.ch/files/downloads/energiethemen-atomenergie/1norms-values-and-nuclear-waste_herman-damveld.pdf) An …. says. Observation 4: Militaristic Thought –The Development of nuclear energy was not for our benefit, it was rooted in the quest for military supremacy. Nuclear power that was divorced from military use was actively discarded. Development of nuclear energy was rooted in the quest for military supremacy Martin, 12 (Richard, May, Superfuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the future, pp. 30) Light… naive. The military’s appropriation of Nuclear Power has perverted our thinking on Nuclear energy, bringing to mind destruction and fear. Exposing this is key to accessing alternative forms of nuke energy. James Mahaffey 2009 ATOMIC AWAKENING: A NEW LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF NUCLEAR POWER (PG 7) It … meltdown. Militaristic thought is the prerequisite to the underlying ideology that justifies war. Failure to expose and engage in the struggle against militaristic thought allows for extinction MARABLE Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies 1984 Manning-Professor of History @ Columbia University; “Speaking Truth to Power: Essays on Race, Resistance and Radicalism; p. 198-199. Black … of humanity Observation 5: Solvency – We must combat the harms and obfuscations highlighted by the affirmative through discourse. On climate change, it’s not a question of solvency, but one of exposition – we must constantly discursively challenge the dominant paradigms of climate denial. Engaging in climate denial is an act of discursive violence, and we must combat it at every turn. Gore, ’11 Yes, THE Al Gore, Al Gore August 29th 2011. “Al Gore Compares Climate Change Deniers to Racists” This is a transcription of the video embedded in the page http://www.inquisitr.com/137269/al-gore-compares-climate-change-deniers-to-racists/ Gore: …, absolutely. On the current struggle against global warming the environmental movement has exemplified modern color muteness and we must connect the dots between racial discrimination in warming if we are to survive. The current environment movement engages in the subtle racism of erasure, focusing exclusively on the impact on whiteness. Tim Wise April 13th 2011 Tim Wise and White Privilege http://changefromwithin.org/2011/04/13/tim-wise-and-white-privilege/ Wise served as an adjunct faculty member at the Smith College School for Social Work, in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he co-taught a Master’s level class on Racism in the U.S. In 2001, Wise trained journalists to eliminate racial bias in reporting, as a visiting faculty-in-residence at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. From 1999-2003, Wise was an advisor to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute, in Nashville, and in the early ’90s he was Youth Coordinator and Associate Director of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism: the largest of the many groups organized for the purpose of defeating neo-Nazi political candidate, David Duke. He graduated from Tulane University in 1990 and received antiracism training from the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, in New Orleans. But … survival Calls to action on Thorium are key to generating the leadership necessary to ensure a shift to LFTRs. Right now Thorium reactors are adrift without an advocate, guaranteeing they won’t be implemented. Scott Ferguson Factors in Thorium Fuel Adoption 2011 https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/16633/Factors%20in%20Thorium%20Fuel%20Adoption.pdf?sequence=1 The …solution. Our knowledge of nuclear power has eroded as our engagement with nuclear power became wholly negative. Our critical history of uranium and nuclear weaponization acts as a springboard to breakdown militaristic thought and make thorium power viable. Scott Ferguson Factors in Thorium Fuel Adoption 2011 https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/16633/Factors%20in%20Thorium%20Fuel%20Adoption.pdf?sequence=1 The … them. History has shown us that policy decisions are key to changing public perception on nuclear energy. Engaging with the public and policymakers is critical to a shifting our culture away from one of destruction to one where thorium is a symbol in opposition to Uranium. Scott Ferguson Factors in Thorium Fuel Adoption 2011 https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/16633/Factors%20in%20Thorium%20Fuel%20Adoption.pdf?sequence=1 The … policy.
	02/23/2013	Districts 1AC Tournament: D7 Qualifier \| Round: 1 \| Opponent: GWU CR \| Judge: Sydney Pasquinelli Plan The United States federal government should lower its antidumping tariffs on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from the People’s Republic of China Contention 1 is Trade Recent US anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese Solar cell imports will be upheld and negatively impact trade relations Zhang 9-18-12, Yuwei, China Daily US, “Obama steps up trade fight with China over autos”, http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2012-09/18/content_15765633.htm This year, the US also ordered anti-dumping and countervailing duties against Chinese AND and orders will be issued" for imposing the duties," Perry added. US solar tariffs threaten to start a clean energy trade war Tucker 8/27/12, William, work has appeared in Harper’s, the Atlantic Monthly, the American Spectator, the Weekly Standard, National Review, Reason, the New Republic, Reader’s Digest, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications, “Let’s Just Admit Solar Needs Help and Avoid Trade War”, http:~/~/www.nucleartownhall.com/blog/william-tucker-let%E2%80%99s-just-admit-solar-needs-help-and-avoid-trade-war/http://www.nucleartownhall.com/blog/william-tucker-let%E2%80%99s-just-admit-solar-needs-help-and-avoid-trade-war/ Although the newspapers haven’t been paying much attention lately, the United States and China AND this will make for good old clean-and-green solar power. Now is key – solar spills over and escalates within months Bloomberg 9/5 Bloomberg News, “China Speeding U.S. Solar-Dumping Case as Election Nears: Energy,” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-05/china-speeding-u-s-solar-dumping-case-as-election-nears-energy.html China is accelerating a dispute with the U.S. over solar-energy AND solar projects rose 61 percent to $137.8 billion last year. Strategic value of renewables makes this conflict uniquely likely to escalate Beijing Review 9/3/12 Citing Li Chunding, Ph.D. in Economics, research assistant at the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, “Frictions over renewable energy,” http://www.china.org.cn/business/2012-09/03/content_26410601.htm A month after the United States launched the anti-dumping and countervailing investigations against AND is not likely to make a compromise on trade frictions in this sector.¶ Trade war causes US-China military conflict Landy 7 Ben Landy, Director of Research and Strategy at the Atlantic Media Company, publisher of the Atlantic Monthly, National Journal, and Government Executive magazines. Landy served in various research and project management positions at the Brookings Institution and Center for Strategic and International Studies, two leading public policy think tanks in Washington, D.C. Ben holds a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University. April 3, 2007, http:~/~/chinaredux.com/2007/04/03/protectionism-and-war/#com/2007/04/03/protectionism-and-war/#comments,) The greatest threat for the 21st century is that these economic flare-ups between AND –far more than increases in military budgets and anti-satellite tests. That risks extinction Hunkovic 9 – American Military University Lee J, 2009, “The Chinese-Taiwanese Conflict: Possible Futures of a Confrontation between China, Taiwan and the United States of America”, http://www.lamp-method.org/eCommons/Hunkovic.pdf A war between China, Taiwan and the United States has the potential to escalate AND outcome, therefore, other countries will not be considered in this study. An escalated U.S. China trade war results in economic conflicts and devastating protectionism Wang and Li 11 (Jianhua and Yunlu—Xinhua news agency, citing Ni Feng, Vice President of the Institute of American Studies underthe Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zhao Jinping, vice director of the Foreign Economic Department of the Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council “China-US trade war no good for anyone”, October 13, 2011. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90780/7616581.html A trade war between the United States and China, each of which is the AND and will even lead to political and military confrontations in some sensitive regions. Protectionism activates every global hotspot – most likely scenario for nuclear conflict Panzner 8—25-year veteran of the markets who has worked for for HSBC, Soros Funds, ABN Amro, Dresdner Bank, and J.P. Morgan Chase. New York Institute of Finance faculty member and a graduate of Columbia University. (Michael, Financial Armageddon, 136-8) Continuing calls for curbs on the flow of finance and trade will inspire the United AND between Muslims and Western societies as the beginnings of a new world war. Causes resource wars, overall massive instability erupting in global hotspots they all go nuclear Harris and Burrows 9 Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor of the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Jennifer, member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf Of course, the report encompasses more than economics and indeed believes the future is AND within and between states in a more dog-eat-dog world. Most recent studies provide a direct connection between poor economic relations and military conflict Royal 10 – Jedediah Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 2010, “Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises,” in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-215 Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict AND such, the view presented here should be considered ancillary to those views. The tariff prevents clean energy cooperation AP 5/19/12 “Ruling adds to China trade tension: POSSIBLE U.S. TARIFFS ON SOLAR-PANEL IMPORTS MAY THREATEN CLEAN ENERGY COOPERATION,” http:~/~/www.stltoday.com/business/local/ruling-adds-to-china-trade-tension/article_html POSSIBLE U.S. TARIFFS ON SOLAR-PANEL IMPORTS MAY THREATEN CLEAN ENERGY AND trade probe have warned China might retaliate against U.S. suppliers. That’s key to global clean tech diffusion Lin 11 Justin Yifu Lin, Former World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, “China, the US and clean energy cooperation,” Jan 21 2011, http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/china-the-us-and-clean-energy-cooperation Second, there … come to the fore. Specifically derails the diffusion of solar Green 11, 12-19, Martin, executive research director at the Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence at the University of New South Wales in Australia, “A Solar Trade War Could Put Us All in the Dark”, http://www.technologyreview.com/news/426392/a-solar-trade-war-could-put-us-all-in-the-dark/ The brewing solar trade war between the United States and China sullies what should be AND decades of international innovation and stall the global adoption of advanced solar technology. Chinese imports are key – the tariff directly raises prices Berkman et al 12 Dr. Mark P. Berkman, Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis, expert in applied microeconomics and principal at the Brattle Group; Dr. Lisa J. Cameron, Ph.D. in Economics and Senior Consultant for the Brattle Group; Judy Chang, economist with expertise in the analysis of electricity power markets and principal at the Brattle Group; “The Employment Impacts of Proposed Tariffs on Chinese Manufactured Photovoltaic Cells and Modules,” January 30 2012, http://coalition4affordablesolar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/_Solar-Trade-Impact-Report.pdf Average module prices in the U.S. are largely determined by Chinese imports AND the imposition of a 50% or 100% tariff on Chinese imports. The alternative is global war Droege 2 Peter Droege, Asia Pacific chair of the World Council for Renewable Energy, Professor at the University of Liechtenstein and the University of Newcastle School of Architecture and Built Environment; “Renewable Energy and the City: Urban life in an age of fossil fuel depletion and climate change,” 23 Jan 2002, http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/contents/13/data/PDF/WORD%20Pdf/9-1Droege_peter.pdf While a few local urban systems may seem relatively safe from a terminal fossil fuel AND not the only threat to the survivability of the modern global urban system. Public debate is necessary to inform the public about the risks of protectionism Sungjoon Cho, Assistant Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Doha's Development, 25 Berkeley J. Int'l L. 165, 2007, LN In this regard, (public) ignorance is not bliss in the making of AND global tariff wars that contributed to the outbreak of the Second World War. Contention 2 Water Scarcity Scarcity coming now—enflames hotspots globally, specifically Egypt and Central Asia Dinar et al 10/18/12 SHLOMI DINAR is associate professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and associate director of the School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. LUCIA DE STEFANO is associate professor at Complutense University of Madrid and researcher at the Water Observatory of the Botín Foundation. JAMES DUNCAN is consultant on natural resource governance and geography with the World Bank. KERSTIN STAHL is senior scientist at the Institute of Hydrology in the University of Freiburg. KENNETH M. STRZEPEK is research scientist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. AARON T. WOLF is a professor of geography in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, Foreign Affairs, October 18, 2012, "No Wars for Water", http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138208/shlomi-dinar-lucia-de-stefano-james-duncan-kerstin-stahl-kenneth/no-wars-for-water?page=show In short, predictions of a Water World War are overwrought. However, tensions AND , freshwater will only further frustrate stability efforts in the world's volatile regions. Those wars go global Reilly ‘2 (Kristie, Editor for In These Times, a nonprofit, independent, national magazine published in Chicago. We’ve been around since 1976, fighting for corporate accountability and progressive government. In other words, a better world, “NOT A DROP TO DRINK,” http:~/~/www.inthesetimes.com/issue/26/25/shtml) *Cites environmental thinker and activist Vandana Shiva Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke—probably North America’s foremost water experts The two books provide a chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging AND planet decreases, today’s low-level conflicts can only increase in intensity. Times of tension mean water wars quickly escalate Weiner ‘90 (Jonathan, Visiting Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. The Next One Hundred Years: Shaping the Fate of Our Living Earth, p. 214) If we do not destroy ourselves with the A-bomb and the H- AND of the 60,000 nuclear warheads the world has stockpiled since Trinity. Indo-Pak water scarcity’s coming – causes escalatory disputes Nitish Priyadarshi 12, lecturer in the department of environment and water management at Ranchi University in India, “War for water is not a far cry”, June 16, http:~/~/www.cleangangaportal.org/node/44url:http://www.cleangangaportal.org/node/44 Such is the deep …agreements and rounds of talks failing to produce results. Goes nuclear Zahoor ‘11 (Musharaf, is researcher at Department of Nuclear Politics, National Defence University, Islamabad, “Water crisis can trigger nuclear war in South Asia,” http:~/~/www.siasat.pk/forum/showthread.php?77008-php?77008-Water-Crisis-can-Trigger-Nuclear-War-in-South-Asia, AM) South Asia is among one of those regions where water needs are growing disproportionately to AND dialogue will leave no option but to achieve the ends through military means. Water scarcity causes Central Asian war Nitish Priyadarshi 12, lecturer in the department of environment and water management at Ranchi University in India, “War for water is not a far cry”, June 16, http:~/~/www.cleangangaportal.org/node/44url:http://www.cleangangaportal.org/node/44 That's been a constant … located downstream. Extinction Blank 2k Stephen J. - Expert on the Soviet Bloc for the Strategic Studies Institute, “American Grand Strategy and the Transcaspian Region”, World Affairs. 9-22 Thus many structural conditions for conventional war or protracted ethnic conflict where third parties intervene AND and (5) neither has willing proxies capable of settling the situation.( Plan is the largest internal link to desalination—solves all water shortages globally Bradford 6 (Travis--Associate Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, “Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry” MIT Press, Print.) In addition, new and equally vital industries could benefit from access to globally distributed AND can do so with modular systems ranging from small domestic to large industrial.
	02/23/2013	Tariffs 1AC Tournament: D7 Qualifier \| Round: 1 \| Opponent: George Washington \| Judge: Sydney Pasquenelli Plan The United States federal government should lower its antidumping tariffs on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from the People’s Republic of China Contention 1 is Trade Recent US anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese Solar cell imports will be upheld and negatively impact trade relations Zhang 9-18-12, Yuwei, China Daily US, “Obama steps up trade fight with China over autos”, http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2012-09/18/content_15765633.htm This year, the US also ordered anti-dumping and countervailing duties against Chinese AND and orders will be issued" for imposing the duties," Perry added. US solar tariffs threaten to start a clean energy trade war Tucker 8/27/12, William, work has appeared in Harper’s, the Atlantic Monthly, the American Spectator, the Weekly Standard, National Review, Reason, the New Republic, Reader’s Digest, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications, “Let’s Just Admit Solar Needs Help and Avoid Trade War”, http://www.nucleartownhall.com/blog/william-tucker-let%E2%80%99s-just-admit-solar-needs-help-and-avoid-trade-war/ Although the newspapers haven’t been paying much attention lately, the United States and China AND this will make for good old clean-and-green solar power. Now is key – solar spills over and escalates within months Bloomberg 9/5 Bloomberg News, “China Speeding U.S. Solar-Dumping Case as Election Nears: Energy,” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-05/china-speeding-u-s-solar-dumping-case-as-election-nears-energy.html China is accelerating a dispute with the U.S. over solar-energy AND solar projects rose 61 percent to $137.8 billion last year. Strategic value of renewables makes this conflict uniquely likely to escalate Beijing Review 9/3/12 Citing Li Chunding, Ph.D. in Economics, research assistant at the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, “Frictions over renewable energy,” http://www.china.org.cn/business/2012-09/03/content_26410601.htm A month after the United States launched the anti-dumping and countervailing investigations against AND is not likely to make a compromise on trade frictions in this sector.¶ Trade war causes US-China military conflict Landy 7 Ben Landy, Director of Research and Strategy at the Atlantic Media Company, publisher of the Atlantic Monthly, National Journal, and Government Executive magazines. Landy served in various research and project management positions at the Brookings Institution and Center for Strategic and International Studies, two leading public policy think tanks in Washington, D.C. Ben holds a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University. April 3, 2007, http://chinaredux.com/2007/04/03/protectionism-and-war/#comments,) The greatest threat for the 21st century is that these economic flare-ups between AND –far more than increases in military budgets and anti-satellite tests. That risks extinction Hunkovic 9 – American Military University Lee J, 2009, “The Chinese-Taiwanese Conflict: Possible Futures of a Confrontation between China, Taiwan and the United States of America”, http://www.lamp-method.org/eCommons/Hunkovic.pdf A war between China, Taiwan and the United States has the potential to escalate AND outcome, therefore, other countries will not be considered in this study. An escalated U.S. China trade war results in economic conflicts and devastating protectionism Wang and Li 11 (Jianhua and Yunlu—Xinhua news agency, citing Ni Feng, Vice President of the Institute of American Studies underthe Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zhao Jinping, vice director of the Foreign Economic Department of the Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council “China-US trade war no good for anyone”, October 13, 2011. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90780/7616581.html A trade war between the United States and China, each of which is the AND and will even lead to political and military confrontations in some sensitive regions. Protectionism activates every global hotspot – most likely scenario for nuclear conflict Panzner 8—25-year veteran of the markets who has worked for for HSBC, Soros Funds, ABN Amro, Dresdner Bank, and J.P. Morgan Chase. New York Institute of Finance faculty member and a graduate of Columbia University. (Michael, Financial Armageddon, 136-8) Continuing calls for curbs on the flow of finance and trade will inspire the United AND between Muslims and Western societies as the beginnings of a new world war. Causes resource wars, overall massive instability erupting in global hotspots they all go nuclear Harris and Burrows 9 Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor of the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Jennifer, member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf Of course, the report encompasses more than economics and indeed believes the future is AND within and between states in a more dog-eat-dog world. Most recent studies provide a direct connection between poor economic relations and military conflict Royal 10 – Jedediah Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 2010, “Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises,” in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-215 Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict AND such, the view presented here should be considered ancillary to those views. The tariff prevents clean energy cooperation AP 5/19/12 “Ruling adds to China trade tension: POSSIBLE U.S. TARIFFS ON SOLAR-PANEL IMPORTS MAY THREATEN CLEAN ENERGY COOPERATION,” http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/ruling-adds-to-china-trade-tension/article_c7071e82-78b7-5d95-b943-a8c6e5cc93de.html POSSIBLE U.S. TARIFFS ON SOLAR-PANEL IMPORTS MAY THREATEN CLEAN ENERGY AND trade probe have warned China might retaliate against U.S. suppliers. That’s key to global clean tech diffusion Lin 11 Justin Yifu Lin, Former World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, “China, the US and clean energy cooperation,” Jan 21 2011, http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/china-the-us-and-clean-energy-cooperation Second, there … come to the fore. Specifically derails the diffusion of solar Green 11, 12-19, Martin, executive research director at the Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence at the University of New South Wales in Australia, “A Solar Trade War Could Put Us All in the Dark”, http://www.technologyreview.com/news/426392/a-solar-trade-war-could-put-us-all-in-the-dark/ The brewing solar trade war between the United States and China sullies what should be AND decades of international innovation and stall the global adoption of advanced solar technology. Chinese imports are key – the tariff directly raises prices Berkman et al 12 Dr. Mark P. Berkman, Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis, expert in applied microeconomics and principal at the Brattle Group; Dr. Lisa J. Cameron, Ph.D. in Economics and Senior Consultant for the Brattle Group; Judy Chang, economist with expertise in the analysis of electricity power markets and principal at the Brattle Group; “The Employment Impacts of Proposed Tariffs on Chinese Manufactured Photovoltaic Cells and Modules,” January 30 2012, http://coalition4affordablesolar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/_Solar-Trade-Impact-Report.pdf Average module prices in the U.S. are largely determined by Chinese imports AND the imposition of a 50% or 100% tariff on Chinese imports. The alternative is global war Droege 2 Peter Droege, Asia Pacific chair of the World Council for Renewable Energy, Professor at the University of Liechtenstein and the University of Newcastle School of Architecture and Built Environment; “Renewable Energy and the City: Urban life in an age of fossil fuel depletion and climate change,” 23 Jan 2002, http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/contents/13/data/PDF/WORD%20Pdf/9-1Droege_peter.pdf While a few local urban systems may seem relatively safe from a terminal fossil fuel AND not the only threat to the survivability of the modern global urban system. Public debate is necessary to inform the public about the risks of protectionism Sungjoon Cho, Assistant Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Doha's Development, 25 Berkeley J. Int'l L. 165, 2007, LN In this regard, (public) ignorance is not bliss in the making of AND global tariff wars that contributed to the outbreak of the Second World War. Contention 2 Water Scarcity Scarcity coming now—enflames hotspots globally, specifically Egypt and Central Asia Dinar et al 10/18/12 SHLOMI DINAR is associate professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and associate director of the School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. LUCIA DE STEFANO is associate professor at Complutense University of Madrid and researcher at the Water Observatory of the Botín Foundation. JAMES DUNCAN is consultant on natural resource governance and geography with the World Bank. KERSTIN STAHL is senior scientist at the Institute of Hydrology in the University of Freiburg. KENNETH M. STRZEPEK is research scientist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. AARON T. WOLF is a professor of geography in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, Foreign Affairs, October 18, 2012, "No Wars for Water", http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138208/shlomi-dinar-lucia-de-stefano-james-duncan-kerstin-stahl-kenneth/no-wars-for-water?page=show In short, predictions of a Water World War are overwrought. However, tensions AND , freshwater will only further frustrate stability efforts in the world's volatile regions. Those wars go global Reilly ‘2 (Kristie, Editor for In These Times, a nonprofit, independent, national magazine published in Chicago. We’ve been around since 1976, fighting for corporate accountability and progressive government. In other words, a better world, “NOT A DROP TO DRINK,” http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/26/25/culture1.shtml) *Cites environmental thinker and activist Vandana Shiva Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke—probably North America’s foremost water experts The two books provide a chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging AND planet decreases, today’s low-level conflicts can only increase in intensity. Times of tension mean water wars quickly escalate Weiner ‘90 (Jonathan, Visiting Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. The Next One Hundred Years: Shaping the Fate of Our Living Earth, p. 214) If we do not destroy ourselves with the A-bomb and the H- AND of the 60,000 nuclear warheads the world has stockpiled since Trinity. Indo-Pak water scarcity’s coming – causes escalatory disputes Nitish Priyadarshi 12, lecturer in the department of environment and water management at Ranchi University in India, “War for water is not a far cry”, June 16, http://www.cleangangaportal.org/node/44 Such is the deep …agreements and rounds of talks failing to produce results. Goes nuclear Zahoor ‘11 (Musharaf, is researcher at Department of Nuclear Politics, National Defence University, Islamabad, “Water crisis can trigger nuclear war in South Asia,” http://www.siasat.pk/forum/showthread.php?77008-Water-Crisis-can-Trigger-Nuclear-War-in-South-Asia, AM) South Asia is among one of those regions where water needs are growing disproportionately to AND dialogue \will leave no option but to achieve the ends through military means. Water scarcity causes Central Asian war Nitish Priyadarshi 12, lecturer in the department of environment and water management at Ranchi University in India, “War for water is not a far cry”, June 16, http://www.cleangangaportal.org/node/44 That's been a constant … located downstream. Extinction Blank 2k Stephen J. - Expert on the Soviet Bloc for the Strategic Studies Institute, “American Grand Strategy and the Transcaspian Region”, World Affairs. 9-22 Thus many structural conditions for conventional war or protracted ethnic conflict where third parties intervene AND and (5) neither has willing proxies capable of settling the situation.( Plan is the largest internal link to desalination—solves all water shortages globally Bradford 6 (Travis--Associate Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, “Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry” MIT Press, Print.) In addition, new and equally vital industries could benefit from access to globally distributed AND can do so with modular systems ranging from small domestic to large industrial.
	02/23/2013	Tariffs 1AC Tournament: D7 Qualifier \| Round: 1 \| Opponent: George Washington \| Judge: Sydney Pasquenelli Plan The United States federal government should lower its antidumping tariffs on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from the People’s Republic of China Contention 1 is Trade Recent US anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese Solar cell imports will be upheld and negatively impact trade relations Zhang 9-18-12, Yuwei, China Daily US, “Obama steps up trade fight with China over autos”, http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2012-09/18/content_15765633.htm This year, the US also ordered anti-dumping and countervailing duties against Chinese AND and orders will be issued" for imposing the duties," Perry added. US solar tariffs threaten to start a clean energy trade war Tucker 8/27/12, William, work has appeared in Harper’s, the Atlantic Monthly, the American Spectator, the Weekly Standard, National Review, Reason, the New Republic, Reader’s Digest, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications, “Let’s Just Admit Solar Needs Help and Avoid Trade War”, http://www.nucleartownhall.com/blog/william-tucker-let%E2%80%99s-just-admit-solar-needs-help-and-avoid-trade-war/ Although the newspapers haven’t been paying much attention lately, the United States and China AND this will make for good old clean-and-green solar power. Now is key – solar spills over and escalates within months Bloomberg 9/5 Bloomberg News, “China Speeding U.S. Solar-Dumping Case as Election Nears: Energy,” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-05/china-speeding-u-s-solar-dumping-case-as-election-nears-energy.html China is accelerating a dispute with the U.S. over solar-energy AND solar projects rose 61 percent to $137.8 billion last year. Strategic value of renewables makes this conflict uniquely likely to escalate Beijing Review 9/3/12 Citing Li Chunding, Ph.D. in Economics, research assistant at the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, “Frictions over renewable energy,” http://www.china.org.cn/business/2012-09/03/content_26410601.htm A month after the United States launched the anti-dumping and countervailing investigations against AND is not likely to make a compromise on trade frictions in this sector.¶ Trade war causes US-China military conflict Landy 7 Ben Landy, Director of Research and Strategy at the Atlantic Media Company, publisher of the Atlantic Monthly, National Journal, and Government Executive magazines. Landy served in various research and project management positions at the Brookings Institution and Center for Strategic and International Studies, two leading public policy think tanks in Washington, D.C. Ben holds a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University. April 3, 2007, http://chinaredux.com/2007/04/03/protectionism-and-war/#comments,) The greatest threat for the 21st century is that these economic flare-ups between AND –far more than increases in military budgets and anti-satellite tests. That risks extinction Hunkovic 9 – American Military University Lee J, 2009, “The Chinese-Taiwanese Conflict: Possible Futures of a Confrontation between China, Taiwan and the United States of America”, http://www.lamp-method.org/eCommons/Hunkovic.pdf A war between China, Taiwan and the United States has the potential to escalate AND outcome, therefore, other countries will not be considered in this study. An escalated U.S. China trade war results in economic conflicts and devastating protectionism Wang and Li 11 (Jianhua and Yunlu—Xinhua news agency, citing Ni Feng, Vice President of the Institute of American Studies underthe Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zhao Jinping, vice director of the Foreign Economic Department of the Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council “China-US trade war no good for anyone”, October 13, 2011. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90780/7616581.html A trade war between the United States and China, each of which is the AND and will even lead to political and military confrontations in some sensitive regions. Protectionism activates every global hotspot – most likely scenario for nuclear conflict Panzner 8—25-year veteran of the markets who has worked for for HSBC, Soros Funds, ABN Amro, Dresdner Bank, and J.P. Morgan Chase. New York Institute of Finance faculty member and a graduate of Columbia University. (Michael, Financial Armageddon, 136-8) Continuing calls for curbs on the flow of finance and trade will inspire the United AND between Muslims and Western societies as the beginnings of a new world war. Causes resource wars, overall massive instability erupting in global hotspots they all go nuclear Harris and Burrows 9 Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor of the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Jennifer, member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf Of course, the report encompasses more than economics and indeed believes the future is AND within and between states in a more dog-eat-dog world. Most recent studies provide a direct connection between poor economic relations and military conflict Royal 10 – Jedediah Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 2010, “Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises,” in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-215 Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict AND such, the view presented here should be considered ancillary to those views. The tariff prevents clean energy cooperation AP 5/19/12 “Ruling adds to China trade tension: POSSIBLE U.S. TARIFFS ON SOLAR-PANEL IMPORTS MAY THREATEN CLEAN ENERGY COOPERATION,” http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/ruling-adds-to-china-trade-tension/article_c7071e82-78b7-5d95-b943-a8c6e5cc93de.html POSSIBLE U.S. TARIFFS ON SOLAR-PANEL IMPORTS MAY THREATEN CLEAN ENERGY AND trade probe have warned China might retaliate against U.S. suppliers. That’s key to global clean tech diffusion Lin 11 Justin Yifu Lin, Former World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, “China, the US and clean energy cooperation,” Jan 21 2011, http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/china-the-us-and-clean-energy-cooperation Second, there … come to the fore. Specifically derails the diffusion of solar Green 11, 12-19, Martin, executive research director at the Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence at the University of New South Wales in Australia, “A Solar Trade War Could Put Us All in the Dark”, http://www.technologyreview.com/news/426392/a-solar-trade-war-could-put-us-all-in-the-dark/ The brewing solar trade war between the United States and China sullies what should be AND decades of international innovation and stall the global adoption of advanced solar technology. Chinese imports are key – the tariff directly raises prices Berkman et al 12 Dr. Mark P. Berkman, Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis, expert in applied microeconomics and principal at the Brattle Group; Dr. Lisa J. Cameron, Ph.D. in Economics and Senior Consultant for the Brattle Group; Judy Chang, economist with expertise in the analysis of electricity power markets and principal at the Brattle Group; “The Employment Impacts of Proposed Tariffs on Chinese Manufactured Photovoltaic Cells and Modules,” January 30 2012, http://coalition4affordablesolar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/_Solar-Trade-Impact-Report.pdf Average module prices in the U.S. are largely determined by Chinese imports AND the imposition of a 50% or 100% tariff on Chinese imports. The alternative is global war Droege 2 Peter Droege, Asia Pacific chair of the World Council for Renewable Energy, Professor at the University of Liechtenstein and the University of Newcastle School of Architecture and Built Environment; “Renewable Energy and the City: Urban life in an age of fossil fuel depletion and climate change,” 23 Jan 2002, http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/contents/13/data/PDF/WORD%20Pdf/9-1Droege_peter.pdf While a few local urban systems may seem relatively safe from a terminal fossil fuel AND not the only threat to the survivability of the modern global urban system. Public debate is necessary to inform the public about the risks of protectionism Sungjoon Cho, Assistant Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Doha's Development, 25 Berkeley J. Int'l L. 165, 2007, LN In this regard, (public) ignorance is not bliss in the making of AND global tariff wars that contributed to the outbreak of the Second World War. Contention 2 Water Scarcity Scarcity coming now—enflames hotspots globally, specifically Egypt and Central Asia Dinar et al 10/18/12 SHLOMI DINAR is associate professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and associate director of the School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. LUCIA DE STEFANO is associate professor at Complutense University of Madrid and researcher at the Water Observatory of the Botín Foundation. JAMES DUNCAN is consultant on natural resource governance and geography with the World Bank. KERSTIN STAHL is senior scientist at the Institute of Hydrology in the University of Freiburg. KENNETH M. STRZEPEK is research scientist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. AARON T. WOLF is a professor of geography in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, Foreign Affairs, October 18, 2012, "No Wars for Water", http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138208/shlomi-dinar-lucia-de-stefano-james-duncan-kerstin-stahl-kenneth/no-wars-for-water?page=show In short, predictions of a Water World War are overwrought. However, tensions AND , freshwater will only further frustrate stability efforts in the world's volatile regions. Those wars go global Reilly ‘2 (Kristie, Editor for In These Times, a nonprofit, independent, national magazine published in Chicago. We’ve been around since 1976, fighting for corporate accountability and progressive government. In other words, a better world, “NOT A DROP TO DRINK,” http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/26/25/culture1.shtml) *Cites environmental thinker and activist Vandana Shiva Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke—probably North America’s foremost water experts The two books provide a chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging AND planet decreases, today’s low-level conflicts can only increase in intensity. Times of tension mean water wars quickly escalate Weiner ‘90 (Jonathan, Visiting Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. The Next One Hundred Years: Shaping the Fate of Our Living Earth, p. 214) If we do not destroy ourselves with the A-bomb and the H- AND of the 60,000 nuclear warheads the world has stockpiled since Trinity. Indo-Pak water scarcity’s coming – causes escalatory disputes Nitish Priyadarshi 12, lecturer in the department of environment and water management at Ranchi University in India, “War for water is not a far cry”, June 16, http://www.cleangangaportal.org/node/44 Such is the deep …agreements and rounds of talks failing to produce results. Goes nuclear Zahoor ‘11 (Musharaf, is researcher at Department of Nuclear Politics, National Defence University, Islamabad, “Water crisis can trigger nuclear war in South Asia,” http://www.siasat.pk/forum/showthread.php?77008-Water-Crisis-can-Trigger-Nuclear-War-in-South-Asia, AM) South Asia is among one of those regions where water needs are growing disproportionately to AND dialogue \will leave no option but to achieve the ends through military means. Water scarcity causes Central Asian war Nitish Priyadarshi 12, lecturer in the department of environment and water management at Ranchi University in India, “War for water is not a far cry”, June 16, http://www.cleangangaportal.org/node/44 That's been a constant … located downstream. Extinction Blank 2k Stephen J. - Expert on the Soviet Bloc for the Strategic Studies Institute, “American Grand Strategy and the Transcaspian Region”, World Affairs. 9-22 Thus many structural conditions for conventional war or protracted ethnic conflict where third parties intervene AND and (5) neither has willing proxies capable of settling the situation.( Plan is the largest internal link to desalination—solves all water shortages globally Bradford 6 (Travis--Associate Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, “Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry” MIT Press, Print.) In addition, new and equally vital industries could benefit from access to globally distributed AND can do so with modular systems ranging from small domestic to large industrial.

Date

Entry

01/22/2013

Binghampton 1AC

01/22/2013

USNA 1AC

01/22/2013

Wake 1AC

Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Observation 1: Truth-Telling – We are all complicit in a system that otherizes and destroys non-dominant or inconvenient ideologies. Its aim: preserving Whiteness, Its weapon: energy production.
The status quo is a characterization of an invisible racial contract that’s the root cause of otherizing genocidal politics - Disposability becomes written onto black bodies and spaces where resource disparities exist in order to maintain the purity of white spaces.

Mills 2k
Charles W. Mills, “Black Trash” 2001¶

For …. politic.¶

Plan: The United States federal government should reduce Nuclear Regulatory Commission restrictions on new nuclear power plant designs and divert all nuclear funding in the status quo for the research and production of liquid fluoride thorium reactors.

Observation 2: The Truth is all around us - The science behind warming is rock solid – most scientific reports have confirmed the validity of the greenhouse gas effects; however, modern reactionaries on the march have taken over “climate denial” as their new pet project

CFR 9/25/11 Council on Foreign Relations, reposted from the AP written by Charles Hanley AP Special correspondent, AP: The American 'Allergy' to Global Warming: Why?, http://www.cfr.org/climate-change/ap-american-allergy-global-warming-why/p26042?cid=rss-fullfeed-apthe_americanallergyto_-092511andutm_source=feedburnerandutm_medium=feedandutm_campaign=Feed%3A+cfr_main+%28CFR.org+-+Main+Site+Feed%29andutm_content=Google+Reader

NEW YORK (AP) — ….ustains us."

The effects of warming strike at the heart of minority rights – systematic discrimination means marginalized communities are less likely to survive global warming, threatening their unique culture – they are the acceptable casualties of climate denial.

Minority Rights Groups International April 2008http:www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/ClimateChange/Submissions/Minority_Rights_Group_International.pdfAuthor: Rachel Baird (MRG) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) working to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities.

Climate …. nation.

Natural Disasters are strengthening - Hurricane Sandy proves we are at the tipping point It is the best exposition of climate denial- minority communities ignored – no electricity, lack of food and FEMA still hasn’t shown up

Ujjn North Star Fund, Writer The Blog, Huff Post Editor, “ Climate Change and Sandy’s Impact in the age of inequality” 11/9805 for /12 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hugh-hogan/hurricane-sandy-recovery_b_2067605.html (KH)

One …. hits.¶

Climate denialism is the last bastion of invisible racism. The Politics of denial act to preserve the interests of the rich white male, ignoring the impact borne by minorities.

Mooney ’11, Chris, science and political journalist specializing in science in politics, the psychology of denialism, Knight Science Journalism Fellow, MIT; Visiting Associate, Center for Collaborative History, Princeton U; 8/2/11 (“What’s Up With Conservative White Men and Climate Change Denial?,” http://www.desmogblog.com/what-s-conservative-white-men-and-climate-change-denial)

They’re … flames.

No concessions—We cannot accept any degree of racism. It makes injustice and violence inevitable. You have an affirmative obligation to act in the face of racism – solvency is not an issue

Memmi 2K (Albert, , Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Paris, Racism, University of Minnesota Press, translated by Steve Martinot, p. 163)

The …. racist challenge.

Observation 3: The Truth has been hidden from us. Minority communities on the periphery are always the first to be chosen – Economically disadvantaged and Increasingly vulnerable due to exemptions from most state laws and environmental regulations

Minority communities are always the first to be chosen – Economically disadvantaged and Increasingly vulnerable due to exemptions from most state laws and environmental regulations

PC No Date, Public Citizen Agency “Radioactive Racism: The History of Targeting Native American Communities with High-Level Atomic Waste Dumps” http://www.nirs.org/radwaste/scullvalley/historynativecommunitiesnuclearwaste06142005.pdf

Low-…. sovereignty.

LFTR’s have the potential to expose this racist decision – they burn existing waste

Hansen, NO DATE (Dr. James, Strategies to Address Global Warming, http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2009/20090713_Strategies.pdf)

The … have been

Discourse on nuclear waste offer a unique space to expose what has been hidden from us. Our advocacy opens a dialogue that allows us to uncover the concealed motivations that govern our actions

Damveld, 04 (Herman, June, Norms, Values, and Nuclear Waste: A Timely No Thanks to Nuclear Energy, http://www.energiestiftung.ch/files/downloads/energiethemen-atomenergie/1norms-values-and-nuclear-waste_herman-damveld.pdf)

An …. says.

Observation 4: Militaristic Thought –The Development of nuclear energy was not for our benefit, it was rooted in the quest for military supremacy. Nuclear power that was divorced from military use was actively discarded.

Development of nuclear energy was rooted in the quest for military supremacy

Martin, 12 (Richard, May, Superfuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the future, pp. 30)

Light… naive.

The military’s appropriation of Nuclear Power has perverted our thinking on Nuclear energy, bringing to mind destruction and fear. Exposing this is key to accessing alternative forms of nuke energy.

James Mahaffey 2009 ATOMIC AWAKENING: A NEW LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF NUCLEAR POWER (PG 7)
It … meltdown.

Militaristic thought is the prerequisite to the underlying ideology that justifies war. Failure to expose and engage in the struggle against militaristic thought allows for extinction

MARABLE Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies 1984
Manning-Professor of History @ Columbia University; “Speaking Truth to Power: Essays on Race, Resistance and Radicalism; p. 198-199.

Black … of humanity

Observation 5: Solvency – We must combat the harms and obfuscations highlighted by the affirmative through discourse.

On climate change, it’s not a question of solvency, but one of exposition – we must constantly discursively challenge the dominant paradigms of climate denial. Engaging in climate denial is an act of discursive violence, and we must combat it at every turn.

Gore, ’11 Yes, THE Al Gore, Al Gore August 29th 2011. “Al Gore Compares Climate Change Deniers to Racists” This is a transcription of the video embedded in the page http://www.inquisitr.com/137269/al-gore-compares-climate-change-deniers-to-racists/

Gore: …, absolutely.

On the current struggle against global warming the environmental movement has exemplified modern color muteness and we must connect the dots between racial discrimination in warming if we are to survive. The current environment movement engages in the subtle racism of erasure, focusing exclusively on the impact on whiteness.

Tim Wise April 13th 2011 Tim Wise and White Privilege http://changefromwithin.org/2011/04/13/tim-wise-and-white-privilege/

Wise served as an adjunct faculty member at the Smith College School for Social Work, in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he co-taught a Master’s level class on Racism in the U.S. In 2001, Wise trained journalists to eliminate racial bias in reporting, as a visiting faculty-in-residence at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. From 1999-2003, Wise was an advisor to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute, in Nashville, and in the early ’90s he was Youth Coordinator and Associate Director of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism: the largest of the many groups organized for the purpose of defeating neo-Nazi political candidate, David Duke. He graduated from Tulane University in 1990 and received antiracism training from the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, in New Orleans.

But … survival

Calls to action on Thorium are key to generating the leadership necessary to ensure a shift to LFTRs. Right now Thorium reactors are adrift without an advocate, guaranteeing they won’t be implemented.

Scott Ferguson Factors in Thorium Fuel Adoption 2011 https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/16633/Factors%20in%20Thorium%20Fuel%20Adoption.pdf?sequence=1

The …solution.

Our knowledge of nuclear power has eroded as our engagement with nuclear power became wholly negative. Our critical history of uranium and nuclear weaponization acts as a springboard to breakdown militaristic thought and make thorium power viable.

Scott Ferguson Factors in Thorium Fuel Adoption 2011 https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/16633/Factors%20in%20Thorium%20Fuel%20Adoption.pdf?sequence=1

The … them.

History has shown us that policy decisions are key to changing public perception on nuclear energy. Engaging with the public and policymakers is critical to a shifting our culture away from one of destruction to one where thorium is a symbol in opposition to Uranium.

Scott Ferguson Factors in Thorium Fuel Adoption 2011 https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/16633/Factors%20in%20Thorium%20Fuel%20Adoption.pdf?sequence=1

The … policy.

02/23/2013

Districts 1AC

Tournament: D7 Qualifier | Round: 1 | Opponent: GWU CR | Judge: Sydney Pasquinelli
Plan

The United States federal government should lower its antidumping tariffs on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from the People’s Republic of China

Contention 1 is Trade

Recent US anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese Solar cell imports will be upheld and negatively impact trade relations

Zhang 9-18-12, Yuwei, China Daily US, “Obama steps up trade fight with China over autos”, http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2012-09/18/content_15765633.htm

This year, the US also ordered anti-dumping and countervailing duties against Chinese

AND

and orders will be issued" for imposing the duties," Perry added.

US solar tariffs threaten to start a clean energy trade war

Tucker 8/27/12, William, work has appeared in Harper’s, the Atlantic Monthly, the American Spectator, the Weekly Standard, National Review, Reason, the New Republic, Reader’s Digest, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications, “Let’s Just Admit Solar Needs Help and Avoid Trade War”, http:~/~/www.nucleartownhall.com/blog/william-tucker-let%E2%80%99s-just-admit-solar-needs-help-and-avoid-trade-war/http://www.nucleartownhall.com/blog/william-tucker-let%E2%80%99s-just-admit-solar-needs-help-and-avoid-trade-war/

Although the newspapers haven’t been paying much attention lately, the United States and China

AND

this will make for good old clean-and-green solar power.

Now is key – solar spills over and escalates within months

China is accelerating a dispute with the U.S. over solar-energy

AND

solar projects rose 61 percent to $137.8 billion last year.

Strategic value of renewables makes this conflict uniquely likely to escalate

A month after the United States launched the anti-dumping and countervailing investigations against

AND

is not likely to make a compromise on trade frictions in this sector.¶

Trade war causes US-China military conflict

Landy 7 Ben Landy, Director of Research and Strategy at the Atlantic Media Company, publisher of the Atlantic Monthly, National Journal, and Government Executive magazines. Landy served in various research and project management positions at the Brookings Institution and Center for Strategic and International Studies, two leading public policy think tanks in Washington, D.C. Ben holds a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University. April 3, 2007, http:~/~/chinaredux.com/2007/04/03/protectionism-and-war/#com/2007/04/03/protectionism-and-war/#comments,)

The greatest threat for the 21st century is that these economic flare-ups between

AND

–far more than increases in military budgets and anti-satellite tests.

That risks extinction

Hunkovic 9 – American Military University Lee J, 2009, “The Chinese-Taiwanese Conflict: Possible Futures of a Confrontation between China, Taiwan and the United States of America”, http://www.lamp-method.org/eCommons/Hunkovic.pdf

A war between China, Taiwan and the United States has the potential to escalate

AND

outcome, therefore, other countries will not be considered in this study.

An escalated U.S. China trade war results in economic conflicts and devastating protectionism

Wang and Li 11 (Jianhua and Yunlu—Xinhua news agency, citing Ni Feng, Vice President of the Institute of American Studies underthe Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zhao Jinping, vice director of the Foreign Economic Department of the Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council “China-US trade war no good for anyone”, October 13, 2011. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90780/7616581.html

A trade war between the United States and China, each of which is the

AND

and will even lead to political and military confrontations in some sensitive regions.

Protectionism activates every global hotspot – most likely scenario for nuclear conflict

Continuing calls for curbs on the flow of finance and trade will inspire the United

AND

between Muslims and Western societies as the beginnings of a new world war.

Causes resource wars, overall massive instability erupting in global hotspots they all go nuclear

Harris and Burrows 9 Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor of the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Jennifer, member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” http://www.ciaonet.org/journals/twq/v32i2/f_0016178_13952.pdf

Of course, the report encompasses more than economics and indeed believes the future is

AND

within and between states in a more dog-eat-dog world.

Most recent studies provide a direct connection between poor economic relations and military conflict

Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict

AND

such, the view presented here should be considered ancillary to those views.

The tariff prevents clean energy cooperation

AP 5/19/12 “Ruling adds to China trade tension: POSSIBLE U.S. TARIFFS ON SOLAR-PANEL IMPORTS MAY THREATEN CLEAN ENERGY COOPERATION,” http:~/~/www.stltoday.com/business/local/ruling-adds-to-china-trade-tension/article_html

POSSIBLE U.S. TARIFFS ON SOLAR-PANEL IMPORTS MAY THREATEN CLEAN ENERGY

AND

trade probe have warned China might retaliate against U.S. suppliers.

That’s key to global clean tech diffusion

Lin 11 Justin Yifu Lin, Former World Bank Chief Economist and Senior Vice President, “China, the US and clean energy cooperation,” Jan 21 2011, http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/china-the-us-and-clean-energy-cooperation

Second, there … come to the fore.

Specifically derails the diffusion of solar

The brewing solar trade war between the United States and China sullies what should be

AND

decades of international innovation and stall the global adoption of advanced solar technology.

Chinese imports are key – the tariff directly raises prices

Berkman et al 12 Dr. Mark P. Berkman, Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis, expert in applied microeconomics and principal at the Brattle Group; Dr. Lisa J. Cameron, Ph.D. in Economics and Senior Consultant for the Brattle Group; Judy Chang, economist with expertise in the analysis of electricity power markets and principal at the Brattle Group; “The Employment Impacts of Proposed Tariffs on Chinese Manufactured Photovoltaic Cells and Modules,” January 30 2012, http://coalition4affordablesolar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/_Solar-Trade-Impact-Report.pdf

Average module prices in the U.S. are largely determined by Chinese imports

AND

the imposition of a 50% or 100% tariff on Chinese imports.

The alternative is global war

Droege 2 Peter Droege, Asia Pacific chair of the World Council for Renewable Energy, Professor at the University of Liechtenstein and the University of Newcastle School of Architecture and Built Environment; “Renewable Energy and the City: Urban life in an age of fossil fuel depletion and climate change,” 23 Jan 2002, http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/contents/13/data/PDF/WORD%20Pdf/9-1Droege_peter.pdf

While a few local urban systems may seem relatively safe from a terminal fossil fuel

AND

not the only threat to the survivability of the modern global urban system.

Public debate is necessary to inform the public about the risks of protectionism

Sungjoon Cho, Assistant Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Doha's Development, 25 Berkeley J. Int'l L. 165, 2007, LN

In this regard, (public) ignorance is not bliss in the making of

AND

global tariff wars that contributed to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Contention 2 Water Scarcity

Scarcity coming now—enflames hotspots globally, specifically Egypt and Central Asia

Dinar et al 10/18/12

SHLOMI DINAR is associate professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and associate director of the School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. LUCIA DE STEFANO is associate professor at Complutense University of Madrid and researcher at the Water Observatory of the Botín Foundation. JAMES DUNCAN is consultant on natural resource governance and geography with the World Bank. KERSTIN STAHL is senior scientist at the Institute of Hydrology in the University of Freiburg. KENNETH M. STRZEPEK is research scientist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. AARON T. WOLF is a professor of geography in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, Foreign Affairs, October 18, 2012, "No Wars for Water", http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138208/shlomi-dinar-lucia-de-stefano-james-duncan-kerstin-stahl-kenneth/no-wars-for-water?page=show

In short, predictions of a Water World War are overwrought. However, tensions

AND

, freshwater will only further frustrate stability efforts in the world's volatile regions.

Those wars go global

Reilly ‘2

(Kristie, Editor for In These Times, a nonprofit, independent, national magazine published in Chicago. We’ve been around since 1976, fighting for corporate accountability and progressive government. In other words, a better world, “NOT A DROP TO DRINK,” http:~/~/www.inthesetimes.com/issue/26/25/shtml)

*Cites environmental thinker and activist Vandana Shiva Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke—probably North America’s foremost water experts

The two books provide a chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging

AND

planet decreases, today’s low-level conflicts can only increase in intensity.

Times of tension mean water wars quickly escalate

Weiner ‘90

(Jonathan, Visiting Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. The Next One Hundred Years: Shaping the Fate of Our Living Earth, p. 214)

If we do not destroy ourselves with the A-bomb and the H-

AND

of the 60,000 nuclear warheads the world has stockpiled since Trinity.

Indo-Pak water scarcity’s coming – causes escalatory disputes

Nitish Priyadarshi 12, lecturer in the department of environment and water management at Ranchi University in India, “War for water is not a far cry”, June 16, http:~/~/www.cleangangaportal.org/node/44url:http://www.cleangangaportal.org/node/44

Such is the deep …agreements and rounds of talks failing to produce results.

Goes nuclear

Zahoor ‘11

(Musharaf, is researcher at Department of Nuclear Politics, National Defence University, Islamabad, “Water crisis can trigger nuclear war in South Asia,” http:~/~/www.siasat.pk/forum/showthread.php?77008-php?77008-Water-Crisis-can-Trigger-Nuclear-War-in-South-Asia, AM)

South Asia is among one of those regions where water needs are growing disproportionately to

AND

dialogue will leave no option but to achieve the ends through military means.

Water scarcity causes Central Asian war

That's been a constant … located downstream.

Extinction

Blank 2k Stephen J. - Expert on the Soviet Bloc for the Strategic Studies Institute, “American Grand Strategy and the Transcaspian Region”, World Affairs. 9-22

Thus many structural conditions for conventional war or protracted ethnic conflict where third parties intervene

AND

and (5) neither has willing proxies capable of settling the situation.(

Plan is the largest internal link to desalination—solves all water shortages globally

Bradford 6 (Travis--Associate Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, “Solar Revolution: The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry” MIT Press, Print.)

In addition, new and equally vital industries could benefit from access to globally distributed

AND

can do so with modular systems ranging from small domestic to large industrial.

02/23/2013

Tariffs 1AC

Tournament: D7 Qualifier | Round: 1 | Opponent: George Washington | Judge: Sydney Pasquenelli

Plan

The United States federal government should lower its antidumping tariffs on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from the People’s Republic of China

Contention 1 is Trade

Recent US anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese Solar cell imports will be upheld and negatively impact trade relations
Zhang 9-18-12, Yuwei, China Daily US, “Obama steps up trade fight with China over autos”, http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2012-09/18/content_15765633.htm
This year, the US also ordered anti-dumping and countervailing duties against Chinese
AND
and orders will be issued" for imposing the duties," Perry added.

US solar tariffs threaten to start a clean energy trade war

Tucker 8/27/12, William, work has appeared in Harper’s, the Atlantic Monthly, the American Spectator, the Weekly Standard, National Review, Reason, the New Republic, Reader’s Digest, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications, “Let’s Just Admit Solar Needs Help and Avoid Trade War”, http://www.nucleartownhall.com/blog/william-tucker-let%E2%80%99s-just-admit-solar-needs-help-and-avoid-trade-war/
Although the newspapers haven’t been paying much attention lately, the United States and China
AND
this will make for good old clean-and-green solar power.

Now is key – solar spills over and escalates within months

Bloomberg 9/5 Bloomberg News, “China Speeding U.S. Solar-Dumping Case as Election Nears: Energy,” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-05/china-speeding-u-s-solar-dumping-case-as-election-nears-energy.html
China is accelerating a dispute with the U.S. over solar-energy
AND
solar projects rose 61 percent to $137.8 billion last year.

Strategic value of renewables makes this conflict uniquely likely to escalate

Beijing Review 9/3/12 Citing Li Chunding, Ph.D. in Economics, research assistant at the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, “Frictions over renewable energy,” http://www.china.org.cn/business/2012-09/03/content_26410601.htm
A month after the United States launched the anti-dumping and countervailing investigations against
AND
is not likely to make a compromise on trade frictions in this sector.¶

Trade war causes US-China military conflict
Landy 7 Ben Landy, Director of Research and Strategy at the Atlantic Media Company, publisher of the Atlantic Monthly, National Journal, and Government Executive magazines. Landy served in various research and project management positions at the Brookings Institution and Center for Strategic and International Studies, two leading public policy think tanks in Washington, D.C. Ben holds a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University. April 3, 2007, http://chinaredux.com/2007/04/03/protectionism-and-war/#comments,)
The greatest threat for the 21st century is that these economic flare-ups between
AND
–far more than increases in military budgets and anti-satellite tests.

That risks extinction
Hunkovic 9 – American Military University Lee J, 2009, “The Chinese-Taiwanese Conflict: Possible Futures of a Confrontation between China, Taiwan and the United States of America”, http://www.lamp-method.org/eCommons/Hunkovic.pdf
A war between China, Taiwan and the United States has the potential to escalate
AND
outcome, therefore, other countries will not be considered in this study.

An escalated U.S. China trade war results in economic conflicts and devastating protectionism

Protectionism activates every global hotspot – most likely scenario for nuclear conflict

Panzner 8—25-year veteran of the markets who has worked for for HSBC, Soros Funds, ABN Amro, Dresdner Bank, and J.P. Morgan Chase. New York Institute of Finance faculty member and a graduate of Columbia University. (Michael, Financial Armageddon, 136-8)
Continuing calls for curbs on the flow of finance and trade will inspire the United
AND
between Muslims and Western societies as the beginnings of a new world war.

Causes resource wars, overall massive instability erupting in global hotspots they all go nuclear

Of course, the report encompasses more than economics and indeed believes the future is
AND
within and between states in a more dog-eat-dog world.

Most recent studies provide a direct connection between poor economic relations and military conflict

Royal 10 – Jedediah Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 2010, “Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises,” in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-215
Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict
AND
such, the view presented here should be considered ancillary to those views.

The tariff prevents clean energy cooperation

AP 5/19/12 “Ruling adds to China trade tension: POSSIBLE U.S. TARIFFS ON SOLAR-PANEL IMPORTS MAY THREATEN CLEAN ENERGY COOPERATION,” http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/ruling-adds-to-china-trade-tension/article_c7071e82-78b7-5d95-b943-a8c6e5cc93de.html
POSSIBLE U.S. TARIFFS ON SOLAR-PANEL IMPORTS MAY THREATEN CLEAN ENERGY
AND
trade probe have warned China might retaliate against U.S. suppliers.

That’s key to global clean tech diffusion

Specifically derails the diffusion of solar

Green 11, 12-19, Martin, executive research director at the Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence at the University of New South Wales in Australia, “A Solar Trade War Could Put Us All in the Dark”, http://www.technologyreview.com/news/426392/a-solar-trade-war-could-put-us-all-in-the-dark/
The brewing solar trade war between the United States and China sullies what should be
AND
decades of international innovation and stall the global adoption of advanced solar technology.

Chinese imports are key – the tariff directly raises prices

The alternative is global war

Public debate is necessary to inform the public about the risks of protectionism

Sungjoon Cho, Assistant Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Doha's Development, 25 Berkeley J. Int'l L. 165, 2007, LN
In this regard, (public) ignorance is not bliss in the making of
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global tariff wars that contributed to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Contention 2 Water Scarcity

Scarcity coming now—enflames hotspots globally, specifically Egypt and Central Asia

Dinar et al 10/18/12
SHLOMI DINAR is associate professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and associate director of the School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. LUCIA DE STEFANO is associate professor at Complutense University of Madrid and researcher at the Water Observatory of the Botín Foundation. JAMES DUNCAN is consultant on natural resource governance and geography with the World Bank. KERSTIN STAHL is senior scientist at the Institute of Hydrology in the University of Freiburg. KENNETH M. STRZEPEK is research scientist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. AARON T. WOLF is a professor of geography in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University, Foreign Affairs, October 18, 2012, "No Wars for Water", http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138208/shlomi-dinar-lucia-de-stefano-james-duncan-kerstin-stahl-kenneth/no-wars-for-water?page=show

In short, predictions of a Water World War are overwrought. However, tensions
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, freshwater will only further frustrate stability efforts in the world's volatile regions.

Those wars go global
Reilly ‘2
(Kristie, Editor for In These Times, a nonprofit, independent, national magazine published in Chicago. We’ve been around since 1976, fighting for corporate accountability and progressive government. In other words, a better world, “NOT A DROP TO DRINK,” http://www.inthesetimes.com/issue/26/25/culture1.shtml)
*Cites environmental thinker and activist Vandana Shiva Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke—probably North America’s foremost water experts

The two books provide a chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging
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planet decreases, today’s low-level conflicts can only increase in intensity.

Times of tension mean water wars quickly escalate
Weiner ‘90
(Jonathan, Visiting Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. The Next One Hundred Years: Shaping the Fate of Our Living Earth, p. 214)

If we do not destroy ourselves with the A-bomb and the H-
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of the 60,000 nuclear warheads the world has stockpiled since Trinity.

Indo-Pak water scarcity’s coming – causes escalatory disputes

Nitish Priyadarshi 12, lecturer in the department of environment and water management at Ranchi University in India, “War for water is not a far cry”, June 16, http://www.cleangangaportal.org/node/44

Such is the deep …agreements and rounds of talks failing to produce results.

Goes nuclear

Zahoor ‘11
(Musharaf, is researcher at Department of Nuclear Politics, National Defence University, Islamabad, “Water crisis can trigger nuclear war in South Asia,” http://www.siasat.pk/forum/showthread.php?77008-Water-Crisis-can-Trigger-Nuclear-War-in-South-Asia, AM)

South Asia is among one of those regions where water needs are growing disproportionately to
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dialogue \will leave no option but to achieve the ends through military means.

Water scarcity causes Central Asian war
Nitish Priyadarshi 12, lecturer in the department of environment and water management at Ranchi University in India, “War for water is not a far cry”, June 16, http://www.cleangangaportal.org/node/44

That's been a constant … located downstream.

Extinction

Blank 2k Stephen J. - Expert on the Soviet Bloc for the Strategic Studies Institute, “American Grand Strategy and the Transcaspian Region”, World Affairs. 9-22

Thus many structural conditions for conventional war or protracted ethnic conflict where third parties intervene
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and (5) neither has willing proxies capable of settling the situation.(

Plan is the largest internal link to desalination—solves all water shortages globally

In addition, new and equally vital industries could benefit from access to globally distributed
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can do so with modular systems ranging from small domestic to large industrial.

02/23/2013

Tariffs 1AC

Tournament: D7 Qualifier | Round: 1 | Opponent: George Washington | Judge: Sydney Pasquenelli

Plan

The United States federal government should lower its antidumping tariffs on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from the People’s Republic of China

Contention 1 is Trade

US solar tariffs threaten to start a clean energy trade war

Tucker 8/27/12, William, work has appeared in Harper’s, the Atlantic Monthly, the American Spectator, the Weekly Standard, National Review, Reason, the New Republic, Reader’s Digest, the Wall Street Journal, and many other publications, “Let’s Just Admit Solar Needs Help and Avoid Trade War”, http://www.nucleartownhall.com/blog/william-tucker-let%E2%80%99s-just-admit-solar-needs-help-and-avoid-trade-war/
Although the newspapers haven’t been paying much attention lately, the United States and China
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this will make for good old clean-and-green solar power.

Now is key – solar spills over and escalates within months

Strategic value of renewables makes this conflict uniquely likely to escalate

An escalated U.S. China trade war results in economic conflicts and devastating protectionism

Protectionism activates every global hotspot – most likely scenario for nuclear conflict

Causes resource wars, overall massive instability erupting in global hotspots they all go nuclear

Of course, the report encompasses more than economics and indeed believes the future is
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within and between states in a more dog-eat-dog world.

Most recent studies provide a direct connection between poor economic relations and military conflict

The tariff prevents clean energy cooperation

That’s key to global clean tech diffusion

Specifically derails the diffusion of solar

Chinese imports are key – the tariff directly raises prices

The alternative is global war

Public debate is necessary to inform the public about the risks of protectionism

Contention 2 Water Scarcity

Scarcity coming now—enflames hotspots globally, specifically Egypt and Central Asia

In short, predictions of a Water World War are overwrought. However, tensions
AND
, freshwater will only further frustrate stability efforts in the world's volatile regions.

The two books provide a chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging
AND
planet decreases, today’s low-level conflicts can only increase in intensity.

If we do not destroy ourselves with the A-bomb and the H-
AND
of the 60,000 nuclear warheads the world has stockpiled since Trinity.

Indo-Pak water scarcity’s coming – causes escalatory disputes

Such is the deep …agreements and rounds of talks failing to produce results.

Goes nuclear

South Asia is among one of those regions where water needs are growing disproportionately to
AND
dialogue \will leave no option but to achieve the ends through military means.

That's been a constant … located downstream.

Extinction

Blank 2k Stephen J. - Expert on the Soviet Bloc for the Strategic Studies Institute, “American Grand Strategy and the Transcaspian Region”, World Affairs. 9-22

Thus many structural conditions for conventional war or protracted ethnic conflict where third parties intervene
AND
and (5) neither has willing proxies capable of settling the situation.(

Plan is the largest internal link to desalination—solves all water shortages globally

In addition, new and equally vital industries could benefit from access to globally distributed
AND
can do so with modular systems ranging from small domestic to large industrial.

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