Wind PTC Affirmative

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?opendocument&src=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/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/Americans-Focus-Jobs-Best-Improve-Economy.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/ 

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/

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#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/batguide.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/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-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/tunisia-wind-power-saphon.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