| 10/07/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Adv 1
On brink of disastrous us-sino trade war
Money News 8/23 (2012, Stephen Roach: Disastrous Trade War With China Looms,
http://www.moneynews.com/Markets/Roach-China-trade-war/2012/08/23/id/449486)
Stephen Roach, … Washington.”
US tariff on chinese manufactured solar panels causes a trade war over solar energy
WSJ 5/24 (2012, Beijing Flares Up at U.S. on Solar Tariff, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304840904577423493323658870.html)
Beijing … a trade war.
A trade war over solar sector alone collapses the global economy— spills over internationally to other industries
Tucker 8/27 (2012, William Tucker is an energy analyst specialist and is a veteran journalist. Educated at Amherst College, his 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. His articles have won the John Hancock Award, the Gerald Loeb Award, the Amos Tuck Award, and he was a finalist for the National Magazine Award, WILLIAM TUCKER: 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 … solar power.
Economic collapse causes escalating global wars
Kemp 10 Geoffrey Kemp, Director of Regional Strategic Programs at The Nixon Center, served in the White House under Ronald Reagan, special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Near East and South Asian affairs on the National Security Council Staff, Former Director, Middle East Arms Control Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2010, The East Moves West: India, China, and Asia’s Growing Presence in the Middle East, p. 233-4
The second scenario, called … population.
And, the solar tariff will result in a Chinese counter tariff on American polysilicon
Leone 5/18 (steve, associate editor at renewable energy world, Will Chinese Solar Module Tariffs Restore Balance to the Industry?, 2012, http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/05/will-chinese-solar-module-tariffs-restore-balance-to-the-industry)
According to China Daily, … the U.S.-China dispute unfolds.
Even uncertainty about counter tariff decimates polysilicon industry—
Romano 12 (july, Benjamin is a US Correspondent for Recharge Newspaper
where he is a US West Coast-based correspondent covering the business, technology and politics of renewable energy and was a Business and Technology Reporter at The Seattle Times, “'Retaliatory' Chinese investigation will hurt US polysilicon makers,” http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/solar/article318472.ece?lots=site)
The news that the Chinese …its largest market".
Polysilicon is critical for semiconductor industry
PR News Wire 12 (PR News Wire is a business media source that is reporting ResearchMoz’s research. ResearchMoz is destination to find and buy market research reports. We fulfill all your research needs spanning across industry verticals with our huge collection of market research reports. We provide our services to all sizes of organizations and across all industry verticals and markets. Our Research Coordinators have in-depth knowledge of reports as well as publishers and will assist you in making an informed decision by giving you unbiased and deep insights on which reports will satisfy your needs at the best price, “ResearchMoz: Global Polysilicon Market Report: 2011 Edition,” 2/9, http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/researchmoz-global-polysilicon-market-report-2011-edition-139000309.html)
Polysilicon has a major … of photovoltaics in recent years.
Semiconductor industry key to American leadership
U.S. Army War College 10 (COLONEL LAWRENCE K. HARADA is in the United States Army Reserve, , SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY AND U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA526581%20andLocation=U2anddoc=GetTRDoc.pdf)
Semiconductor … industry
e into being.
Decline in hegemony causes escalation of multiple global flashpoints for violence—there is no sustainable alternative to American leadership
Kagan 11 (Robert, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and and a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, “The Price of Power,” 1/24, http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/price-power_533696.html?page=3)
Today the international … nation’s true ideals.
Even if hegemony is bad—transition to another system causes a multipolar vacuum leading to multiple scenarios for extinction there is no alternative to US leadership
Ferguson 4 (Niall, Professor of History at New York University's Stern School of Business and Senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, “A world without power,” Foreign Policy 143, p. 32-39, July-August)
So what is left? Waning empires. … a not-so-new world disorder.
Adv 2
US-Sino relations weak now
Brown 9/19 (2012, kim is a correspondent at the voice of Russia, “US-China relations chilling over auto subsidies row,” http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_09_19/US-China-relations-chilling-over-auto-subsidies-row/)
I think we are in a time … US-China relations.
Tariff snubs China’s government and Five-Year Plan—channels ultra-nationalism, undermining cooperative relations
NYT 5/17 (U.S. Slaps High Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/business/energy-environment/us-slaps-tariffs-on-chinese-solar-panels.html?pagewanted=all)
Chinese officials .. to China.
Nationalism and snubs towards China cause aggression in the South China Sea
Asia Times 12 (may, Brendan P O'Reilly is a China-based writer and educator from Seattle. He is author of The Transcendent Harmony., The sea rises in China, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/NE15Ad01.html)
Both China and …to the South China Sea as the "West Philippines Sea". 2
Multiple scenarios for war over South China Sea that will escalate and draw in the US
Council on Foreign Relations 12 (april, Bonnie S. Glaser is a senior fellow with the Freeman Chair in China Studies and a senior associate with the Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Armed Clash in the South China Sea Contingency Planning Memorandum No. 14, http://www.cfr.org/east-asia/armed-clash-south-china-sea/p27883)
A second contingency … U.S. ships and aircraft
US-China war will go nuclear and destroy the planet
Straits Times 00
“Regional Fallout: No one gains in war over Taiwan,” Jun 25, LN
THE high-intensity scenario …. above everything else.
American signals of respect for Chinese energy concerns are key to cooperation – maintains perception of fair play and mutual interest
Cronin 8/27 (2012, Dr. Patrick M. Cronin is Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C. He is also the editor and co-author of Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China, “Averting Conflict in the South China Sea,” http://www.chinausfocus.com/foreign-policy/averting-conflict-in-the-south-china-sea/)
Geostrategic and globalization … when there is such cooperation.
Tariff overwhelms other areas of cooperation—one of the biggest antidumping decisions in history
NYT 5/17 (U.S. Slaps High Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/business/energy-environment/us-slaps-tariffs-on-chinese-solar-panels.html?pagewanted=all)
The move by the Commerce … China for years
Solar is THE area for tension—industry is seen as vital cornerstone of chinese economy by government officials
Kaften 5/7 (2012, North America Correspondent at PV Magazine, Green IT/Smart Energy Writer at Green Technology World, a TMCnet publication—focus on green energy news, Solar 'smackdowns' resume in reaction to China’s 5 year plan,
http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/solar-smackdowns-resume-in-reaction-to-chinas-5-year-plan_100006652/#ixzz24dg37A4F)
Therefore, the PRC says … "Going Abroad" strategy.
Solvency
Reversal of may tariff solves—distinction between large tariff and small tariff
NYT 4/20 (2012, A Measured Rebuttal to China Over Solar Panels, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/business/energy-environment/us-to-place-tariffs-on-chinese-solar-panels.html?pagewanted=all)
“This is a huge victory …he predicted.
plan
The United States federal government should remove the May 17, 2012 antidumping tariffs placed on solar panels manufactured in China and imported to the United States. |
| 10/28/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Plan The United States Department of Defense should substantially increase power purchase agreements for energy production in the United States from small modular reactors. Grid DoD relies on civilian grid which is highly vulnerable to disruptions which immobilize command infrastructure – only SMR’s solve
Robitaille 12 (George, Department of Army Civilian, United States Army War College, “Small Modular Reactors: The Army’s Secure Source of Energy?” 21-03-2012, Strategy Research Project) In recent years, the …on the environment. Attacks coming—capabilities for groups to disrupt grid are increasing—greatest short term risk
ABC 11 (5/31, Huma Khan is a digital media producer at ABC News in Washington D.C., where she has worked since 2008, Before joining ABC News, Khan was a freelance business reporter for the Kansas City Star. Prior to that, she covered U.S. and international energy markets for Argus Media, an energy trade publication. Khan received her master's of international studies degree from the University of Kansas, where she studied economic development and conflict resolution. Cyber Attack on U.S. Electric Grid ‘Gravest Short Term Threat’ to National Security, Lawmakers Say, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/05/cyber-attack-on-us-electric-grid-gravest-short-term-threat-to-national-security-lawmakers-say/) ABC News' Huma …“They are very technically sophisticated.” this alone causes nuclear escalation through crisis-based miscalculation
Cimbala 2k11. (Stephen J. Cimbala, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Penn State University– Brandywine. Strategic Studies Quarterly Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2011, JPMiller) Cyberwar is distinct … of the respective nuclear arsenals.” Disruption of grid causes temporary shutdown of global military operations and wars to go nuclear—only SMRs solve military grid vulnerability and decrease motive for cyber attack—other renewables and efficiency programs are insufficient
Andres and Breetz 11 (national defense university, Richard B. Andres is Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology., “Small nuclear reactors for military installations: capabilities, costs, and technological implications., http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Small+nuclear+reactors+for+military+installations%3A+capabilities,...-a0291503414) Government and private … large reactors up to 1,300 MWe. China will use a blackout to invade Taiwan – causes global war—now is key—small scale attacks in squo
Derene 9 (Glenn is a Defense Analyst @ Popular Mechanics, “How Vulnerable is U.S. Infrastructure to a Major Cyber Attack?” October 1, 2009, http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military/4307521) The next … like that answer." Impact is nuclear escalation
Hunkovic 9 (Lee J Hunkovic, Professor American Military University, 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 …not be considered in this study. Leadership Global nuclear power is inevitable and will cause proliferation
Banks and Ebinger 11 (John Banks is a fellow with the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution, Charles Ebinger is senior fellow and director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution, “Introduction: Planning a Responsible Nuclear Future” in “Business and Nonproliferation,” http://books.google.com/books/about/Business_and_Nonproliferation.html?id=TI_Ze2iIiFIC) Nuclear energy is a … already under stress. Proliferation will be fast——asymmetric development of arsenals creates imbalances that moot deterrence
Sokolski 9 (Henry Sokolski, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, 6/1/2009, Avoiding a Nuclear Crowd, http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/5534) Finally, several new … is inevitable. *Proliferation leads to nuclear shootouts – our impact is faster and larger, and proliferation only makes it more likely
Sethi, 1 – Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
(Manpreet. “Dangers From Weapons of Mass Destruction: Any Different in South Asia.” Strategic Analysis:A Monthly Journal of the IDSA. February 2001 Vol. XXVI No. 11. CIAO) Whether intended or unintentional, … of such usage.
Deterrence no longer applies
Cimbala 8 (Stephen Cimbala, Ph.D., Penn State Brandywine Political Science Distinguished Professor, 2008, Anticipatory Attacks: Nuclear Crisis Stability in Future Asia, Comparative Strategy Volume 27, Issue 2) The spread of … distribution of power, and ther Lack of nuclear leadership kills competitiveness
Bipartisan Policy Center 12 (September, “Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Global Nuclear Energy Markets,” A Report of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Nuclear Initiative, Senator Pete V. Domenici Former U.S. Senator and Bipartisan Policy Center Senior Fellow, Warren F. “Pete” Miller, Ph.D. Former Department of energy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear energy, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Nuclear%20Report.PDF) With the world’s … weapons proliferation. Nuclear market is a unique industry that is key to competitiveness
Bipartisan Policy Center 12 (September, “Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Global Nuclear Energy Markets,” A Report of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Nuclear Initiative, Senator Pete V. Domenici Former U.S. Senator and Bipartisan Policy Center Senior Fellow, Warren F. “Pete” Miller, Ph.D. Former Department of energy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear energy, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Nuclear%20Report.PDF) Strategic Goal: Continued … uranium-enrichment capabilities). Competitiveness is key to leadership
Martino 7 (Rocco is a senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, A Strategy for Success: Innovation Will Renew American Leadership, Orbis, Volume 51, Issue 2) Much of the foreign …of industry, government, and people.3 Decline in hegemony causes escalation of multiple global flashpoints for violence—there is no sustainable alternative to American leadership
Kagan 11 (Robert, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and and a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, “The Price of Power,” 1/24, http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/price-power_533696.html?page=3) Today the international …to the nation’s true ideals. Even if hegemony is bad—transition to another system causes a multipolar vacuum leading to multiple scenarios for extinction-- there is no alternative to US leadership
Ferguson 4 (Niall, Professor of History at New York University's Stern School of Business and Senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, “A world without power,” Foreign Policy 143, p. 32-39, July-August) So what is left? Waning empires. Religious revivals. Incipient anarchy. A coming retreat into fortified cities. …such a not-so-new world disorder. DOD action on SMRs key to US nuclear competitiveness and non proliferation leadership
Andres and Breetz 11 (national defense university, Richard B. Andres is Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology., “Small nuclear reactors for military installations: capabilities, costs, and technological implications., http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Small+nuclear+reactors+for+military+installations%3A+capabilities,...-a0291503414) Domestic Nuclear Expertise. …and proliferation resistance. Small reactors are key to prolif leadership and the ability to influence proliferation standards
Mandel 9 (2/9, Jenny Mandel, Scientific American, Environment and Energy Publishing. “Less is More for Designers of ‘Right-Sized’ Nuclear Reactors,” http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=small-nuclear-power-plant-station-mini-reactor) Tom Sanders, president … of war outside of Europe. Solvency Other agencies fail—DOD must act otherwise optimal military reactor won’t be used (at: tech pics- normal means)
Andres and Breetz 11 (national defense university, Richard B. Andres is Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology., “Small nuclear reactors for military installations: capabilities, costs, and technological implications., http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Small+nuclear+reactors+for+military+installations%3A+capabilities,...-a0291503414) Thus far, this paper … timeline and trajectory. DOD is key—market size
Marqusee 12 (Jeffrey Marqusee, Executive director at the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program at the DOD, March 2012, “Military Installations and Energy Technology Innovations,” in Energy Innovation at the Department of Defense: Assessing the Opportunities, scribd) The key reason that DoD … vehicles reside. Power purchase agreements are key
Madia 12 (William Madia, Chairman of the Board of Overseers and Vice President for the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University, previously the Laboratory Director at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Spring 2012, “SMALL MODULAR REACTORS: A POTENTIAL GAME-CHANGING TECHNOLOGY,” Stanford Energy Club, http://energyclub.stanford.edu/index.php/Journal/Small_Modular_Reactors_by_William_Madia) Throughout the history …or carbon taxes. Federal SMR loans in september
Energy Collective 12 (Energy Collective, 7/26/12, Race for DOE SMR money heats up, theenergycollective.com/dan-yurman/97081/race-doe-smr-money-heats) The … September this year. Increase in smr incentives—they’ll fail
DoD Energy Blog 11 (2/16, Good Things in Small Packages:Small Reactors for Military Power Good Things in Small Packages:Small Reactors for Military Power, dodenergy.blogspot.com/2011/02/good-things-in-small-packagessmall.html) They conclude that …n means. |
| 11/03/2012 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
The US is loosing market share to China --- SMRs allow the US to prevent Chinese backed proliferation--
Cullinane 11 (Scott, Staff Member at the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Graduate Fellow at the Institute of World Politics in Washington DC, America Falling Behind: The Strategic Dimensions of Chinese Commercial Nuclear Energy, September 28th, Journal of Energy Security) Due to a confluence of events the … shape the 21st century. Chinese tech sales are uniquely destabilizing.
Tu 12 (Kevin, Senior associate in the Carnegie Energy and Climate Program, He leads Carnegie’s work on China’s energy and climate policies, He is also a nonresident research fellow at the Canadian Industrial Energy End-use Data and Analysis Centre, Previously senior energy and environmental consultant from 2004 to 2011 for M.K. Jaccard and Associates – a premier energy and climate consulting firm in Vancouver, Senior China’s Nuclear Crossroads, carnegieendowment.org/2012/03/11/china-s-nuclear-crossroads) It’s first important to …-thirsty China can’t afford to make. Causes Asian proliferation
Ferguson 10 President of the Federation of American Scientists. Adjunct Professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University and an Adjunct Lecturer in the National Security Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins University. (Charles, Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation: The Implications of Expanded Nuclear Energy in Asia, in Asia’s Rising Power and America’s Continued Purpose, Ed Tellis, Marble and Tanner, 167-9) Further nuclear … features to plants. Impact is nuclear war
Cimbala 10 Professor of Political Science @ Penn State, (Stephen, Nuclear Weapons and Cooperative Security in the 21st Century, p. 117-8) A five-sided nuclear …mistaken preemption. |
| 01/03/2013 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
Science leadership and non-proliferation actions key to soft power and science diplomacy
AAAS 10 (January, American association for the advancement of science, New frontiers in ¶ science diplomacy¶ Navigating the changing balance of power, the royal society, http://diplomacy.aaas.org/files/New_Frontiers.pdf) 5.3 The soft power ... government departments. Soft power is key to prevent US hegemony from collapsing
Nye 8 (Joseph, Distinguished Professor at Harvard and Former Dean of the Kennedy School of Government, “Recovering American Leadership,” Survival, March) At first glance, the .... American counterparts. And, it makes heg sustainable
Thayer 7 (Bradley A. Thayer, Associate Professor in the Department of Defense and Strategic Studies of Missouri State University, American Empire: A Debate, p. 30-31) Key to the success ... world's population. |
| 01/03/2013 | Tournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge:
The United States Department of Defense should substantially increase power purchase agreements for energy production in the United States from light water small modular reactors. |
| 03/29/2013 | Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: MSU HR | Judge: Susko, A Kall, Vint
The United States Department of Defense should substantially increase power purchase agreements for energy production in the United States from light water small modular reactors. |
| 03/29/2013 | Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: MSU HR | Judge: Susko, A Kall, Vint
Global nuclear power is inevitable and will cause proliferation
Banks and Ebinger 11 (John Banks is a fellow with the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution, Charles Ebinger is senior fellow and director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution, “Introduction: Planning a Responsible Nuclear Future” in “Business and Nonproliferation,” http://books.google.com/books/about/Business_and_Nonproliferation.html?id=TI_Ze2iIiFIC) Nuclear energy is a twentieth-century … already under stress. Proliferation causes nuclear war—deterrence fails
Matthew Kroenig, 5-26-2012, assistant professor in the Department of Government at Georgetown University and a research affiliate with The Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University, he served as a strategist on the policy planning staff in the Office of the Secretary of Defense where he received the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Award for Outstanding Achievement. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has held academic fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation at the University of California, “The History of Proliferation Optimism: Does It Have A Future?,” http://www.npolicy.org/article.php?aid=1182andrtid=2
The spread of nuclear … fewer sources of stability Deterrence only works AFTER arsenals are created but asymmetric development will lead to war
Sokolski 9 (Henry Sokolski, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, 6/1/2009, Avoiding a Nuclear Crowd, http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/5534) Finally, several new …. None of this, however, is inevitable. DOD leadership solves prolif leadership
Loudermilk 11 (Micah Loudermilk, Senior Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University. 2-23-11, “In Defense of Small Reactors: A Response,” http://csis.org/blog/defense-small-reactors-response) What we do know, however, …the nonproliferation agenda. |
| 03/29/2013 | Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: MSU HR | Judge: Susko, A Kall, Vint
Lack of nuclear leadership kills competitiveness
Bipartisan Policy Center 12 (September, “Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Global Nuclear Energy Markets,” A Report of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Nuclear Initiative, Senator Pete V. Domenici Former U.S. Senator and Bipartisan Policy Center Senior Fellow, Warren F. “Pete” Miller, Ph.D. Former Department of energy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear energy, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Nuclear%20Report.PDF) With the world’s largest … nuclear weapons proliferation. Nuclear market is a unique industry that is key to competitiveness
Bipartisan Policy Center 12 (September, “Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Global Nuclear Energy Markets,” A Report of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Nuclear Initiative, Senator Pete V. Domenici Former U.S. Senator and Bipartisan Policy Center Senior Fellow, Warren F. “Pete” Miller, Ph.D. Former Department of energy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear energy, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Nuclear%20Report.PDF) Strategic Goal: Continued …uranium-enrichment capabilities). Competitiveness is key to leadership
Martino 7 (Rocco is a senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, A Strategy for Success: Innovation Will Renew American Leadership, Orbis, Volume 51, Issue 2) Much of the foreign …, government, and people.3 Decline in hegemony causes escalation of multiple global flashpoints for violence
Kagan 11 (Robert, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and and a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, “The Price of Power,” 1/24, http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/price-power_533696.html?page=3) Today the international … nation’s true ideals. Even if hegemony is bad—transition to another system causes extinction
Ferguson 4 (Niall, Professor of History at New York University's Stern School of Business and Senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, “A world without power,” Foreign Policy 143, p. 32-39, July-August) So what is left? … not-so-new world disorder. |
| 03/29/2013 | Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: MSU HR | Judge: Susko, A Kall, Vint
Grid vulnerability is increasing—vulnerable to cyber attack
Reuters 11/14 (2012, Report warns electricity grid vulnerable to attack, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/14/us-usa-electricity-attacks-idUSBRE8AD1LL20121114) (Reuters) - The electrical grid is … for power generation." Scenario One is Taiwan
Tensions high between china and Taiwan
Bloomberg 2012 (Bloomberg Editorial, “China-Taiwan Tensions Could Loom Over U.S. ‘Pivot’ to Asia: View,” Bloomberg, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-27/china-taiwan-tensions-could-loom-over-u-s-pivot-to-asia-view.html) As China’s economic … in the war on terrorism. China probing grid now – diplomacy is failing and miscalc makes escalation likely
Huffington Post 9/20 (2012, Chinese Cyber Attacks On U.S. Continue Totally Unabated, Leon Panetta Complains, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/20/chinese-cyber-attacks-leon-panetta_n_1899168.html) BEIJING (AP) — Despite several years … highly sophisticated attacks. China will use a blackout to invade Taiwan – causes global war—now is key—small scale attacks in squo
Derene 9 (Glenn is a Defense Analyst @ Popular Mechanics, “How Vulnerable is U.S. Infrastructure to a Major Cyber Attack?” October 1, 2009, http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military/4307521) The next world war … "And I don't like that answer." Impact is nuclear escalation
Hunkovic 9 (Lee J Hunkovic, Professor American Military University, 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, … considered in this study. SMRs solve
Andres and Breetz 11 (national defense university, Richard B. Andres is Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology., “Small nuclear reactors for military installations: capabilities, costs, and technological implications., http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Small+nuclear+reactors+for+military+installations%3A+capabilities,...-a0291503414) Government and private … reactors up to 1,300 MWe. Scenario Two-- EMP attacks coming
Heritage Foundation 3/12 (2013, Chaos from the Sky: Why the EMP Threat Is Real, http://blog.heritage.org/2013/03/12/chaos-from-the-sky-why-the-emp-threat-is-real/) Butt charges that … withstand potential attacks. Attack likely—adversaries are probing the grid now
ABC 11 (5/31, Huma Khan is a digital media producer at ABC News in Washington D.C., where she has worked since 2008, Before joining ABC News, Khan was a freelance business reporter for the Kansas City Star. Prior to that, she covered U.S. and international energy markets for Argus Media, an energy trade publication. Khan received her master's of international studies degree from the University of Kansas, where she studied economic development and conflict resolution. Cyber Attack on U.S. Electric Grid ‘Gravest Short Term Threat’ to National Security, Lawmakers Say, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/05/cyber-attack-on-us-electric-grid-gravest-short-term-threat-to-national-security-lawmakers-say/) ABC News' Huma Khan reports: …very technically sophisticated.” Attack against grid causes retaliation—(seen as act of war and lack of treaties make escalation likely)
WSJ 11 (5/30, Cyber Combat: Act of War¶ Pentagon Sets Stage for U.S. to Respond to Computer Sabotage With Military Force, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304563104576355623135782718.html) WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has … from power in Afghanistan. this causes nuclear escalation through crisis-based miscalculation
Cimbala 2k11. (Stephen J. Cimbala, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Penn State University– Brandywine. Strategic Studies Quarterly Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2011, JPMiller) Cyberwar is distinct from the problem … quality of the respective nuclear arsenals.” Plan removes incentives to cyber attack
Loudermilk 11 (Micah, Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, Small Nuclear Reactors: Enabling Energy Security for Warfighters, Small Wars Journal, March 27th 2011,http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/small-nuclear-reactors-enabling-energy-security-for-warfighters)
Recognition of these … lower operational requirements. |
| 03/29/2013 | Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: MSU HR | Judge: Susko, A Kall, Vint
DOD is critical to mass adoption and commercialization
Andres and Breetz 11
Richard Andres, Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University, and Hanna Breetz, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Small Nuclear Reactorsfor Military Installations:Capabilities, Costs, andTechnological Implications, www.ndu.edu/press/lib/pdf/StrForum/SF-262.pdf Thus far, this paper has reviewed … performance, and proliferation resistance. DOD as a first mover is key
Andres and Breetz 11 (national defense university, Richard B. Andres is Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology., “Small nuclear reactors for military installations: capabilities, costs, and technological implications., http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Small+nuclear+reactors+for+military+installations%3A+capabilities,...-a0291503414) Thus far, this paper has … timeline and trajectory. Power purchase agreements are key
Madia 12 (William Madia, Chairman of the Board of Overseers and Vice President for the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University, previously the Laboratory Director at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Spring 2012, “SMALL MODULAR REACTORS: A POTENTIAL GAME-CHANGING TECHNOLOGY,” Stanford Energy Club, http://energyclub.stanford.edu/index.php/Journal/Small_Modular_Reactors_by_William_Madia) Throughout the history of NPP …, corporate welfare, or carbon taxes. *American competitiveness is on the brink
CS Monitor 12 (4/19, World's next technology leader will be US, not China – if America can shape up, http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Global-Viewpoint/2012/0419/World-s-next-technology-leader-will-be-US-not-China-if-America-can-shape-up) Innovation drives income … then totally collapsed.
*SMRs solve grid vulnerability
Fin 11 (*card has been gender modified, 4/26, Al is an expert on energy, technology, news and politics and often writes informative news articles on the subjects. A Resilient Grid of Small Modular Reactors) In reality a world free of … reactors the wave of the future. DoD relies on civilian grid which is highly vulnerable to disruptions which immobilize command infrastructure – only SMR’s solve
Robitaille 12 (George, Department of Army Civilian, United States Army War College, “Small Modular Reactors: The Army’s Secure Source of Energy?” 21-03-2012, Strategy Research Project) In recent years, the U.S Department of Defense (DoD) … on the environment. |
| 03/29/2013 | Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: MSU HR | Judge: Susko, A Kall, Vint
counter interp—financial incentives are loan guarantees, accelerated depreciations, tax credits, and power purchase agreements
Hintz, et al., 2k5. (Mr. Donald C. Hintz, Former Chairman of NEI, Hintz and Associates, Brandon, Mississippi; Governor John H. Sununu, Co-Chair, President, JHS Associates, Ltd. Salem, New Hampshire; Dr.; Richard A. Meserve, Co-Chair, Senior Of Counsel, Covington and Burling, Washington, D.C.; Mr. James K. Asselstine, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers, New York, New York; Ms. Susan Eisenhower, President, The Eisenhower Group, Inc., Chairman of the Eisenhower Institute, Washington, D.C.; Mr. W. George Hairston III, Chairman NEI, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Nuclear, Birmingham, Alabama; Mr.Kit Konolige, Managing Director; Morgan Stanley, Purchase, New York, The Honorable William F. Martin, Chairman, Washington Policy and Analysis, Inc., Washington, D.C.; The Honorable M. Peter McPherson (Ex Officio Member), President, Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan; Dr. Paul R. Portney, President and Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Burton Richter, Director Emeritus, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, California; Dr. C. Paul Robinson, Director, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mr. James D. von Riesemann, Vice President, Lazard Freres and Company, LLC, New York, New York; Ms. Deborah Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness, Washington, D.C. “Moving Forward with Nuclear Power: Issues and Key Factors” Final Report of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, Nuclear Energy Task Force, January 10. Online. KevC)
The government should … units would be built. Predictability—DOE includes PPAs
Waxman 1998 (Solicitor General of the US (Seth, Brief for the United States in Opposition for the US Supreme Court case HARBERT/LUMMUS AGRIFUELS PROJECTS, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, http://www.justice.gov/osg/briefs/1998/0responses/98-0697.resp.opp.pdf)
2 On November 15, 1986, … or his delegate(s).” Pet. App. 111-113. |
| 03/29/2013 | Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: MSU HR | Judge: Susko, A Kall, Vint
DOD is critical to mass adoption and commercialization
Andres and Breetz 11
Richard Andres, Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University, and Hanna Breetz, doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Small Nuclear Reactorsfor Military Installations:Capabilities, Costs, andTechnological Implications, www.ndu.edu/press/lib/pdf/StrForum/SF-262.pdf Thus far, this paper has reviewed two … and proliferation resistance. US controlled SMRs key to nonproliferation
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES 2011 Third, there is a national … toward safety and nonproliferation. |
| 03/29/2013 | Tournament: NDT | Round: 2 | Opponent: MSU HR | Judge: Susko, A Kall, Vint
Grid’s vulnerable and threats are growing-~--insiders vote aff
Merica 12 Dan, CNN, "DoD official: Vulnerability of U.S. electrical grid is a dire concern", July 27, security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/27/dod-official-vulnerability-of-u-s-electrical-grid-is-a-dire-concern/
Speaking candidly at the Aspen Security Forum, …, rolling blackouts in the East Coast…” |
| 03/29/2013 | Tournament: | Round: 2 | Opponent: MSU HR | Judge:
c. Econ collapse saps resources from military aggression
Bennett 2k – PolSci Prof, Penn State (Scott and Timothy Nordstrom, Foreign Policy Substitutability and Internal Economic Problems in Enduring Rivalries, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Ebsco) Conflict settlement is also a …compete economically with the United States. d. studies disprove
Miller 2k – Professor of Management, Ottawa (Morris, Poverty As A Cause Of Wars?, http://www.pugwash.org/reports/pac/pac256/WG4draft1.htm, AG) Thus, these armed conflicts …violence to abort another. Obama will use XO and that solves the impact
The Hill 2/16 (2013, Dems: Obama can act unilaterally on immigration reform, http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/administration/283583-dems-recognize-that-obama-can-act-unilaterally-on-immigration-reform#ixzz2LUCJO8cv) President Obama can – and … low-skilled labor. Nominations sap PC
Thurlow 2-5 – Tom Thurlow, writer for Red State, February 5th, 2013, "Obama’s Political Capital" www.redstate.com/tfthurlow/2013/02/05/obamas-political-capital/
President Obama blows … I have a theory, and here goes. Thumpers first – no vote for 7 months
Neyoy 2/8 (Cesar, “Grijalva: Debate on immigration may take time”, http://www.yumasun.com/news/reform-85153-congress-immigration.html, CMR) Congress could begin debate … practically starting from scratch.” Political capital not key to immigration
Hirsh 2/7 (2013, Michael Hirsh is chief correspondent for National Journal. He also contributes to 2012 Decoded. Hirsh previously served as the senior editor and national economics correspondent for Newsweek, based in its Washington bureau., http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/there-s-no-such-thing-as-political-capital-20130207) As a result, momentum … do at any given moment in history. IMPACT
Obama will use XO and that solves the impact
The Hill 2/16 (2013, Dems: Obama can act unilaterally on immigration reform, http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/administration/283583-dems-recognize-that-obama-can-act-unilaterally-on-immigration-reform#ixzz2LUCJO8cv) President Obama can – … low-skilled labor. UQ Immigration won’t pass – assumes their uniqueness evidence – being close doesn’t mean there’s agreement. And no vote until August.
Washington Examiner, 3/24/13, “Congress 'for first time' is close to crafting immigration plan” http://washingtonexaminer.com/congress-for-first-time-close-to-crafting-immigration-plan/article/2525183 Congress is closer than it … August recess," Barbour said. Immigration not passing now – labor problems
Politico, 3/22/13, “Immigration deal in limbo as business, labor clash” http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/immigration-deal-senate-close-89221.html#ixzz2Ot8RFSgj
The Senate’s “Gang of Eight” …comprehensive immigration reform.” Won’t pass in the House
Latino Post, 3/27/13, “Immigration Reform News 2013: House Steps Up With Bill More Pleasing to Republicans As Senate Hits Snags” http://www.latinospost.com/articles/15405/20130327/immigration-reform-news-2013-house-steps-up-bill-more-pleasing.htm "You know, just kind of the …acceptable to Democrats. Won’t pass – guest worker controversy will derail it – empirics prove
Washington Examiner, 3/24/13, “Op-ed: Guest-worker issue threatens immigration reform” http://washingtonexaminer.com/op-ed-guest-worker-issue-threatens-immigration-reform/article/2525252 Our skepticism was … Something may yet be hashed out.
THUMPERS
Thumpers first – no vote for 7 months
Neyoy 2/8 (Cesar, “Grijalva: Debate on immigration may take time”, http://www.yumasun.com/news/reform-85153-congress-immigration.html, CMR) Congress could begin debate … practically starting from scratch.” Budget debates coming up and will sap Obama pc for (immigration/gun control)
Fournier 3/1 (2013, Ron Fournier is the Editorial Director of National Journal. Prior to joining National Journal, he worked at the Associated Press for 20 years, most recently as Washington Bureau Chief., http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/washington-in-3-words-dumb-arbitrary-and-inexcusable-20130301) The sequestration cuts are … with the GOP approach. Gun control Top of docket
NBC News, 3/26/13, “Congress: Dems uphill gun battle?” http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/27/17485536-congress-dems-uphill-gun-battle?lite
And The Hill … the Senate docket. Thumps immigration – (costs all obama’s PC)
(USA Today 1/17)
Obama challenges Congress to pass new gun regulations; USA Today; 2013. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/01/16/line-drawn-on-guns/1566406/ The president on … be meaningful change. McCarthy nomination thumps
Colman 3/18 (Zack, “Senator places hold on EPA nominee”, http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/288799-sen-blunt-to-block-obama-epa-nominee#ixzz2OJLHhxc9 , CMR) Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said … industry and conservatives. LINK Rubio not on board
Krikorian 3/28 (2013, Mark Krikorian is executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a non-profit, non-partisan research organization in Washington, D.C. which examines and critiques the impact of immigration on the United States., “
Where Have You Gone, Marco Rubio? The GOP Turns Its Lonely Eyes to You,” http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/344140/where-have-you-gone-marco-rubio-gop-turns-its-lonely-eyes-you-mark-krikorian) The Democrats seem to be … and the public having input. a) Rubio loves nuclear power
Luimbe 12 November 20, "Rubio wants more nuclear energy, doesn't believe in radiocarbon dating", www.luimbe.com/blog/2012/11/20/rubio-wants-more-nuclear-energy-doesnt-believe-in-radio-carbon-dating/
Rubio on nuclear … Marco Rubio on Energy and Oil. Rubio is key Rubio key, not Obama—he causes passage
David Drucker, Roll Call, 1/30/13, Rubio Must Sell Immigration Changes to GOP, Grass Roots, www.rollcall.com/news/rubio_must_sell_immigration_changes_to_gop_grass_roots-222044-1.html?pos=hftxt The fate of an …the legislative endgame. No link—plan doesn’t go through congress and DOD is shielded from congress
Appelbaum 12 Binyamin, Defense cuts would hurt scientific RandD, experts say, The New York Times, 1-8, http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/defense-cuts-would-hurt-scientific-rd-experts-say
Sarewitz, who studies the government's … budget items, energy costs. Plan is bipart
Davenport 12 Coral Davenport, energy and environment correspondent for National Journal. Prior to joining National Journal in 2010, Davenport covered energy and environment for Politico, and before that, for Congressional Quarterly. In 2010, she was a fellow with the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting. From 2001 to 2004, Davenport worked in Athens, Greece, as a correspondent for numerous publications, including the Christian Science Monitor and USA Today, covering politics, economics, international relations and terrorism in southeastern Europe. She also covered the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and was a contributing writer to the Fodor’s, Time Out, Eyewitness and Funseekers’ guidebook series. Davenport started her journalism career at the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Massachusetts, after graduating from Smith College with a degree in English literature. National Journal, 2/10/12, White House Budget to Expand Clean-Energy Programs Through Pentagon, ProQuest The White House believes it has …energy-efficiency programs across its departments. C. Bipartisanship is key to immigration
ABC News, 1/3/13, “Pelosi Urges Immigration Action as Congress Opens” http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/pelosi-calls-immigration-reform-congress-opens/story?id=18125376#.UOcvn4njl-I Immigration draws forceful … can facilitate real change. PC DEBATE
Obama capital collapses Rubio’s strategy—injects controversial issues that kill the bill
David Drucker, Roll Call, 1/30/13, Rubio Must Sell Immigration Changes to GOP, Grass Roots, www.rollcall.com/news/rubio_must_sell_immigration_changes_to_gop_grass_roots-222044-1.html?pos=hftxt President Barack Obama retains veto power, …collapses,” GOP pollster Brock McCleary said. Ideology outweighs PC
Ornstein and Mann 12 – *PhD in political science from Michigan, resident scholar at AEI, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (4/27, Norman and Thomas, Washington Post, “Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.”, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lets-just-say-it-the-republicans-are-the-problem/2012/04/27/gIQAxCVUlT_print.html, WEA)
We have been studying … will probably grow after the 2012 elections. |
| 03/29/2013 | Tournament: | Round: 2 | Opponent: MSU HR | Judge:
DoD already established its recommendations for SMR adoption
King 11
Marcus King, Ph.D., Center for Naval Analyses Project Director and Research Analyst for the Environment and Energy TeamLaVar Huntzinger, Thoi Nguyen, March 2011, Feasibility of Nuclear Power on U.S.Military Installations, www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Nuclear Power on Military Installations D0023932 A5.pdf Recognizing nuclear power … report documents our analysis and findings. AND—It recommended against being an early adopter—Means CP won’t generate consensus to do plan
King 11
Marcus King, Ph.D., Center for Naval Analyses Project Director and Research Analyst for the Environment and Energy TeamLaVar Huntzinger, Thoi Nguyen, March 2011, Feasibility of Nuclear Power on U.S.Military Installations, www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Nuclear Power on Military Installations D0023932 A5.pdf The most significant risk … with this type of project. Certainty key to SMRs
Adams 10—Publisher of Atomic insights. Was in the Navy for 33 years. Spent time at the Naval Academy. Has experience designing and running small nuclear plants (Rod, Concrete Action to Follow Strongly Supportive Words On Building New Nuclear Power Plants, atomicinsights.com/2010/01/concrete-action-to-follow-strongly-supportive-words-on-building-new-nuclear-power-plants.html) Loan guarantees are …bureaucratic decision making. DoD empirically does not implement energy policy recommendations
DSB 8
Defense Science Board Task Force on DoD Energy Strategy, Feb 2008, More Figh -Less Fuel, www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/ADA477619.pdf Finding #1: The recommendations … recommendations made herein. Takes too long – QERs don’t exist now
Moniz 12 Ernest Moniz, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems and Director of the Energy Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Former Clinton Administration Under Secretary of the Department of Energy and as Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy ; serves on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 11/15/11, Quadrennial Energy and Technology Reviews, web.mit.edu/mitei/views/testimony/111115-quadrennial-energy-and-technology-reviews.html S.1703 would legislate … pursued aggressively in 2012. No implementation
Barlas 12 Stephen, Columnist @ Financial Executive, 1/1, Lexis But it is highly unlikely that … business versus business. Certainty is essential – only effective method of catalyzing investment
Trembath, 11 2/4/11, Nuclear Power and the Future of Post-Partisan Energy Policy, Alex Trembath is a policy associate in the Energy and Climate Program at Breakthrough. He is the lead or co-author of several Breakthrough publications, including the 2012 report "Beyond Boom and Bust: Putting Clean Tech on a Path to Subsidy Independence" and "Where the Shale Gas Revolution Came From." Alex is a graduate of University of California at Berkeley, http://leadenergy.org/2011/02/the-nuclear-option-in-a-post-partisan-approach-on-energy/ If there is one field of the … from his political leadership. Links to politics – CP solvency requires transparency and presidential involvement—that proves it links to politics
PCAST 10 President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), Executive Office of the President, Co-Chaired by John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Eric Lander, President, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Nov 2010, REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT ON ACCELERATING THE PACE OF CHANGE IN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH AN INTEGRATED FEDERAL ENERGY POLICY, www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-energy-tech-report.pdf A QER process would, … product that can gain wide suppor CP links to politics - doesn’t resolve controversy
Mayer 7 – Kenneth R. Mayer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 2007, “The Base Realignment and Closure Process: Is it Possible to Make Rational Policy?,” online: http://users.polisci.wisc.edu/kmayer/Professional/Base%20Realignment%20and%20Closure%20Process.pdf There is simply far too … with great caution. Leaks mean it links
Wilson and Dilulio 98 (James Wilson and John Wilson, Professors of Political Science and UCLA and Princeton, 1998, “American Government: Institutions and Policies” p. 291 ACC 8/1/11)
American government is … print government secrets. |
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Perm do both means states fund DoD power purchasing – otherwise they don’t get to fiat power gets to the bases—solves link to politics
GAO 9, “Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Take Actions to Address Challenges in Meeting Federal
Renewable Energy Goals”, December, http://www.gao.gov/assets/300/299755.html DOD has also joined with … renewable energy projects. A. Doesn’t solve nuclear leadership—
Federal action key to signal
Bipartisan Policy Center 12 (September, “Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Global Nuclear Energy Markets,” A Report of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Nuclear Initiative, Senator Pete V. Domenici Former U.S. Senator and Bipartisan Policy Center Senior Fellow, Warren F. “Pete” Miller, Ph.D. Former Department of energy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear energy, http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Nuclear%20Report.PDF) Our event series … continued U.S. leadership. C. Doesn’t solve grid – DOD k2 commercialization – overcomes initial tech hurdles and helps with licensing D. Doesn’t solve Grid—DOD as a first mover is key to lock in military DOD as a first mover is key
Andres and Breetz 11 (national defense university, Richard B. Andres is Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology., “Small nuclear reactors for military installations: capabilities, costs, and technological implications., http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Small+nuclear+reactors+for+military+installations%3A+capabilities,...-a0291503414) Thus far, this paper has … industry's timeline and trajectory. either the CP doesn’t solve because doesn’t result in DOD adoption OR CP links to politics
Kiely 12
EUGENE KIELY, Washington assignment editor USA today, February 17, 2012 Factcheck.org “Did Obama ‘Approve’ Bridge Work for Chinese Firms?” http://www.factcheck.org/2012/02/did-obama-approve-bridge-work-for-chinese-firms/
Who’s to blame, if that’s the right word, if the project ends up using manufactured steel from China? The National Steel Bridge Alliance blames the state railroad agency. The Alliance for American Manufacturing says the federal Buy American laws have been “weakened with loopholes and various exemptions that make it easier for bureaucrats to purchase foreign-made goods instead of those made in American factories with American workers.” So, how did …firms to build U.S. bridges. 3. only DOD bypasses licensing
CSPO 10, Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at ASU, “four policy principles for energy innovation and climate change: a synthesis”, June, http://www.catf.us/resources/publications/files/Synthesis.pdf Government purchase of new … be similarly important. DOD SMR development allows the Air Force to deploy a space laser
Maybury, 12
(Chief Scientist-USAF, “Energy Horizons: United States Air Force Energy SandT Vision 2011-2026,” 1/31, http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/usaf/energy.pdf) Space is the ―ultimate … based assets increases. Solves asteroids—key to detect and deflect
ANI, 7
(Asian News International, “Lightweight lasers can eliminate Earth-striking asteroids,” 3/20, http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/world/20070320/618874.html) Researchers at the … away from Earth. Extinction – magnitude overwhelms probability
Garshnek 2k
Victoria Garshnek, Global Human Futures Research Associates, David Morrison, NASA Ames Research Center, Frederick M. Burkle Jr, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine “ The mitigation, management, and survivability of asteroid/comet impact with Earth,” Space Policy 16 (2000) 213 - 222 As far as we know, impacts … of all life on Earth. DoD procurement professionals will ignore the CP–only fiat overcomes bureaucratic reluctance
Warwick 8
W.M. Warwick, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Dept. of Energy, 2008, Purchasing Renewable Power for the FederalSector: Basics, Barriers, and Possible Options, www.pnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-16485.pdf To date, DOD has not … unwieldy to be effective. |
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Their maybury article—other means to create lasers Nonetheless, there are promising … developments in nuclear energy,
SMRs on Alaskan bases solve vulnerabilities
Holdmann 11 Gwen, Director of Alaska Center for Energy and Power at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, “Small Scale Modular Nuclear Power: an option for Alaska”, February, http://www.uaf.edu/files/acep/Executive-Summary-3-2-11.pdf
Executive Summary¶ Alaska is …, and other industrial users.
Alaskan bases prevent Arctic escalation
Schanz 8 Associate Editor of the Air Force Magazine, “Strategic Alaska”, http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2008/November%202008/1108alaska.aspx
Billy Mitchell saw its great potential in 1935, and now the rest of the world has finally caught on.
More than ever before, the Air Force is paying … new Arctic transnational issues.
Goes nuclear
Wallace and Staples 10 Michael Wallace is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia; Steven Staples is President of the Rideau Institute in Ottawa, March 2010, “Ridding the Arctic of Nuclear Weapons A Task Long Overdue”, http://www.arcticsecurity.org/docs/arctic-nuclear-report-web.pdf
The fact is, the Arctic is … of climate change.” |
| 03/29/2013 | Tournament: | Round: 2 | Opponent: MSU HR | Judge:
SMRS are extremely safe
Kessides 10 (Ioannis N. Kessides, Lead Economist in the World Bank's Development Research Group, June 2012, “The Future of the Nuclear Industry Reconsidered Risks, Uncertainties, and Continued Potential,” The World Bank Development Research Group Environment and Energy Team, http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2012/06/29/000158349_20120629130837/Rendered/INDEX/WPS6112.txt) Most SMR concepts … planning and response. Comparative evidence on the question
Kessides 12
(Ioannis, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions are the author's own and should not be attributed to the World Bank, its Executive Board of Directors, or any of its member states, “The future of the nuclear industry reconsidered: Risks, uncertainties, and continued promise” 13 June 2012., Energy Policy Volume 48, September 2012, Pages 185–208) The design, construction, and … to respond correctly. SMR’s are safe
Ringle 10
(John C. Ringle of Corvallis is professor emeritus of nuclear engineering at Oregon State University, “Reintroduction of reactors in US a major win” November 13, 2010, http://robertmayer.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/reintroduction-of-reactors-in-us-a-major-win/) Small nuclear reactors will … SMR designs. Energy Secretary |
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Naval power is good for nothing
Reed 8 John T. Reed, West Point Graduate and platoon leader in the 82nd Airborne Division., June, 2008."Are U.S. Navy surface ships sitting ducks to enemies with modern weapons?"http://www.johntreed.com/sittingducks.html I have read media stories that said whenever … and Iraq or drug smugglers. Naval power inevitable - reject their evidence
Farley 7 (Roberts, Assistant Professor @ the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, "The False Decline of U.S. Navy," Oct 23, http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_false_decline_of_the_us_navy,)
We live in strange times. … Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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Link non-unique---Obama’s massive clean energy DoD budget
AODC 12 Association of Defense Communities, "FY 2013 Budget Likely to Bolster DOD’s Renewable Energy Programs", February 12, www.defensecommunities.org/fy-2013-budget-likely-to-bolster-dods-renewable-energy-programs/#
The fiscal 2013 … the Asia-Pacific region. Fuel costs spill-over and destroy the DOD budget
Freed 12 Josh, Vice President for Clean Energy, Third Way, “Improving capability, protecting 'budget”, May 21, http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/05/powering-our-military-whats-th.php
As Third Way explains in a digest being … why the Pentagon has decided to invest in these efforts. |
| 03/29/2013 | Tournament: | Round: 2 | Opponent: MSU HR | Judge:
DOD s expertise
And expertise
Armond Cohen 12, Executive Director of the Clean Air Task Force, “DoD: A Model for Energy Innovation?”, May 29, http://www.catf.us/blogs/ahead/2012/05/29/dod-a-model-for-energy-innovation/ Unlike most other … current generation biofuels.
No workforce shortage
ITA 11
(International Trade Administration, “The Commercial Outlook for U.S. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors” Manufacturing and Services Competitiveness Report, February 2011, US Department of Commerce) A serious obstacle to … building larger reactors |
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Increase is to make greater
American HEritage Dictionary '12
in•crease ( n-kr s )
v. in•creased, in•creas•ing, in•creas•es
v.intr. - To become greater or larger.
counter interp—financial incentives are loan guarantees, accelerated depreciations, tax credits, and power purchase agreements
Hintz, et al., 2k5. (Mr. Donald C. Hintz,
AND
, Nuclear Energy Task Force, January 10. Online. KevC)
The government … be built. Education—Over DoD Incentives Outweighs – Predictability—DOE includes PPAs
Waxman 1998 (Solicitor General of the US (Seth, Brief for the United States in Opposition for the US Supreme Court case HARBERT/LUMMUS AGRIFUELS PROJECTS, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, http://www.justice.gov/osg/briefs/1998/0responses/98-0697.resp.opp.pdf)
2 On November 15, 1986, Keefe was delegated “the authority, with respect to actions valued at $50 million or less, to approve, execute, enter into, modify…Pet. App. 111-113. Case
case
LONG TF Can be bult in 3 yrs
Lamonica 12—Tech Review Writer. 20 years of experience covering technology and business (8/9/12, Martin, A Glut of Natural Gas Leaves Nuclear Power Stalled, www.technologyreview.com/news/428737/a-glut-of-natural-gas-leaves-nuclear-power/)
The nuclear renaissance is in … don't want to pull all their eggs in one basket because of the new kid on NO SMR DESIGN No—navy already uses SMRs which means design exists
Stand 12 (6/28, John Stang is a longtime Inland Northwest newspaper reporter who recently earned a Masters of Communications in Digital Media degree at the University of Washington, Next nukes at Hanford might be little guys, http://crosscut.com/2012/06/28/hanford/109135/hanford-modular-nuclear-reactor-generator/) The concept of small … designs. SMR SAFE SMRS are extremely safe
Kessides 10 (Ioannis N. Kessides, Lead Economist in the World Bank's Development Research Group, June 2012, “The Future of the Nuclear Industry Reconsidered Risks, Uncertainties, and Continued Potential,” The World Bank Development Research Group Environment and Energy Team, http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2012/06/29/000158349_20120629130837/Rendered/INDEX/WPS6112.txt) Most SMR concepts … and response. PPA Solve Power purchase agreements are key
Madia 12 (William Madia, Chairman of the Board of Overseers and Vice President for the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University, previously the Laboratory Director at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Spring 2012, “SMALL MODULAR REACTORS: A POTENTIAL GAME-CHANGING TECHNOLOGY,” Stanford Energy Club, http://energyclub.stanford.edu/index.php/Journal/Small_Modular_Reactors_by_William_Madia) Throughout the history of NPP development, …, or carbon taxes. NO GRID ESCALATION Retaliation will be nuclear
Lawson 9 (Sean, Assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, Cross-Domain Response to Cyber Attacks and the Threat of Conflict Escalation, May 13th 2009, http://www.seanlawson.net/?p=477) Introduction
At a time when it seems … out in this kind of scenario? CP Do cp DoD already established its recommendations for SMR adoption
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Marcus King, Ph.D., Center for Naval Analyses Project Director and Research Analyst for the Environment and Energy TeamLaVar Huntzinger, Thoi Nguyen, March 2011, Feasibility of Nuclear Power on U.S.Military Installations, www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Nuclear Power on Military Installations D0023932 A5.pdf Recognizing nuclear power as a potential benefit to Department of Defense (DoD) facilities, Congress directed the DoD, in section 2845 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2010, to “conduct a study to assess the feasibility of developing nuclear power plants on military installations” 12. Specifically, the study is to consider the following topics:
• Options for construction and operation
• Cost estimates and the potential for life-cycle cost savings
• Potential energy security advantages
• Additional infrastructure costs
• Effect on the quality of life of military personnel
• Regulatory, state, and local concerns
• Effect on operations on military installations
• Potential environmental liabilities
• Factors that may impact safe colocation of nuclear power plants on military installations
• Other factors that bear on the feasibility of developing nuclear power plants on military installations.
To meet this requirement, the office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, DUSD(IandE), asked CNA to conduct this feasibility study. The CNA effort was directed by a steering group consisting of representatives from DUSD (IandE), each of the military departments, DOE, NRC, and DOE Labs. This report documents our analysis and findings. AND—It recommended against being an early adopter—Means CP won’t generate consensus to do plan
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Marcus King, Ph.D., Center for Naval Analyses Project Director and Research Analyst for the Environment and Energy TeamLaVar Huntzinger, Thoi Nguyen, March 2011, Feasibility of Nuclear Power on U.S.Military Installations, www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Nuclear Power on Military Installations D0023932 A5.pdf The most significant risk for SMR power plants is associated with being an early adoptor
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for cooperation and partnership for sharing risks associated with this type of project. Certainty key to SMRs
Adams 10—Publisher of Atomic insights. Was in the Navy for 33 years. Spent time at the Naval Academy. Has experience designing and running small nuclear plants (Rod, Concrete Action to Follow Strongly Supportive Words On Building New Nuclear Power Plants, atomicinsights.com/2010/01/concrete-action-to-follow-strongly-supportive-words-on-building-new-nuclear-power-plants.html) Loan guarantees are important to the nuclear industry because the currently available models are large
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River Breeder Reactor program are not going to be repeated this time around.
For the multi-billion dollar projects being proposed, bankers demand the reassurance that
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government on the hook for delays that come from bad bureaucratic decision making. DOD as a first mover is key
Andres and Breetz 11 (national defense university, Richard B. Andres is Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College and a Senior Fellow and Energy and Environmental Security and Policy Chair in the Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, at the National Defense University. Hanna L. Breetz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology., “Small nuclear reactors for military installations: capabilities, costs, and technological implications., http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Small+nuclear+reactors+for+military+installations%3A+capabilities,...-a0291503414) Thus far, this paper has reviewed two of DOD's most pressing energy vulnerabilities--grid insecurity and fuel convoys--and explored how they could be addressed by small reactors. We acknowledge that there are many uncertainties and risks associated with these reactors. On the other hand, failing to pursue these technologies raises its own set of risks for DOD, which we review in this section: first, small reactors may fail to be commercialized in the United States; second, the designs that get locked in by
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designs are not locked out, then it should take a first mover role on small reactors. It is far too early to gauge whether the private
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leadership would likely have a profound effect on the industry's timeline and trajectory. DoD empirically does not implement energy policy recommendations
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Defense Science Board Task Force on DoD Energy Strategy, Feb 2008, More Figh -Less Fuel, www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/ADA477619.pdf Finding #1: The recommendations from the 2001 Defense Science Board Task Force Report “More Capable Warfighting Through Reduced Fuel Burden” have not been implemented.
The principal finding of the 2001 DSB report was that DoD systematically underestimates the cost
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so the PPBES process cannot not provide it visibility when considering investment decisions.
These findings remain valid today. Few of the recommendations of that study have been implemented to date. Those that have begun; making energy efficiency a selective Key Performance Parameter in system design, and using the fully burdened cost of fuel in life cycle costing of alternative systems; are in their early stages of implementation. Focused leadership will be required to complete the recommendations of the 2001 study and similar recommendations made herein. No implementation
Barlas 12 Stephen, Columnist @ Financial Executive, 1/1, Lexis But it is highly unlikely that Obama's blueprint will lead to a firmer footing for
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efforts to substitute domestic natural gas for foreign petroleum features business versus business. Links to politics – CP solvency requires transparency and presidential involvement—that proves it links to politics
PCAST 10 President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), Executive Office of the President, Co-Chaired by John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Eric Lander, President, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Nov 2010, REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT ON ACCELERATING THE PACE OF CHANGE IN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH AN INTEGRATED FEDERAL ENERGY POLICY, www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-energy-tech-report.pdf A QER process would, in some sense, formulate an integrated energy policy for the twentyfirst century. It will span mission and vision definition, strategy, and tactics. The QER and the process leading to it would provide an effective tool for Administrationwide coherence on energy and for effective dialog with Congress on a coordinated legislative agenda. Presidential interest and engagement will be a necessary ingredient for success.
While the QER will be a product of the Administration, substantial input from the Congress, the energy industry, academia, state and local governments, nongovernmental organizations, and consumers will be essential throughout the process. Transparency in the process of gathering input for the QER will be key to the development of a sound product that can gain wide suppor POLITICS IMPACT India’s Economy and Growth are Resilient
Tharoor ‘9 Shashi, former under secretary-general of the UN, “Indian economy could prove more resilient than critics believe”, Mar 16th, http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/print/2009/03/16/2003438572 India's financial system suffers from few of the creative and risky derivative instruments that caused
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needs to operate a 21st century economy in an open and globalizing world.
Obama will use XO and that solves the impact
The Hill 2/16 (2013, Dems: Obama can act unilaterally on immigration reform, http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/administration/283583-dems-recognize-that-obama-can-act-unilaterally-on-immigration-reform#ixzz2LUCJO8cv) President Obama can – and will – take steps on immigration reform in the event
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ensure that industries like agriculture have ample access to low-skilled labor. UQ Immigration won’t pass – assumes their uniqueness evidence – being close doesn’t mean there’s agreement. And no vote until August.
Washington Examiner, 3/24/13, “Congress 'for first time' is close to crafting immigration plan” http://washingtonexaminer.com/congress-for-first-time-close-to-crafting-immigration-plan/article/2525183 Congress is closer than it has been in decades to crafting a comprehensive immigration reform
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to get done this spring or before the August recess," Barbour said. Immigration not passing now – labor problems
Politico, 3/22/13, “Immigration deal in limbo as busin3ess, labor clash” http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/immigration-deal-senate-close-89221.html#ixzz2Ot8RFSgj
The Senate’s “Gang of Eight” is preparing to leave town with a deal on immigration reform in limbo, stalled by a fight between Big Labor and Big Business.
On Thursday morning, it had appeared that a deal was in hand over the major remaining sticking point: the outlines of a broad new visa program aimed at balancing the need for foreign workers in low-skilled jobs with the desires of American workers competing for those same jobs.
So much for optimism.
In a closed-door session that stretched late into Thursday night, things got heated. Sources said negotiations grew extremely tense after business groups balked. There were more talks on Friday — but no more progress, even though negotiations continued in a rare Friday night session of the Senate.
Now, the Gang of Eight faces a quandary. If senators can’t win the endorsement of labor and business, they must soon decide whether to go their own way — absent the support of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AFL-CIO — and hope the powerful interest groups stay neutral when a bill eventually emerges.
The senators said they would continue to negotiate with the interest groups during their two-week recess, with the goal of narrowing their differences, winning their backing and rolling out a proposal in the second week of April. That would set up a Senate Judiciary Committee vote before the end of the month, with floor votes by early summer.
“People have a lot at stake here,” said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). “This is a huge deal. Talking about the lives of 11 million people just to start with, so I understand why passions are high, and sentiments are high."
Late Friday night, tensions were still at a boil. Labor officials accused Republicans and business groups of proposing “congressionally sanctioned poverty” for low-skilled workers. And Chamber officials attacked labor groups for preventing a deal from taking shape.
“The unions have jeopardized the entire immigration reform effort, which would provide a pathway to legalization and citizenship for the 10-11 million undocumented workers, because of their refusal to take a responsible stance on a small temporary worker program,” Randy Johnson, the Chamber’s senior vice president of Labor, Immigration, and Employee Benefits, said in a late Friday night statement. “These types of programs have always been considered a key part of comprehensive immigration reform.” Won’t pass in the House
Latino Post, 3/27/13, “Immigration Reform News 2013: House Steps Up With Bill More Pleasing to Republicans As Senate Hits Snags” http://www.latinospost.com/articles/15405/20130327/immigration-reform-news-2013-house-steps-up-bill-more-pleasing.htm "You know, just kind of the sensitivity is, would House Republicans be open to a bill that comes from a Democratic-controlled Senate or from a Democratic president? And that's why we kind of think our effort is most important because if we can get one through the House, then I think the odds of getting it signed into law improve a lot," he said.
Yarmuth said the group has been able to resolve the most difficult issues and is getting close to unveiling its own proposals, but he did not give any specifics. It seems unlikely that a bill that would garner the support of Tea Party Republicans would include enough provisions to make it acceptable to Democrats. Won’t pass – guest worker controversy will derail it – empirics prove
Washington Examiner, 3/24/13, “Op-ed: Guest-worker issue threatens immigration reform” http://washingtonexaminer.com/op-ed-guest-worker-issue-threatens-immigration-reform/article/2525252 Our skepticism was vindicated when AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka conceded to ABC earlier this month that they hadn't yet reached a deal with the Chamber.
Neither the Chamber nor the unions have any problem with legalizing illegal immigrants. The
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that it is very hard to organize and collect dues from temporary workers.
Reports last Friday indicated that talks between Big Labor and Big Business were at an impasse. Why does all this matter? Because this same issue helped torpedo Congress's last attempt at comprehensive reform back in 2007.
At that time, Sens. Ted Kennedy and John McCain led a fragile coalition
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out, and in doing so deprived the bill of crucial GOP support.
The Chamber and top labor leaders have been holding private talks this time around in
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a guest-worker program, as far as Big Business is concerned.
Both sides are now leaking the details of the negotiations and spinning them furiously in the hopes of pre-emptively dodging blame for failure -- a sure sign that talks are breaking down. Still, there is a lot of pressure on both sides to reach a compromise. Something may yet be hashed out.
THUMPERS
Thumpers first – no vote for 7 months
Neyoy 2/8 (Cesar, “Grijalva: Debate on immigration may take time”, http://www.yumasun.com/news/reform-85153-congress-immigration.html, CMR) Congress could begin debate within six months on an immigration reform measure that could give
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we don't have any concrete proposal. We are practically starting from scratch.” Budget debates coming up and will sap Obama pc for (immigration/gun control)
Fournier 3/1 (2013, Ron Fournier is the Editorial Director of National Journal. Prior to joining National Journal, he worked at the Associated Press for 20 years, most recently as Washington Bureau Chief., http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/washington-in-3-words-dumb-arbitrary-and-inexcusable-20130301) The sequestration cuts are likely to be part of discussions later this month over the
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with the deficit, even if they don't agree with the GOP approach. Gun control Top of docket
NBC News, 3/26/13, “Congress: Dems uphill gun battle?” http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/27/17485536-congress-dems-uphill-gun-battle?lite
And The Hill picks up on a similar point: “The 50-49 vote on the budget could spell the most trouble for gun control legislation, which is next on the Senate docket. Thumps immigration – (costs all obama’s PC)
(USA Today 1/17)
Obama challenges Congress to pass new gun regulations; USA Today; 2013. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/01/16/line-drawn-on-guns/1566406/ The president on Wednesday challenged lawmakers, many of whom are tepid at best to
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he said will have to act if there is to be meaningful change. McCarthy nomination thumps
Colman 3/18 (Zack, “Senator places hold on EPA nominee”, http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/288799-sen-blunt-to-block-obama-epa-nominee#ixzz2OJLHhxc9 , CMR) Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said Monday that he would place
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proposed and implemented air emissions regulations that generated backlash from industry and conservatives. LINK Rubio not on board
Krikorian 3/28 (2013, Mark Krikorian is executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a non-profit, non-partisan research organization in Washington, D.C. which examines and critiques the impact of immigration on the United States., “
Where Have You Gone, Marco Rubio? The GOP Turns Its Lonely Eyes to You,” http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/344140/where-have-you-gone-marco-rubio-gop-turns-its-lonely-eyes-you-mark-krikorian) The Democrats seem to be testing Senator Marco Rubio to see how desperate he is
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to work, with every senator having input and the public having input. a) Rubio loves nuclear power
Luimbe 12 November 20, "Rubio wants more nuclear energy, doesn't believe in radiocarbon dating", www.luimbe.com/blog/2012/11/20/rubio-wants-more-nuclear-energy-doesnt-believe-in-radio-carbon-dating/
Rubio on nuclear energy:¶ I support a comprehensive energy plan that encourages nuclear energy
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burden on family budgets.¶ source: Marco Rubio on Energy and Oil. Rubio is key Rubio key, not Obama—he causes passage
David Drucker, Roll Call, 1/30/13, Rubio Must Sell Immigration Changes to GOP, Grass Roots, www.rollcall.com/news/rubio_must_sell_immigration_changes_to_gop_grass_roots-222044-1.html?pos=hftxt The fate of an immigration overhaul rests almost exclusively with Sen. Marco Rubio,
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, too, and appear to realize his importance to the legislative endgame. No link—plan doesn’t go through congress and DOD is shielded from congress
Appelbaum 12 Binyamin, Defense cuts would hurt scientific RandD, experts say, The New York Times, 1-8, http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/defense-cuts-would-hurt-scientific-rd-experts-say
Sarewitz, who studies the government's role in promoting innovation, said the Defense Department
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find ways to reduce one of its largest budget items, energy costs. Plan is bipart
Davenport 12 Coral Davenport, energy and environment correspondent for National Journal. Prior to joining National Journal in 2010, Davenport covered energy and environment for Politico, and before that, for Congressional Quarterly. In 2010, she was a fellow with the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting. From 2001 to 2004, Davenport worked in Athens, Greece, as a correspondent for numerous publications, including the Christian Science Monitor and USA Today, covering politics, economics, international relations and terrorism in southeastern Europe. She also covered the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and was a contributing writer to the Fodor’s, Time Out, Eyewitness and Funseekers’ guidebook series. Davenport started her journalism career at the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Massachusetts, after graduating from Smith College with a degree in English literature. National Journal, 2/10/12, White House Budget to Expand Clean-Energy Programs Through Pentagon, ProQuest The White House believes it has figured out how to get more money for clean
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1 billion on renewable energy and energy-efficiency programs across its departments. C. Bipartisanship is key to immigration
ABC News, 1/3/13, “Pelosi Urges Immigration Action as Congress Opens” http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/pelosi-calls-immigration-reform-congress-opens/story?id=18125376#.UOcvn4njl-I Immigration draws forceful responses from both sides of the aisle, and the issue is sure to spark contentious debate as battle lines take shape. While immigration players such as Rep. Luis Guiterrez (D-Illinois) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) support a path to citizenship for undocumented workers in the country, others, such as Republican Marco Rubio of Florida, do not.
Hammering out a bill that will have the approval of enough Republicans and Democrats is going to take compromise. While the last Congress was somewhat infamous for its seeming inability to do that - lawmakers failed to reach a fiscal cliff deal until the very last minute - this new batch of representatives and senators, which includes more Latinos than ever before, has a chance with immigration to prove it can facilitate real change. PC DEBATE
Obama capital collapses Rubio’s strategy—injects controversial issues that kill the bill
David Drucker, Roll Call, 1/30/13, Rubio Must Sell Immigration Changes to GOP, Grass Roots, www.rollcall.com/news/rubio_must_sell_immigration_changes_to_gop_grass_roots-222044-1.html?pos=hftxt President Barack Obama retains veto power, and Democrats hold the Senate floor. But
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or misgivings, the whole thing collapses,” GOP pollster Brock McCleary said. Ideology outweighs PC
Ornstein and Mann 12 – *PhD in political science from Michigan, resident scholar at AEI, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (4/27, Norman and Thomas, Washington Post, “Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.”, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lets-just-say-it-the-republicans-are-the-problem/2012/04/27/gIQAxCVUlT_print.html, WEA)
We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party. The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise - unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of
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If anything, Washington’s ideological divide will probably grow after the 2012 elections.
MADAGASCAR No warming impact – forecasts are wrong and we will adapt
Aikman, Australian correspondent, 2011
(Amos, “Climate forecasts 'exaggerated': Science journal”, 11-25, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/climate-forecasts-exaggerated-science-journal/story-e6frg8y6-1226205464958, DOA: 3-16-13, ldg)
DRAMATIC forecasts of global warming resulting from a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide have been
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, the results imply less probability of extreme climatic change than previously thought." -- Environment is resilient Easterbrook 95 (Gregg, Distinguished Fellow – Fullbright Foundation, A Moment on Earth, p. 25) In the aftermath of events such as Love Canal or the Exxon Valdez oil spill
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are pinpricks compared to forces of the magnitude nature is accustomed to resisting. No extinction from climate change
NIPCC 11 – the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, an international panel of nongovernment scientists and scholars, March 8, 2011, “Surviving the Unprecedented Climate Change of the IPCC,” online: http://www.nipccreport.org/articles/2011/mar/8mar2011a5.html
In a paper published in Systematics and Biodiversity, Willis et al. (2010
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to climate change (e.g. Huntingford et al., 2008)."
On the other hand, they indicate that some biologists and climatologists have pointed out
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change denier' category," although the purpose for pointing out these facts is simpl y to present "a sound scientific basis for understanding biotic responses to the magnitudes and rates of climate change predicted for the future through using the vast data resource that we can exploit in fossil records."
Going on to do just that, Willis et al. focus on "intervals
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they report "there is very little evidence for broad-scale extinctions due to a warming world."
In concluding, the Norwegian, Swedish and UK researchers say that "based on such evidence we urge some caution in assuming broad-scale extinctions of species will occur due solely to climate changes of the magnitude and rate predicted for the next century," reiterating that "the fossil record indicates remarkable biotic resilience to wide amplitude fluctuations in climate." SMR-based nuclear power is safe and solves warming—it’s key to a global nuclear renaissance.
Michael Shellenberger 12, founder of the Breakthrough Institute, graduate of Earlham College and holds a masters degree in cultural anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, "New Nukes: Why We Need Radical Innovation to Make New Nuclear Energy Cheap", September 11, http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/programs/energy-and-climate/new-nukes/ Arguably, the biggest impact of Fukushima on the nuclear debate, ironically, has
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than developing the nuclear technologies we will need to get that job done. Tons of alt causes
Edmonton Journal 8 (Elaine O’Connor, “World's oceans at risk of becoming soupy swill; Rising temperatures, runoff toxins creating 'dead zones'” 9/15/2008, www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=3c40fbee-40e4-443a-b736-c70c6072649e)
VANCOUVER - Sally Cole came home from a sailing trip in August looking forward to
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, overfishing, pollution, ocean acidification, ecosystem destruction and invasive species.
No impact to biodiversity
Sagoff 97 Mark, Senior Research Scholar – Institute for Philosophy and Public policy in School of Public Affairs – U. Maryland, William and Mary Law Review, “INSTITUTE OF BILL OF RIGHTS LAW SYMPOSIUM DEFINING TAKINGS: PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION: MUDDLE OR MUDDLE THROUGH? TAKINGS JURISPRUDENCE MEETS THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT”, 38 Wm and Mary L. Rev. 825, March, L/N
Note – Colin Tudge - Research Fellow at the Centre for Philosophy at the London School of Economics. Frmr Zoological Society of London: Scientific Fellow and tons of other positions. PhD. Read zoology at Cambridge.
Simon Levin = Moffet Professor of Biology, Princeton. 2007 American Institute of Biological Sciences Distinguished Scientist Award 2008 Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti 2009 Honorary Doctorate of Science, Michigan State University 2010 Eminent Ecologist Award, Ecological Society of America 2010 Margalef Prize in Ecology, etc… PhD
Although one may agree with ecologists such as Ehrlich and Raven that the earth stands
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sense, good for mankind. The most valuable things are quite useless. SMRs on Alaskan bases solve vulnerabilities
Holdmann 11 Gwen, Director of Alaska Center for Energy and Power at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, “Small Scale Modular Nuclear Power: an option for Alaska”, February, http://www.uaf.edu/files/acep/Executive-Summary-3-2-11.pdf
Executive Summary¶ Alaska is home to some of the most abundant supplies of fossil
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energy to military bases, remote mining operations, and other industrial users.
Alaskan bases prevent Arctic escalation
Schanz 8 Associate Editor of the Air Force Magazine, “Strategic Alaska”, http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2008/November%202008/1108alaska.aspx
Billy Mitchell saw its great potential in 1935, and now the rest of the world has finally caught on.
More than ever before, the Air Force is paying close attention to its force
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Command. Climate conditions have revealed a host of new Arctic transnational issues.
Goes nuclear
Wallace and Staples 10 Michael Wallace is Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia; Steven Staples is President of the Rideau Institute in Ottawa, March 2010, “Ridding the Arctic of Nuclear Weapons A Task Long Overdue”, http://www.arcticsecurity.org/docs/arctic-nuclear-report-web.pdf
The fact is, the Arctic is becoming a zone of increased military competition.
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geo-political/economic significance of the Arctic because of climate change.” |
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*Worker Shortage
No workforce shortage
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(International Trade Administration, “The Commercial Outlook for U.S. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors” Manufacturing and Services Competitiveness Report, February 2011, US Department of Commerce) A serious obstacle to the resurgence of traditional nuclear power in the United States is
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mean tremendous new commercial opportunities for U.S. firms and workers.
A substantial SMR deployment program in the United States could result in the creation of
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opposed to the localiza-tion that is typically necessary for building larger reactors PERCEPTION SOLVES CARD plan removes incentives to cyber attack
Loudermilk 11 (Micah, Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, Small Nuclear Reactors: Enabling Energy Security for Warfighters, Small Wars Journal, March 27th 2011,http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/small-nuclear-reactors-enabling-energy-security-for-warfighters)
Recognition of these facts led the Defense Science Board to recommend "islanding" U.S. military installations to mitigate the electrical grid's vulnerabilities. Although DOD has undertaken a wide array of energy efficiency programs and sought to construct renewable energy facilities on bases, these endeavors will fall far short of the desired goals and still leave bases unable to function in the event of long-term outages.
As the NDU report argues though, small nuclear reactors have the potential to alleviate
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features, simplified designs, sealed reactor cores, and lower operational requirements. AT MICRO GRID Microgrids aren’t widespread and no funding for them
Daniel Sater, 2011, Research Fellow at Global Green USA's Security and Sustainability Office, Military Energy Security: Current Efforts and Future Solutions, Global Green, globalgreen.org/docs/publication-185-1.pdf In the first six months of 2011, the US civilian power grid suffered 155
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for the necessary appropriation from Congress to solve the Defense Department’s energy problems. Warming defense
Telegraph 6/18 (Professor Fritz Vahrenholt is one of the fathers of Germany's environmental movement and the director of RWE Innogy, one of Europe's largest renewable energy companies, “Global warming: second thoughts of an environmentalist,” 2012, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/9338939/Global-warming-second-thoughts-of-an-environmentalist.html) But Environmental Defense chief scientist Bill Chameides is more hopeful: "There's a certain
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Africa will play bigger roles in greenhouse-gas pollution in the future. Disease defense No extinction – diseases favor limited lethality and medicine will check
Posner 4 (Richard, Judge – US Court of Appeals, Catastrophe: Risk and Response, p. 22-24) Yet the fact that Homo sapiens has managed to survive every disease to assail it
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lesson of the AIDS pandemic. And there is always a lust time. Obama Stepping Away
Obama not involved now
AP News, 3/28/13, “Obama 'confident' immigration bill could pass by summer” In an effort to keep Republicans at the negotiation table, Obama has stayed relatively quiet on immigration over the last month. He rolled out his immigration principles during a January rally in Las Vegas and made an impassioned call for overhauling the nation's laws during his early February State of the Union address, then purposely handed off the effort to lawmakers. *Gun Control Gun control Top of docket
NBC News, 3/26/13, “Congress: Dems uphill gun battle?” http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/27/17485536-congress-dems-uphill-gun-battle?lite
And The Hill picks up on a similar point: “The 50-49 vote on the budget could spell the most trouble for gun control legislation, which is next on the Senate docket. NP S Renewables Key to renewables penetration
Loudermilk 2011 (Micah J. Loudermilk is a Research Associate for the Energy and Environmental Security Policy program with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University, May 31, 2011, “Small Nuclear Reactors and US Energy Security: Concepts, Capabilities, and Costs,” Journal of Energy Security, http://www.ensec.org/index.php?option=com_contentandview=articleandid=314:small-nuclear-reactors-and-us-energy-security-concepts-capabilities-and-costsandcatid=116:content0411andItemid=375)
Limitations of renewables Renewable energy technologies have made great strides forward during the last decade
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in fact prove instrumental to enabling the smart grid to become a reality.¶ |
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counter interp—financial incentives are loan guarantees, accelerated depreciations, tax credits, and power purchase agreements
Hintz, et al., 2k5. (Mr. Donald C. Hintz, Former Chairman of NEI, Hintz and Associates, Brandon, Mississippi; Governor John H. Sununu, Co-Chair, President, JHS Associates, Ltd. Salem, New Hampshire; Dr.; Richard A. Meserve, Co-Chair, Senior Of Counsel, Covington and Burling, Washington, D.C.; Mr. James K. Asselstine, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers, New York, New York; Ms. Susan Eisenhower, President, The Eisenhower Group, Inc., Chairman of the Eisenhower Institute, Washington, D.C.; Mr. W. George Hairston III, Chairman NEI, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Nuclear, Birmingham, Alabama; Mr.Kit Konolige, Managing Director; Morgan Stanley, Purchase, New York, The Honorable William F. Martin, Chairman, Washington Policy and Analysis, Inc., Washington, D.C.; The Honorable M. Peter McPherson (Ex Officio Member), President, Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan; Dr. Paul R. Portney, President and Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Burton Richter, Director Emeritus, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, California; Dr. C. Paul Robinson, Director, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Mr. James D. von Riesemann, Vice President, Lazard Freres and Company, LLC, New York, New York; Ms. Deborah Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness, Washington, D.C. “Moving Forward with Nuclear Power: Issues and Key Factors” Final Report of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, Nuclear Energy Task Force, January 10. Online. KevC)
The government should … first units would be built. Education—Over DoD Incentives Outweighs – Predictability—DOE includes PPAs
Waxman 1998 (Solicitor General of the US (Seth, Brief for the United States in Opposition for the US Supreme Court case HARBERT/LUMMUS AGRIFUELS PROJECTS, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, http://www.justice.gov/osg/briefs/1998/0responses/98-0697.resp.opp.pdf)
2 On November 15, 1986, … his delegate(s).” Pet. App. 111-113. |
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SOLVE PROLIF Small reactors are key to prolif leadership and the ability to influence proliferation standards
Mandel 9 (2/9, Jenny Mandel, Scientific American, Environment and Energy Publishing. “Less is More for Designers of ‘Right-Sized’ Nuclear Reactors,” http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=small-nuclear-power-plant-station-mini-reactor) Tom Sanders, president … outside of Europe. NO TAIWAN WAR
Grab for Taiwan causes south china sea conflict
Tucker 2 (Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, The Washington Quarterly, If Taiwan Chooses Unification, Should the United States Care?, SUMMER 2002) In practical terms, concern … Japan was acceptable Nuclear war
Wittner 11 (Lawrence S. Wittner, Emeritus Professor of History at the State University of New York/Albany, Wittner is the author of eight books, the editor or co-editor of another four, and the author of over 250 published articles and book reviews. From 1984 to 1987, he edited Peace and Change, a journal of peace research., 11/28/2011, "Is a Nuclear War With China Possible?", www.huntingtonnews.net/14446) While nuclear weapons … encourage these policies. MICRO GRIDS Microgrids aren’t widespread and no funding for them
Daniel Sater, 2011, Research Fellow at Global Green USA's Security and Sustainability Office, Military Energy Security: Current Efforts and Future Solutions, Global Green, globalgreen.org/docs/publication-185-1.pdf In the first six months of 2011… Department’s energy problems. TAIWAN NO Nuclear Nuclear escalation would seem rational
Glaser 2011 (Charles Glaser, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, March/April 2011, “Will China’s Rise Lead to War?” Foreign Affairs)
A crisis over Taiwan could … of U.S.-Chinese relations. |
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Obama will use XO and that solves the impact
The Hill 2/16 (2013, Dems: Obama can act unilaterally on immigration reform, http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/administration/283583-dems-recognize-that-obama-can-act-unilaterally-on-immigration-reform#ixzz2LUCJO8cv) President Obama can – and … low-skilled labor. UQ Immigration won’t pass – assumes their uniqueness evidence – being close doesn’t mean there’s agreement. And no vote until August.
Washington Examiner, 3/24/13, “Congress 'for first time' is close to crafting immigration plan” http://washingtonexaminer.com/congress-for-first-time-close-to-crafting-immigration-plan/article/2525183 Congress is closer than it … recess," Barbour said. Obama’s not involved
Julie Pace, Associated press whtie house correspondent, 3/27/13, Obama: Immigration bill could pass by summer, www.timesunion.com/news/politics/article/Obama-back-at-forefront-of-immigration-debate-4389183.php While overhauling the … to "doom" the legislation. No issue spillover on immigration
Judson Berger, 3/4/13, Recurring budget crises could put squeeze on Obama's second-term priorities, www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/04/recurring-budget-crises-could-put-squeeze-on-obama-second-term-priorities/ Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., … group crafting legislation. THUMPERS
Thumpers first – no vote for 7 months
Neyoy 2/8 (Cesar, “Grijalva: Debate on immigration may take time”, http://www.yumasun.com/news/reform-85153-congress-immigration.html, CMR) Congress could begin … practically starting from scratch.” gun control comes before immigration
NBC News, 3/21/13, “First Thoughts: Guns, immigration set to take center stage next month” http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/22/17415111-first-thoughts-guns-immigration-set-to-take-center-stage-next-month?lite
Guns, immigration set to take … actual legislation yet. Thumps the DA
Ferraro 3/19 (Thomas, http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/20/us-usa-guns-senate-idUSBRE92I11G20130320, CMR) Reuters) - An assault …Republican procedural roadblock. McCarthy nomination thumps
Colman 3/18 (Zack, “Senator places hold on EPA nominee”, http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/288799-sen-blunt-to-block-obama-epa-nominee#ixzz2OJLHhxc9 , CMR) Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said … from industry and conservatives. LINK a) Rubio loves nuclear power
Luimbe 12 November 20, "Rubio wants more nuclear energy, doesn't believe in radiocarbon dating", www.luimbe.com/blog/2012/11/20/rubio-wants-more-nuclear-energy-doesnt-believe-in-radio-carbon-dating/
Rubio on nuclear energy:¶ … Rubio on Energy and Oil. Rubio is key Rubio key, not Obama—he causes passage
David Drucker, Roll Call, 1/30/13, Rubio Must Sell Immigration Changes to GOP, Grass Roots, www.rollcall.com/news/rubio_must_sell_immigration_changes_to_gop_grass_roots-222044-1.html?pos=hftxt The fate of an immigration …the legislative endgame. No link—plan doesn’t go through congress and DOD is shielded from congress
Appelbaum 12 Binyamin, Defense cuts would hurt scientific RandD, experts say, The New York Times, 1-8, http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/defense-cuts-would-hurt-scientific-rd-experts-say
Sarewitz, who studies the … largest budget items, energy costs. Plan is bipart
Davenport 12 Coral Davenport, energy and environment correspondent for National Journal. Prior to joining National Journal in 2010, Davenport covered energy and environment for Politico, and before that, for Congressional Quarterly. In 2010, she was a fellow with the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting. From 2001 to 2004, Davenport worked in Athens, Greece, as a correspondent for numerous publications, including the Christian Science Monitor and USA Today, covering politics, economics, international relations and terrorism in southeastern Europe. She also covered the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and was a contributing writer to the Fodor’s, Time Out, Eyewitness and Funseekers’ guidebook series. Davenport started her journalism career at the Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, Massachusetts, after graduating from Smith College with a degree in English literature. National Journal, 2/10/12, White House Budget to Expand Clean-Energy Programs Through Pentagon, ProQuest The White House believes … programs across its departments. C. Bipartisanship is key to immigration
ABC News, 1/3/13, “Pelosi Urges Immigration Action as Congress Opens” http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/Politics/pelosi-calls-immigration-reform-congress-opens/story?id=18125376#.UOcvn4njl-I Immigration draws forceful … facilitate real change. PC DEBATE PC emboldens Obama to get involved in immigration
Brune, 1/21
Newsday, Tom Brune, “Inaugural address aims to set a tone for future” January 21, 2013, lexis
With strong public approval … Dawidziak of Bohemia. That kills immigration – Obama stepping away now
Chris Stirewalt, Fox, 2/18/13, “How Not to Pass an Immigration Bill” http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/18/how-not-to-pass-immigration-bill/ It looked certain that … it too his desk fast. Obama will drive key Republicans away. PC loss means Obama stays at a distance.
LA Times, 1/26
Kathleen Hennessey, Christi Parsons and Brian Bennett, Washington Bureau, “As Obama takes up immigration, strategy poses a challenge” January 26, 2013, http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-immig-20130127,0,6237579,full.story As President Obama …of what you're unleashing."
Ideology outweighs PC
Ornstein and Mann 12 – *PhD in political science from Michigan, resident scholar at AEI, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (4/27, Norman and Thomas, Washington Post, “Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.”, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lets-just-say-it-the-republicans-are-the-problem/2012/04/27/gIQAxCVUlT_print.html, WEA)
We have been studying … after the 2012 elections. |
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Solvency’s empirically denied – the Blue Ribbon Commission happened after their ev was written and its recommendations weren’t adopted
Jack Spencer and Cornelius Milmoe 12, Jack is a Research Fellow in Nuclear Energy at Heritage, Cornelius is a lawyer and nuclear energy expert who owns Milmoe Consulting Services LLC, “Obama Administration: No Confidence in Nuclear Energy”, March 5, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/03/obama-administration-no-confidence-in-nuclear-energy - Abandon the obsolete … America’s government bodies follow the law.
DoD already established its recommendations for SMR adoption
King 11
Marcus King, Ph.D., Center for Naval Analyses Project Director and Research Analyst for the Environment and Energy TeamLaVar Huntzinger, Thoi Nguyen, March 2011, Feasibility of Nuclear Power on U.S.Military Installations, www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Nuclear Power on Military Installations D0023932 A5.pdf Recognizing nuclear power …report documents our analysis and findings. AND—It recommended against being an early adopter—proves the CP can’t establish a bureaucratic consensus for the plan
King 11
Marcus King, Ph.D., Center for Naval Analyses Project Director and Research Analyst for the Environment and Energy TeamLaVar Huntzinger, Thoi Nguyen, March 2011, Feasibility of Nuclear Power on U.S.Military Installations, www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/Nuclear Power on Military Installations D0023932 A5.pdf The most significant risk for … this type of project. Current acquisitions favor old tech – the plan’s signal is key
CNA 10, non-profit research organization that operates the Center for Naval Analyses and the Institute for Public Research, “Powering America’s Economy: Energy Innovation at the Crossroads of National Security Challenges”, July, http://www.cna.org/sites/default/files/research/WEB%2007%2027%2010%20MAB%20Powering%20America%27s%20Economy.pdf In our final discussion, … to the developer. All defense funds are going to designated, pre-existing programs—DoD ignoring new programs
Harrison 11
Todd Harrison, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis, 2011, www.csbaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/2011.07.16-FY-2012-Defense-Budget.pdf On January 6, 2011, prior … augment their inventory. |
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We solve Russian economy
Washington Post 2012
(“U.S. gas exports could limit Putin’s influence”, 9-25, http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-09-25/opinions/35495338_1_natural-gas-gas-exports-prices, DOA: 1-17-13, ldg) Gazprom finances Russian … and, ultimately, Russia, too. Gazprom is losing its power now
The Economist, 3/23/13, “Russia’s wounded giant” http://www.economist.com/news/business/21573975-worlds-biggest-gas-producer-ailing-it-should-be-broken-up-russias-wounded-giant THE good times for … will have much choice. Diversity of LNG market is already killing Russia’s power
Ebinger, Senior fellow and Director of the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings, ‘12
(Charles, “Liquid Markets: Assessing the Case for US Exports of Liquefied Natural Gas,” 5-2-12, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/events/2012/5/02%20lng%20exports/20120502_lng_edu/~/media/events/2012/5/02%20lng%20exports/20120502_lng_exports, accessed 10-22-12) PM The one factor that … market power to Russia. The Russian economy is strong and resilient
Actuarial Post 11 “Russian recovery continues to gather momentum,” July 19 2011, http://www.actuarialpost.co.uk/article/russian-recovery-continues-to-gather-momentum-623.htm
Baring Asset Management (Barings), … growth for businesses. Russian economic decline doesn’t cause lash out or war
The New Republic, 2/7/2000
At the time and since, … of a decade ago Even if economic crisis causes political crisis, it won’t escalate—the 1998 crisis proves
David Kotz, teaches economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Nov/Dec 1998, http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Economics/CapitalistCollapse_Russia.html
Despite the unprecedented …in the parliament. Large reactor growth in US inevitable
Peters 12
(Mark T., deputy laboratory director for programs at Argonne National Laboratory, "The Future of Nuclear Energy," 6-25-12, http://www.fas.org/blog/pir/2012/06/25/the-future-of-nuclear-energy/-http://www.fas.org/blog/pir/2012/06/25/the-future-of-nuclear-energy/) NUCLEAR ENERGY SINCE … end of this year.) nuclear inevitable—NRC ruling has no impact
Downey, Senior Staff Writer, 8-31
John, “Anticipated nuclear rebirth faces tough challenges”, The Charlotte Business Journal, 8-31-12,
http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/print-edition/2012/08/31/anticipated-nuclear-rebirth-faces.html?page=all, RSR
But inside the industry, … industry,” Franch says. |
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SMR-based nuclear power is safe and solves warming—it’s key to a global nuclear renaissance.
Michael Shellenberger 12, founder of the Breakthrough Institute, graduate of Earlham College and holds a masters degree in cultural anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, "New Nukes: Why We Need Radical Innovation to Make New Nuclear Energy Cheap", September 11, http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/programs/energy-and-climate/new-nukes/ Arguably, the biggest …that job done. C. Warming is anthropogenic and causes extinction
Deibel 7 Terry L. Professor of IR at National War College, 2007 “Foreign Affairs Strategy: Logic for American Statecraft”, Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today Finally, there is one … on this planet. Life comes first
Paul Wapner, Winter 2003, assoc. prof. and dir. of the Global Environmental Policy Program @ American Univ., “Leftist criticism of,” http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/?article=539
THE THIRD response …, of environmental preservation. Lift is always valuable
Torchia 2, Professor of Philosophy, Providence College, Phd in Philosophy, Fordham College (Joseph, “Postmodernism and the Persistent Vegetative State,” The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly Summer 2002, Vol. 2, No. 2, http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/torc/torc_01postmodernismandpvs1.html) Ultimately, Aquinas' theory …presence the person is.43 Extinction outweighs ontology—Ontological capacity for freedom is inevitable as long as we are alive
Jonas ’96 (Hans, Former Alvin Johnson Prof. Phil. – New School for Social Research and Former Eric Voegelin Visiting Prof. – U. Munich, “Morality and Mortality: A Search for the Good After Auschwitz”, p. 111-112)
With this look ahead at an ethics … essay on ontology. Tech decline will cause heg collapse- US will lashout to retain power
Pape 2009 Robert A. Pape (Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago) January/February 2009 “The Empire Falls”, The National Interest, June 28, http://www.nationalinterest.org/Article.aspx?id=20484
America is losing its … our own downfall. Human intrusion is key to prevent massive suffering and extinction – the alternative collapses civilization.
Michael Berliner, 2006, the senior advisor to the Ayn Rand Archives, “On earth Day, Remember: If Environmentalism Succeeds, It Will Make Human Life Impossible,” gender modified, http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4643) Earth Day approaches, and … life on earth possible. Alt causes extinction – cant remove ourselves from technology
Michael Zimmerman, 1989, “Introducution to Deep Ecology,” http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC22/Zimmrman.htm
A critique I hear often is … is really hurting? The alt fails to reorient our understanding of the world – pragmatic action taken to prevent atrocities is necessary
Santoni 85 - Maria Theresa Barney Chair Emeritus of Philosophy at Denison University (Ronald, “Nuclear War: Philosophical Perspectives” p 156-157) To be sure, Fox sees the need …our planet’s fate. Technological solutions based on scientific rationality are vital key to progressive environmental solutions – the aff fails
Stephen Eric Bronner, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and a Member of the Graduate Faculty in Comparative Literature and German Studies at Rutgers University, 2004 (Reclaiming the Enlightenment: Toward a Politics of Radical Engagement, Published by Columbia University Press, ISBN 9780231126090, p. 160) CMR
Critics of the … and slide-rule measurements."7 Tech thought is inevitable
Kateb, professor of politics – Princeton, ‘97
(George, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2267/is_/ai_19952031) But the question arises … from the highest human aspiration 1AR
AT VTL Lift is always valuable
Torchia 2, Professor of Philosophy, Providence College, Phd in Philosophy, Fordham College (Joseph, “Postmodernism and the Persistent Vegetative State,” The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly Summer 2002, Vol. 2, No. 2, http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/torc/torc_01postmodernismandpvs1.html) Ultimately, Aquinas' theory …the person is.43 Specifics OW - Specific solvency outweighs general theory—theories are only as good as their application. Prefer our evidence – claims are based on research and eye witness accounts of the situation in afghanistan.
Zournazi and Massumi 2 - , PhD in cultural theory, philosophy, and politics and professor of communications/literature at the University of Montreal – 2002 (Mary Zournazi and Brian Massumi, “Navigating Movements,” Hope: new philosophies for change)
Critical' practices aimed … shouldn't be used. COMP Competitiveness exists, our challengers rely on it, and ideology’s key
Lodge 9, (George C., “ Ideology and national competitiveness,” Journal of Management Issues, December 22) First, there is such … practice--at least immediately. AT Pan/Prolif K No impact – threat con doesn’t cause wars
Kaufman 9 Stuart J, Professor of Political Science and IR – U Delaware, “Narratives and Symbols in Violent Mobilization: The Palestinian-Israeli Case,” Security Studies 18:3, 400 – 434
Even when hostile …, and a security dilemma. Key to action
Lynda Hurst, writer for the Toronto Star, May 30, 2009, “Why we should start worrying and learn to fear the bomb again” http://www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/642826 It has been a while …the peril of inaction." WARMING
Plan results in global SMR exports – massively reduces emissions.
Rosner 11
Robert Rosner, Stephen Goldberg, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago, The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, November 2011, SMALL MODULAR REACTORS –KEY TO FUTURE NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION IN THE U.S., https://epic.sites.uchicago.edu/sites/epic.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/EPICSMRWhitePaperFinalcopy.pdf As stated earlier, SMRs … rapidly emerging, China. Zimmerman
Alt causes extinction – cant remove ourselves from technology
Michael Zimmerman, 1989, “Introducution to Deep Ecology,” http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC22/Zimmrman.htm
A critique I hear often … is really hurting? Tech Though Inev
Tech thought is inevitable
Kateb, professor of politics – Princeton, ‘97
(George, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2267/is_/ai_19952031) But the question arises … highest human aspiration |
