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| 09/22/2012 | GSU Natural Gas 1ACTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Observation 1 is the status quo –Federal fracking regulations are overlapping, impose unnecessary costs and stifle investment that will cause skyrocketing gas prices and decreased production – Specifically:A) EPA’s air pollution regulationsPyle ‘12 Thomas J. Pyle, President, Institute for Energy Research (IER), National Journal, 4-23-12, Regulating Natural Gas: What's the Right Balance?, http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/04/regulating-natural-gas-whats-t.php, jj EPA's Flawed Rule Warrants Scrutiny… and vague authority. B) Interior Department regsPlatts ‘12 Platts is a leading global provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information, and a premier source of benchmark price assessments for those commodity markets. Since 1909, Platts has provided information and insights that help customers make sound trading and business decisions and enable the markets to perform with greater transparency and efficiency. 6-18, Proposed BLM fracking rule has no scientific basis: IECA, http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/NaturalGas/6394906, jj The federal Interior Department's proposal … regulation of fracking. C) Wastewater regulationsOil and Gas Monitor ‘12 4-11, Industry Must Prepare for Fracking Wastewater Regulations, http://www.oilgasmonitor.com/industry-prepare-fracking-wastewater-regulations/1723/, jj The EPA continues to closely examine … Enter the EPA’s Clean Water Act. There’s a glut of natural gas now, but regulations will make prices volatile despite this.Faulkner ‘12 Chris Faulkner is the Founder, President and CEO of Breitling Oil and Gas, an independent oil and natural gas company based in Irving, Texas. Founded in 2004, Breitling Oil and Gas employs state-of-the-art petroleum and natural gas exploration and extraction technologies for the development of onshore oil and gas projects. August 13, 2012, Breitling Oil and Gas, “Contemplating the Natural Gas Market: Start with the Fracking Facts” http://www.breitlingoilandgas.com/contemplating-the-natural-gas-market-start-with-the-fracking-facts/, jj Regardless, the sad truth is that … gas commodity prices. Investment helps companies survive the glut in the short term.Kientz ‘12 Robert has been an investor for many years and has 7 years experience working as a corporate auditor and has 13 years corporate working experience. Robert earned his Series 6, 63, and 7 licenses 10 years ago while working as a broker dealer for a large, multinational company. In addition, Robert earned a Series 3 options license in 2009 while working for a forex broker. Robert formed a real estate property management firm in 2000 to assist property owners in the North Texas area to increase their profits by providing high quality, best of market rentals for their tenants. Since founding, Robert has reduced vacancies by an average of 2 months per year per property, and increased cash flow by increasing rental demand and therefore timely rent payments. By renovating existing rental inventory to best of market and expanding property marketing techniques, the real estate company locates the best tenants and keeps revenues consistent in a tough real estate market. After working in finance and corporate audit for many years, Robert retired to become a full time property manager, real estate investor, trader, and author. Robert started the Drop Shadow website (http://www.thedropshadow.com) in 2010. As a former corporate auditor, Robert possesses a unique view into business operations and controls and how they affect and interact with the strategic business plans of the company. The experience in Audit taught Robert various best of business practices, whose application to his investment strategies increased revenues and efficiency while reducing costly overhead. 8-28, Forex Pros, Investing In Natural Gas, Part 2, http://www.forexpros.com/analysis/investing-in-natural-gas,-part-2-134421, jj Like many of the natural-… global economic conditions. And, regulatory certainty is key to exports. Ebinger et. al ‘12 Charles Ebinger is a senior fellow and director of the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings. He has more than 35 years of experience specializing in international and domestic energy markets (oil, gas, coal, and nuclear) and the geopolitics of energy, and has served as an energy policy advisor to over 50 governments. He has served as an adjunct professor in energy economics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Kevin Massy is Assistant Director of the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings where he manages research into international energy relations and domestic energy policy. A former writer for the Economist magazine on energy and technology, he has an MSFS in International Business and Commerce from Georgetown University, an MA in International Journalism from City University, London, and a BA from the University of Newcastle. Govinda Avasarala is a Senior Research Assistant in the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings. His research focuses on the geopolitics of energy in emerging markets, domestic and international oil and natural gas markets, and multilateral energy frameworks. He has a BSc in Economics from the University of Mary Washington. Energy Security Initiative @ Brookings, Liquid Markets: Assessing the Case for U.S. Exports of Liquefied Natural Gas, May, http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2012/1/natural%20gas%20ebinger/natural_gas_ebinger.pdf, jj Environment, Regulations, and the Feasibility … of shale gas resources. This keeps the industry healthy long termPasswaters, 6/18/2012 (Mark, SNL Energy Gas Utility Week, “Shell executive: LNG exports to Asia hold key to breaking production glut, LexisNexis, ts) HIGHLIGHT: LNG exports to Asia … billions of dollars." Thus, the plan:The United States federal government should substantially reduce restrictions on natural gas production in the United States by ceasing enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency’s New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews for natural gas production. The United States federal government should issue a moratorium on further federal restrictions on natural gas production in the United States.Advantage 1 is CoalComing regulations cause an NG price spike -~-- this reverses the trend towards decreased coal reliance. Brady ‘12 Phil Brady, 6-6-12, the Opportune Time, Chesapeake: Turning Point or Point of No Return? http://www.theopportunetime.com/news/online/Chesapeake-Turning-Point-or-Point-of-No-Return.php, jj With the current price situation, … in early 2008. There’s no comparison -~-- natural gas is far cleaner than coalLu et al. ‘12 Xi Lu , School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Jackson Salovaara , School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Michael B. McElroy* School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Implications of the Recent Reductions in Natural Gas Prices for Emissions of CO2 from the US Power Sector Environmental Science and Technology201246 (5), 3014-3021, jj Howarth et al.(24) have suggested that … expected for coal. Coal causes extinction from global warming Hansen 9 - Director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies [James Hansen (Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences @ Columbia University and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Iowa), “Coal-fired power stations are death factories. Close them,” The Observer, Sunday 15 February 2009, pg. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/15/james-hansen-power-plants-coal] A year ago, I wrote to Gordon … capture all pollutants. Warming’s human-caused – consensus proves. Slowing the rate is key. Deibel ‘7 (Terry L, Professor of IR @ National War College, “Foreign Affairs Strategy: Logic for American Statecraft”, Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today – card starts on page 387 of this book) Finally, there is one major … on this planet. Advantage 2 is leadershipFracking de-regulation is key to sustain current trends towards increased US power. Fracking is inevitable globally but US leadership ensures it is developed in a safe mannerGillman ‘11 Jonathan Gillman has been working in the traditional energy sector in Washington D.C. for the past several years after completing his degree in Political Science from the Johns Hopkins University, where he also completed his Masters degree recently in Government/Security Studies. 8-21-11, Policy Mic, Shale Gas: A Geopolitical Game Changer http://www.policymic.com/articles/1255/shale-gas-a-geopolitical-game-changer, jj Now that shale gas is …lead the charge. Domestic gas restores American bargaining powerNye ‘12 Joseph S. Nye, a former U.S. assistant secretary of defense, is a professor at Harvard University and the author of "The Future of Power." Korea Times, July 22, 2012, Energy independence in interdependent world, lexis, jj At the same time, America's bargaining …got that right. That solidifies hegemonyMoravcsik ‘09 Andrew Maitland Moravcsik is a Professor of Politics and director of the European Union Program at Princeton University. 2009, The Asrudian Center – International Politics, IR Theory, Economics, Philosophy, Robert Keohane: Political Theorist http://asrudiancenter.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/robert-keohane-political-theorist/, jj Power and Interdependence seeks to … as state preferences.[22] Even if heg is unsustainable, plan saves it. Wilson Quarterly ‘12 Wilson Quarterly, Summer 2012. Vol. 36, Iss. 3; pg. 64, 2 pgs, Frayed in the U.S.A., PROQUEST, jj TO THOSE WHO FRET ABOUT … American defense priorities. Hegemony solves global nuclear warRobert Kagan (Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund) 2007 “End of Dreams, Return of History,” Hoover Institution, No. 144, August/September, http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/6136 The jostling for status and … back in again. Lack of energy bargaining leverage causes over-reliance on hard powerClaes ‘10 Dag Harald Claes, Department of political science, University of Oslo September 9-11, 2010, Global Energy Security: Resource Availability, Economic Conditions and Political Constraints*) http://stockholm.sgir.eu/uploads/Claes-Stockholm-h10.pdf, jj Under the first, to a somewhat …the Iranian revolution. Advantage 3 is economyThe US economy is improving and building momentum now because of low natural gas prices Bloomberg 12 – Jack Kaskey, writer for Bloomberg News, February 29th, 2012, "U.S. Economy Strengthens on Gas 'Tailwind,' Dow CEO Says," www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2012-02-29/u-s-economy-strengthens-on-natural-gas-tailwind-dow-ceo-says.html The U.S. economic recovery is … Board reported yesterday. Plan’s key to sustain this, two internal links:First -~-- production key to jumpstart the recoveryBaily and Verleger ‘12 Martin Neil Baily, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies , Philip K. Verleger Jr., Peterson Institute for International Economics, Brookings, June 27, 2012, Could Cheap Gas Save the Economy? http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2012/06/27-cheap-gas-baily, jj Something is badly needed to … most of it. Restrictions prevent the Shale boom from reviving manufacturing and petrochemicals - key to the US economyBryce ‘11 Robert Bryce has been writing about energy for nearly two decades. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications ranging from The Atlantic Monthly to The Guardian, and The Nation to The American Conservative. He is the author of Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron, and Cronies: Oil, the Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America’s Superstate. Bryce is a fellow at the Institute for Energy Research, as well as the managing editor of Energy Tribune and a contributing writer for The Texas Observer. Wall Street Journal, 6-13-11, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, America Needs the Shale Revolution http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/miarticle.htm?id=7188, jj The drilling boom is the … of American industry. Second -~-- price spikes will hurt consumers and cause recessionLAMMEY 7 [Alan, Energy Market Analyst @ Energy Intelligence Group, “High Oil, Gas Prices that Cause Recession Often Crushed in Turn” Natural Gas Week, April 2 -- LEXIS] Alarm bells are going off … to the equation." US decline causes global wars Judis, Carnegie Endowment, 2011, The New Republic, August 8, [John], p. http://www.npr.org/2011/08/08/139080654/new-republic-a-lesson-from-the-great-depression The first consideration has to … over the next year. Best studies prove growth solves conflictJedidiah Royal 10, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, “Economic Integration, Economic Signalling And The Problem Of Economic Crises”, in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-215 Second, on a dyadic level. … use of force. Observation 2 is solvencyThe NSPS rule is counterproductive and increases air pollution -~-- it should be struck downPeshek and Millican ‘12 Adam Peshek, Research Associate Reason Foundation, Robin Millican, Policy Associate Institute for Energy Research, 2-28-12, Reason Foundation, Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administrator Lisa Jackson, http://reason.org/files/oil_and_gas_nsps_and_neshap_comment.pdf, jj 6) The NSPS Incentivizes the Use … by the public.” Removing the EPA and Interior Department regulations alleviates confusion and restores certainty Russell ‘12 Barry Russell, President, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), National Journal, 1-17-12, What's Ahead for Natural Gas? http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/01/whats-ahead-for-natural-gas.php?mrefid=site_search, jj Furthermore, as President Obama touts … power America’s future. A moratorium is key to certaintyLoris ‘11 Nicolas D. Loris is a Policy Analyst in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. 9-8-11, Heritage, Energy Exploration Would Create Jobs and Raise Revenue Without Raising Taxes http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/09/energy-exploration-would-create-jobs-and-raise-revenue-without-raising-taxes, jj Place a freeze on new … is a no-brainer. Certainty key to development of shale gas Baker Institute ’11 (James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University, October, Shale Gas and U.S. National Security, online, jj) To tap this benefit, it … the United States. Federal de-regulation won’t cause a race to the bottom. States are best equipped to regulate Willie ‘12 Matt Willie, J.D. candidate, April 2012, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University Law Review, 2011 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 1743, Hydraulic Fracturing and "Spotty" Regulation: Why the Federal Government Should Let States Control Unconventional Onshore Drilling, Lexis, jj B. Federal v. State: Why "Spotty" Regulation is Better Regulation The push for more federal … are simply unjustifiable. | |
| 09/22/2012 | GSU Cyborg 1ACTournament: GSU | Round: 1 | Opponent: | Judge: Death of the Clinic 1ACObservation 0: War of the WorldsModernity posits policy on the explanation that "our" ontology composes the natural language of the world. The west polices to deny the fact that we are at war, a war of modernity against progress.Latour 2002 (Bruno, Professor at ENS-Paris, War of the Worlds, p. 2-9) ~[MRL~] Biology has ceased to exist – genetics and cybernetics code the body as communication. The control of the environment, where identity is evolutionary - is a form of control of populationsHaraway 1991 (Donna Jeanne, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women. "I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess" p. 57-9, 61-4) ~[Nagel~] The modern West plays the Gatekeeper of Ontology: Instead of naturalizing these assumptions into facticity, we need to confront the Gorgon of this bifurcation of nature:Latour 2002 (Bruno, Professor at ENS-Paris, War of the Worlds, p. 30-33, 39-42) ~[MRL~] Totalities can only understand oppression through exclusion. Instead, we should seek to responsibly constitute resistance, neither through difference nor reinscription of domination.Haraway 1991 (Donna Jeanne, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women. "I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess" p. 159-161) ~[Nagel~] Therefore we offer the following plan:The United States federal government should substantially increase financial incentives for subdermal solar panels. We reserve the right to clarify.
Observation 1: Death of the ClinicWe are cyborgs – an affirmation of impurity and blasphemy. We offer this trope as a means of navigating a new construction of differences free of OedipusHaraway 1991 (Donna Jeanne, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women. "I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess" p. 149-151) ~[Nagel~] Construction of the Body is inevitable in the status quo – Cyborg ideology is our ontology, it gives us our politics. We become denatured, blurring boundaries to create the possibility of historical transformation.Lee 2008 (Chien-Mei, "SHROUD %26 SHOCK: the Bad Priest’s Progress through Cyborgization to BwO". The Fourth Tamkang International Conference on Ecological Discourse: Crisscrossing Word and World: Ecocriticism, Crisis, and Representation May 23-24, 2008. http://www.tflx.tku.edu.tw/files/news/16_3127198e.pdf) ~[Nagel~] The denatured body becomes a Body-without-Organs. Cyborg identity creates dispersion towards lines of flight.Lee 2008 (Chien-Mei, "SHROUD %26 SHOCK: the Bad Priest’s Progress through Cyborgization to BwO". The Fourth Tamkang International Conference on Ecological Discourse: Crisscrossing Word and World: Ecocriticism, Crisis, and Representation May 23-24, 2008. http://www.tflx.tku.edu.tw/files/news/16_3127198e.pdf) ~[Nagel~] This serial becoming solves micro-fascism, which acts as cancerous manipulation of policy in order to replicate itself. This production of a thousand little policemen makes extinction inevitable.Parr 2005 (Parr, Adrian. 2005. The Deleuze dictionary. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pg. 98-99) ~[m leap~] ====We are already cyborgs – the key is to contest for ones built in diversity and semiosis rather than rationality and control==== ====The cyborg is a monstrosity outside of humanity, simultaneously subject and object, blurring traditional binaries and opening space for radical politics==== Cyborg is the ideal metaphor for hybridity, challenging Western dichotomies. Cyborg imaginings reorient identity towards multiple possibilitiesKuo 2008 (Wan-hsin, National Pingtung University of Technology and Science, "Cyborg’s Omnipotence and Disorientation: (De)humanization and Dollification in Salman Rushdie’s Fury". The Fourth Tamkang International Conference on Ecological Discourse: Crisscrossing Word and World: Ecocriticism, Crisis, and Representation May 23-24, 2008. http://www.tflx.tku.edu.tw/files/news/16_3127198e.pdf) ~[Nagel~] We need to do more than repeat the disappearing act of relativisms. Privileging contestation creates a partial perspective that makes unmarked categories disappear and enables visionary politicsHaraway 1991 (Donna Jeanne, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women. "I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess" p. 191-192) ~[Nagel~] Death of the Clinic 1ACObservation 0: War of the WorldsModernity posits policy on the explanation that "our" ontology composes the natural language of the world. The west polices to deny the fact that we are at war, a war of modernity against progress.Latour 2002 (Bruno, Professor at ENS-Paris, War of the Worlds, p. 2-9) ~[MRL~] Biology has ceased to exist – genetics and cybernetics code the body as communication. The control of the environment, where identity is evolutionary - is a form of control of populationsHaraway 1991 (Donna Jeanne, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women. "I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess" p. 57-9, 61-4) ~[Nagel~] The modern West plays the Gatekeeper of Ontology: Instead of naturalizing these assumptions into facticity, we need to confront the Gorgon of this bifurcation of nature:Latour 2002 (Bruno, Professor at ENS-Paris, War of the Worlds, p. 30-33, 39-42) ~[MRL~] Totalities can only understand oppression through exclusion. Instead, we should seek to responsibly constitute resistance, neither through difference nor reinscription of domination.Haraway 1991 (Donna Jeanne, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women. "I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess" p. 159-161) ~[Nagel~] Therefore we offer the following plan:The United States federal government should substantially increase financial incentives for subdermal solar panels. We reserve the right to clarify.
Observation 1: Death of the ClinicWe are cyborgs – an affirmation of impurity and blasphemy. We offer this trope as a means of navigating a new construction of differences free of OedipusHaraway 1991 (Donna Jeanne, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women. "I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess" p. 149-151) ~[Nagel~] Construction of the Body is inevitable in the status quo – Cyborg ideology is our ontology, it gives us our politics. We become denatured, blurring boundaries to create the possibility of historical transformation.Lee 2008 (Chien-Mei, "SHROUD %26 SHOCK: the Bad Priest’s Progress through Cyborgization to BwO". The Fourth Tamkang International Conference on Ecological Discourse: Crisscrossing Word and World: Ecocriticism, Crisis, and Representation May 23-24, 2008. http://www.tflx.tku.edu.tw/files/news/16_3127198e.pdf) ~[Nagel~] The denatured body becomes a Body-without-Organs. Cyborg identity creates dispersion towards lines of flight.Lee 2008 (Chien-Mei, "SHROUD %26 SHOCK: the Bad Priest’s Progress through Cyborgization to BwO". The Fourth Tamkang International Conference on Ecological Discourse: Crisscrossing Word and World: Ecocriticism, Crisis, and Representation May 23-24, 2008. http://www.tflx.tku.edu.tw/files/news/16_3127198e.pdf) ~[Nagel~] This serial becoming solves micro-fascism, which acts as cancerous manipulation of policy in order to replicate itself. This production of a thousand little policemen makes extinction inevitable.Parr 2005 (Parr, Adrian. 2005. The Deleuze dictionary. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pg. 98-99) ~[m leap~] ====We are already cyborgs – the key is to contest for ones built in diversity and semiosis rather than rationality and control==== ====The cyborg is a monstrosity outside of humanity, simultaneously subject and object, blurring traditional binaries and opening space for radical politics==== Cyborg is the ideal metaphor for hybridity, challenging Western dichotomies. Cyborg imaginings reorient identity towards multiple possibilitiesKuo 2008 (Wan-hsin, National Pingtung University of Technology and Science, "Cyborg’s Omnipotence and Disorientation: (De)humanization and Dollification in Salman Rushdie’s Fury". The Fourth Tamkang International Conference on Ecological Discourse: Crisscrossing Word and World: Ecocriticism, Crisis, and Representation May 23-24, 2008. http://www.tflx.tku.edu.tw/files/news/16_3127198e.pdf) ~[Nagel~] We need to do more than repeat the disappearing act of relativisms. Privileging contestation creates a partial perspective that makes unmarked categories disappear and enables visionary politicsHaraway 1991 (Donna Jeanne, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women. "I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess" p. 191-192) ~[Nagel~] | |
| 02/15/2013 | Natural Gas 1AC NorthwesternTournament: Northwestern | Round: 1 | Opponent: Iowa | Judge: Plan The United States federal government should repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews for natural gas production. The United States federal government should issue a moratorium on further federal restrictions on natural gas production in the United States.
Contention 1 – The Status Quo:
Over-regulation of natural gas production now -~-- this dooms the economy and makes warming inevitable D’Angelo, 12/10/12 (Wayne D’Angelo, special counsel in the Washington office of Kelley Drye and Warren, counsels clients on environmental and energy matters, He has experience in all aspects of environmental and energy law and focuses on issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing, conventional and nonconventional fuels, resource extraction, greenhouse gas regulation, and stationary and mobile-source issues under the Clean Air Act. This commentary previously appeared in Kelley Drye’s Fracking Insider blog.) Thompson Reuters News and Insight, WESTLAW JOURNAL ENVIRONMENTAL, Hydraulic fracturing regulation in President Obama’s second term, http:~/~/newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/Insight/2012/12_-_December/Hydraulic_fracturing_regulation_in_President_Obama%E2%80%99s_second_term/http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/Insight/2012/12_-_December/Hydraulic_fracturing_regulation_in_President_Obama%E2%80%99s_second_term/, jj
Before we even finished counting the votes in the 2012 presidential election, political pundits, …… past the breaking point of a healthy domestic energy and hydraulic fracturing industry.
The restrictions sharply reduce production ARI 12 – Advanced Resources International Inc. report for the American Petroleum Institute, "Estimate of Impacts of EPA Proposals to Reduce Air Emissions from Hydraulic Fracturing Operations,"www.api.org/~/media/Files/Policy/Hydraulic_Fracturing/NSPS-OG-ARI-Impacts-of-EPA-Air-Rules-Final-Report.ashx Depending on the REC-Set Use Rate scenario assumed, the following impacts ………. associated with that production. This analysis did not attempt to estimate lost jobs associated with reduced drilling, oil and gas supply services, and indirect employment.
This causes price spikes Faulkner ‘12 Chris Faulkner is the Founder, President and CEO of Breitling Oil and Gas, an independent oil and natural gas company based in Irving, Texas. Founded in 2004, Breitling Oil and Gas employs state-of-the-art petroleum and natural gas exploration and extraction technologies for the development of onshore oil and gas projects. August 13, 2012, Breitling Oil and Gas, “Contemplating the Natural Gas Market: Start with the Fracking Facts” http:~/~/www.breitlingoilandgas.com/contemplating-the-natural-gas-market-start-with-the-fracking-facts/http://www.breitlingoilandgas.com/contemplating-the-natural-gas-market-start-with-the-fracking-facts/, jj
Regardless, the sad truth is that the facts have done little to quiet the hue and cry over fracking, so ………….. continue to contribute to the volatility of natural gas commodity prices.
Federal restrictions stifles investment – collapses the industry Hunt ‘12 Gary Hunt is President, Scalable Growth Strategy Advisors, an independent energy technology and information services adviser and a partner in Tech and Creative Labs, a disruptive innovation software collaborative of high tech companies focused on the energy vertical. He served as VP-Global Analytics and Data at IHS/CERA; global Division President at Ventyx, now an ABB company; and Assistant City Manager-Austin Texas responsible for Austin Energy and Austin Water. 5-27-12, Oil Price, Federal Rules Threaten to Suffocate the Fracking Industry http:~/~/oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/html, jj
Federal Rules Threaten to Suffocate the Fracking Industry …………………..Rules that drive up the costs, delay operations, create conflict and confusion are, in fact, the modern version of “pressing”.
Investment is key to short term survivability Kientz ’12, Robert has been an investor for many years and has 7 years experience working as a corporate auditor and has 13 years corporate working experience. Robert earned his Series 6, 63, and 7 licenses 10 years ago while working as a broker dealer for a large, multinational company. In addition, Robert earned a Series 3 options license in 2009 while working for a forex broker. Robert formed a real estate property management firm in 2000 to assist property owners in the North Texas area to increase their profits by providing high quality, best of market rentals for their tenants. Since founding, Robert has reduced vacancies by an average of 2 months per year per property, and increased cash flow by increasing rental demand and therefore timely rent payments. By renovating existing rental inventory to best of market and expanding property marketing techniques, the real estate company locates the best tenants and keeps revenues consistent in a tough real estate market. After working in finance and corporate audit for many years, Robert retired to become a full time property manager, real estate investor, trader, and author. Robert started the Drop Shadow website (http://www.thedropshadow.com) in 2010. As a former corporate auditor, Robert possesses a unique view into business operations and controls and how they affect and interact with the strategic business plans of the company. The experience in Audit taught Robert various best of business practices, whose application to his investment strategies increased revenues and efficiency while reducing costly overhead. 8-28, Forex Pros, Investing In Natural Gas, Part 2, http:~/~/www.forexpros.com/analysis/investing-in-natural-gas,-com/analysis/investing-in-natural-gas,-part-2-134421, jj
Like many of the natural-gas companies ………….. margins in the wake of current global economic conditions.
Exports ensure long term market Passwaters, 6/18/2012 (Mark, SNL Energy Gas Utility Week, “Shell executive: LNG exports to Asia hold key to breaking production glut, LexisNexis, ts)
HIGHLIGHT: LNG exports to Asia could provide a way out of an oversupplied market ………… North America - and especially Canada - worth billions of dollars."
Advantage 1 - Coal
Federal gas restrictions cause a coal renaissance Brady ‘12 Phil Brady, 6-6-12, the Opportune Time, Chesapeake: Turning Point or Point of No Return? http:~/~/www.theopportunetime.com/news/online/php, jj
With the current price situation, there may be an opportunity for natural gas to replace coal …………. If natural gas drillers simply slow down production, and sell natural gas to coal-users, they can shift the supply curve lower and increase demand, causing natural gas prices to increase and possibly reach levels seen in early 2008.
Triggers massive GHG increase Zakaria, 10-25 (Fareed, PhD Poli Sci @ Harvard, Zakaria, Editor of Newsweek, The Nation (AsiaNet), 2012, “The new oil and gas boom,” lexisnexis, ts) The environmental impact of the natural-gas boom is already clear and positive. ……………. mining deaths and respiratory illnesses as well.
Coal causes extinction - Gas is key to a short-term emission reduction to 350 ppm Hansen 9 - Director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies James Hansen (Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences @ Columbia University and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Iowa), “Coal-fired power stations are death factories. Close them,” The Observer, Sunday 15 February 2009, pg. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/15/james-hansen-power-plants-coal
A year ago, I wrote to Gordon Brown asking him to place a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants in Britain. I have asked the same of Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd and other leaders. The reason is this - …………….. The dirtiest trick that governments play on their citizens is the pretence that they are working on "clean coal" or that they will build power plants that are "capture-ready" in case technology is ever developed to capture all pollutants.
350 solves the impact of anthropogenic warming Nuccitelli 11 (Dana Nuccitelli is an environmental scientist at a private environmental consulting firm in the Sacramento, California area. He has a Bachelor's Degree in astrophysics from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master's Degree in physics from the University of California at Davis. He has been researching climate science, economics, and solutions as a hobby since 2006, and has contributed to Skeptical Science since September, 2010., Updated 2011, Originally Posted 9/24/2010, “The Big Picture”, http://www.skepticalscience.com/big-picture.html)
The Earth is Warming We know the planet is warming from surface temperature ……….. take serious action to mitigate climate change, and failing to do so would be exceptionally foolish.
Plan solves despite exports Michael Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, April 10th 2012, http://blogs.cfr.org/levi/2012/04/10/will-coal-exports-undermine-efforts-to-curb-climate-change/
U.S. coal production is down but exports are up. That’s led to widespread …………. U.S. coal exports are compatible with a lower-carbon world.
Prefer our evidence – overwhelmingly backed by non-partisan data – Negative evidence is ideologically suspect Jon Entine is a journalist focusing on sustainability, science and public policy and senior research fellow at the Center for Health and Risk Communication and STATS at George Mason University. “Future energy: natural gas fracking--who blew up the 'bridge to the future'?”, Dec 13th 2011, http://www.aei.org/article/energy-and-the-environment/conventional-energy/natural-gas/who-blew-up-the-bridge-to-the-future/
What if wealthy donors are deploying their money to manipulate ………..were invited to participate in this celebration of academic ‘dialogue’ and journalistic ‘integrity’.
Plan is also key to sustainable energy - Makes the transition to renewables effective Frank et al ‘09 Matthew Frank, Jenna Goodward, Sarah Ladislaw, and Kate Zyla, May 2009, CSIS, Crossing the Natural Gas Bridge, http:~/~/csis.org/files/publication/090626_final_crossing_gas_pdf, jj
Addressing climate change will require extensive changes in the ways that we produce, transport and use energy. ………… existing infrastructure –from electric power plants and home furnaces to pipelines and ports – that is able to store, transport, and use natural gas.
Bridge fuels key -~-- renewables can’t displace fossil fuels in the short term Tour et al. ‘10 James M. Tour, Carter Kittrell and Vicki L. Colvin are in the Department of Chemistry, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and the Green Carbon Center, Rice University. Nature Materials 9,871–874(2010), Green carbon as a bridge to renewable energy, http:~/~/www.nature.com.proxy.lib.wayne.edu/nmat/journal/v9/n11/full/html, jj
A green use of carbon-based resources that minimizes the environmental impact of carbon …………. Ultimately, green carbon will use hydrogen from renewable sources, while at the same time producing basic chemical feedstocks.
Advantage 2 – Economy
Natural gas is a key economic game-changer – It revitalizes every industry Steve Stackhouse, writer for Area Development, MA in Journalism, “New Natural Gas Technologies Firing Up Manufacturing”, Fall 2012, http://www.areadevelopment.com/EnergyEnvironment/Fall2012/natural-gas-technologies--fuel-economic-boom-2223461.shtml
The economic boom fueled by new natural gas drilling technologies has been stunning …………. It is a major contributing factor to a competitive environment that could lead to a resurgence of manufacturing.”
But low prices are key Casselman and Gold 10-24 (BEN CASSELMAN and RUSSELL GOLD, 10-24-12, Wall Street Journal, Cheap Natural Gas Gives New Hope to the Rust Belt, http:~/~/online.wsj.com/article/html, jj)
Between 1998 and 2004, fertilizer producers—which use natural gas to make ammonia, the key component in nitrogen fertilizer—…………….. the energy industry is again boosting the region's prospects.
Restrictions guarantee recession Santa 11/12/12 Don Santa, not Santa Claus, President, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, National Journal, 11/12/12, Natural Gas, Pipelines, Critical to Economic Growth, http:~/~/energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/11/the-art-of-the-possible-in-ene.php?mrefid=site_php?mrefid=site_search, jj
Many in Congress also now recognize the importance of U.S. oil and gas in America’s energy future. Four years ago, ………….. – serving as the indispensable link between the supply and the market – it is important that new polices also do not hinder pipeline development.
The economy’s on the brink -~-- supercharges the risk of the impact RAMPELL ’11 – economics reporter for The New York Times; wrote for the Washington Post editorial pages and financial section (Catherine, “Second Recession in U.S. Could Be Worse Than First”. August 7. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/business/a-second-recession-could-be-much-worse-than-the-first.html?pagewanted=all)
If the economy falls back into recession, as many economists are now warning, the bloodletting could be a lot more painful ………. is 1937, when there was also a premature withdrawal of fiscal stimulus, and the economy fell into another recession more painful than the first.”
That goes global – causes conflict Judis, Carnegie Endowment, 2011, The New Republic, August 8, John, p. http:~/~/www.npr.org/2011/08/08/139080654/org/2011/08/08/139080654/new-republic-a-lesson-from-the-great-depression
The first consideration has to do with the sheer gravity of the situation. What is at stake goes beyond an abstract rate of unemploymen ……….failing to do so would be far more serious than the ruckus that Tea Party and Republican opposition could create over the next year.
Draws in great powers Liu Qing 11, Director of the Department for American Studies and an associate research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, May 20, 2011, “Existing and Emerging Threats to International Security: A View from the United Kingdom,” online: http:~/~/www.nuclearsecurityproject.org/publications/org/publications/deterrence-its-past-and-future-panel-one
Financial and economic crisis begets political turmoil and drives destabilization on ………….. global powers may be involved into regional turmoil through military, aid or other forms of intervention. These actions eventually would worsen the regional security situation.
This goes nuclear 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 Mayhem and Chaos, is the opposite of the first scenario; everything that can go wrong does go wrong. ……….. major disruptions can be expected, with dire consequences for two-thirds of the planet’s population.
Best studies prove Royal 10 – Jedediah Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 2010, “Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises,” in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-214
Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict. ………, dyadic and national levels.5 This implied connection between integration, crises and armed conflict has not featured prominently in the economic-security debate and deserves more attention.
Even a short term decline in the US would cause global catastrophe Schuman 11/13/12 Michael Schuman writes about Asia and global economic issues as a correspondent for TIME in Beijing, China. In his 16 years as a journalist in Asia, he has reported from a dozen countries, including China, India, Japan and Indonesia. Assignments have taken him into Gobi Desert sandstorms, Malaysian mosques, Indian call centers and Chinese shirt factories and to a North Korean state dinner (complete with Kim Jong Il himself). Schuman is the author of The Miracle: The Epic Story of Asia's Quest for Wealth. Before joining TIME in 2002, he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and a staff writer for Forbes. Originally from New Jersey, he has a B.A. in Asian history and political science from the University of Pennsylvania and a master of international affairs from Columbia. Nov. 13, 2012, Time Magazine, Will the Global Economy Tumble Off America’s Fiscal Cliff? http:~/~/business.time.com/2012/11/13/will-the-global-economy-tumble-off-americas-fiscal-cliff/#com/2012/11/13/will-the-global-economy-tumble-off-americas-fiscal-cliff/#ixzz2HtYJ44S6, jj
Forget all of the talk about the rise of China and the shift of economic power from West to East. ……… jitters created by the uncertainty over U.S. fiscal policy would ripple through global financial markets as well.
Solvency
Plan alleviates confusion and restores certainty Russell ‘12 Barry Russell, President, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), National Journal, 1-17-12, What's Ahead for Natural Gas? http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/01/whats-ahead-for-natural-gas.php?mrefid=site_search, jj
Furthermore, as President Obama touts the benefits of natural gas, his administration has embarked upon ………. responsible regulation of hydraulic fracturing, natural gas will certainly power America’s future.
Certainty’s key to production Baker Institute ’11 (James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University, October, Shale Gas and U.S. National Security, online, jj)
To tap this benefit, it will be essential for the United States …….. diversification of global energy supplies and to the long-term national interests of the United States.
Moratorium key Loris ‘11 Nicolas D. Loris is a Policy Analyst in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. 9-8-11, Heritage, Energy Exploration Would Create Jobs and Raise Revenue Without Raising Taxes http:~/~/www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/09/org/research/reports/2011/09/energy-exploration-would-create-jobs-and-raise-revenue-without-raising-taxes, jj
Place a freeze on new environmental regulations. ……… These are sensible policy ideas with or without a debt crisis, but given the fiscal situation, this is a no-brainer.
Plan causes state regulators to fill in – solves better Willie ‘12 Matt Willie, J.D. candidate, April 2012, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University Law Review, 2011 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 1743, Hydraulic Fracturing and "Spotty" Regulation: Why the Federal Government Should Let States Control Unconventional Onshore Drilling, Lexis, jj
What is conspicuously missing from many of these groups' arguments, however, …… Congress' action merely keeps in place a system that has worked for half a century." n161
Patchwork regulations are superior in the gas industry Fed is unconcerned with production benefits -~-- states better able to forge agreement between environmental groups while working with production companies. Also better able to respond to emerging situations. Uncertainity about fed reg’s already slowing down fracking on federal lands – dropped 14% in past two years. Maddox, 12/1/12 (Mark, has held a variety of senior strategic policy, communications, and political positions during his 25-year career, and currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Arcadian Networks, where he serves as chief strategist on government policy and as a member of the executive team. He is currently a member of the Gridwise Alliance Board of Directors.¶ Previously, he served as Assistant Secretary (acting) and head of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fossil Energy program from 2004 to 2006. ¶ Maddox oversaw the development of many of the critical technologies that will be essential to controlling future green house gas emissions. He also managed a $750 million budget, and high profile initiatives including the FutureGen Zero Emissions Power Plant, He also served as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary on fossil energy, environmental management, and budget issues. ¶ Additionally, Maddox worked in the Government and Public Affairs offices at Lockheed Martin as a director for the Integrated Management Systems division, Maddox received a Masters of Business Administration from George Washington University and earned an undergraduate degree from Bowling Green State University, OH. ¶ the Washington Examiner: “Let the States Regulate the Natural Gas Boom,” http:~/~/americanactionnetwork.org/topic/org/topic/let-states-regulate-natural-gas-boom, ts)
One example in the 2012 presidential election was the shale gas critics justifying the Environmental Protection Agency's relentless push for a single, overarching federal law to regulate the entire industry. …….The best way is drop out of this debate and let individual states do what the federal government cannot.
State regulations create the a better environmental standard – at a minimized cost to producers – They will also race to the top Even if the reg’s are the same, states place less burden on producers because they provide more flexibility tailorized and localized responses to concerns – and someone to answer the phone when a company needs calrification and accountability to both environmental and economic players
Peshek and Millican ‘12 Adam Peshek, Research Associate Reason Foundation, Robin Millican, Policy Associate Institute for Energy Research, 2-28-12, Reason Foundation, Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administrator Lisa Jackson, http:~/~/reason.org/files/oil_and_gas_nsps_and_neshap_pdf, jj
5) States are in a Better Position to Regulate Through both their proximity to the affected ….…………… and the variances in well locations would make states a better candidate to regulate than a federal agency.
State regulations are better for the industry AND environment Willie ‘12 Matt Willie, J.D. candidate, April 2012, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University Law Review, 2011 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 1743, Hydraulic Fracturing and "Spotty" Regulation: Why the Federal Government Should Let States Control Unconventional Onshore Drilling, Lexis, jj
B. Federal v. State: Why "Spotty" Regulation is Better Regulation The push for more federal control ……. so little to gain, the costs of additional federal controls are simply unjustifiable.
Race-to-the-bottom theory doesn’t apply – the plan creates the best balance between under regulation and overregulation The states can’t race to the bottom -~-- there necessarily has to be different regs in different states -~--the gas cant move Spence ‘12 David B. Spence, Prof. of Law, Politics and Regulation, University of Texas at Austin, Northwestern Law School's Searle Center Conference, Federalism, Regulatory Lags, and Energy Production, http:~/~/www.law.northwestern.edu/searlecenter/papers/Spence_Federalism_Energy_3-4.pdf, jj
Decisions governing shale gas regulation are unlike the typical race to the bottom scenario, ……… race to the bottom rationale for federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing is not a persuasive one.
Federal regs fail and create a ceiling Mead, 9/17/12 (Matthew, Matt Mead was elected last November and sworn in as Wyoming's 32nd governor on January 3, 2011. Born in Jackson, Wyoming, Governor Mead was raised on the family ranch in Teton County. He has a BA degree from Trinity University in San Antonio and a law degree from the University of Wyoming. After law school, the Governor served as a county and federal prosecutor, practiced in a private firm in Cheyenne with now-Attorney General Greg Phillips, and served as United States Attorney for Wyoming from October 2001 to June 2007. After he stepped down as U. S. Attorney, Matt and his wife Carol, the First Lady, returned fulltime to operating their farming and ranching business in southeast Wyoming. Matt and Carol have been married 20 years, with Cheyenne as their home. They have two children, Mary and Pete, who attend Cheyenne public schools. The Washington Times: “MEAD: Hydro-fracking regulations should be left to states” http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/17/hydro-fracking-regulations-should-be-left-to-state/
States’ rights come with states’ responsibilities. Wyoming time and again ……… should show its commitment to sound state regulation by leaving fracturing rules to the state.
This is net worse – EPA regs encourage pollution Peshek and Millican ‘12 Adam Peshek, Research Associate Reason Foundation, Robin Millican, Policy Associate Institute for Energy Research, 2-28-12, Reason Foundation, Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administrator Lisa Jackson, http:~/~/reason.org/files/oil_and_gas_nsps_and_neshap_pdf, jj
6) The NSPS Incentivizes the Use of Outdated Equipment ……… such as user fees or marketable permits, or providing information upon which choices can be made by the public.” | |
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Obama’s re-election guarantees over-regulation of natural gas production -~-- this dooms the economy and makes warming inevitable D’Angelo, 12/10/12 (Wayne D’Angelo, special counsel in the Washington office of Kelley Drye and Warren, counsels clients on environmental and energy matters, He has experience in all aspects of environmental and energy law and focuses on issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing, conventional and nonconventional fuels, resource extraction, greenhouse gas regulation, and stationary and mobile-source issues under the Clean Air Act. This commentary previously appeared in Kelley Drye’s Fracking Insider blog.) Thompson Reuters News and Insight, WESTLAW JOURNAL ENVIRONMENTAL, Hydraulic fracturing regulation in President Obama’s second term, http:~/~/newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/Insight/2012/12_-_December/Hydraulic_fracturing_regulation_in_President_Obama%E2%80%99s_second_term/http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/Insight/2012/12_-_December/Hydraulic_fracturing_regulation_in_President_Obama%E2%80%99s_second_term/, jj
Before we even finished counting the votes in the 2012 presidential election, ..... regulators to run right past the breaking point of a healthy domestic energy and hydraulic fracturing industry.
Federal fracking restrictions are overlapping, impose unnecessary costs and stifle investment, destroying the gas industry Hunt ‘12 Gary Hunt is President, Scalable Growth Strategy Advisors, an independent energy technology and information services adviser and a partner in Tech and Creative Labs, a disruptive innovation software collaborative of high tech companies focused on the energy vertical. He served as VP-Global Analytics and Data at IHS/CERA; global Division President at Ventyx, now an ABB company; and Assistant City Manager-Austin Texas responsible for Austin Energy and Austin Water. 5-27-12, Oil Price, Federal Rules Threaten to Suffocate the Fracking Industry http:~/~/oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/html, jj
Federal Rules Threaten to Suffocate the Fracking Industry In Medieval times one form of dispatching miscreants was called “pressing”. The punishment involved piling stones on top of the offender one at a time slowly ……… in fact, the modern version of “pressing”.
The EPA air emissions rule alone will collapse the industry ARI 12 – Advanced Resources International Inc. report for the American Petroleum Institute, "Estimate of Impacts of EPA Proposals to Reduce Air Emissions from Hydraulic Fracturing Operations,"www.api.org/~/media/Files/Policy/Hydraulic_Fracturing/NSPS-OG-ARI-Impacts-of-EPA-Air-Rules-Final-Report.ashx Depending on the REC-Set Use Rate scenario assumed, the following impacts ……. attempt to estimate lost jobs associated with reduced drilling, oil and gas supply services, and indirect employment.
There’s a glut of natural gas now, but restrictions make prices volatile despite this Faulkner ‘12 Chris Faulkner is the Founder, President and CEO of Breitling Oil and Gas, an independent oil and natural gas company based in Irving, Texas. Founded in 2004, Breitling Oil and Gas employs state-of-the-art petroleum and natural gas exploration and extraction technologies for the development of onshore oil and gas projects. August 13, 2012, Breitling Oil and Gas, “Contemplating the Natural Gas Market: Start with the Fracking Facts” http:~/~/www.breitlingoilandgas.com/contemplating-the-natural-gas-market-start-with-the-fracking-facts/http://www.breitlingoilandgas.com/contemplating-the-natural-gas-market-start-with-the-fracking-facts/, jj
Regardless, the sad truth is that the facts have done little to quiet the hue and cry over fracking……….. continue to contribute to the volatility of natural gas commodity prices. Investment helps companies survive the glut in the short term. Kientz ‘12 Robert has been an investor for many years and has 7 years experience working as a corporate auditor and has 13 years corporate working experience. Robert earned his Series 6, 63, and 7 licenses 10 years ago while working as a broker dealer for a large, multinational company. In addition, Robert earned a Series 3 options license in 2009 while working for a forex broker. Robert formed a real estate property management firm in 2000 to assist property owners in the North Texas area to increase their profits by providing high quality, best of market rentals for their tenants. Since founding, Robert has reduced vacancies by an average of 2 months per year per property, and increased cash flow by increasing rental demand and therefore timely rent payments. By renovating existing rental inventory to best of market and expanding property marketing techniques, the real estate company locates the best tenants and keeps revenues consistent in a tough real estate market. After working in finance and corporate audit for many years, Robert retired to become a full time property manager, real estate investor, trader, and author. Robert started the Drop Shadow website (http://www.thedropshadow.com) in 2010. As a former corporate auditor, Robert possesses a unique view into business operations and controls and how they affect and interact with the strategic business plans of the company. The experience in Audit taught Robert various best of business practices, whose application to his investment strategies increased revenues and efficiency while reducing costly overhead. 8-28, Forex Pros, Investing In Natural Gas, Part 2, http:~/~/www.forexpros.com/analysis/investing-in-natural-gas,-com/analysis/investing-in-natural-gas,-part-2-134421, jj
Like many of the natural-gas companies ………. global economic conditions.
And, regulatory certainty is key to exports. Ebinger et. al ‘12 Charles Ebinger is a senior fellow and director of the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings. He has more than 35 years of experience specializing in international and domestic energy markets (oil, gas, coal, and nuclear) and the geopolitics of energy, and has served as an energy policy advisor to over 50 governments. He has served as an adjunct professor in energy economics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Kevin Massy is Assistant Director of the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings where he manages research into international energy relations and domestic energy policy. A former writer for the Economist magazine on energy and technology, he has an MSFS in International Business and Commerce from Georgetown University, an MA in International Journalism from City University, London, and a BA from the University of Newcastle. Govinda Avasarala is a Senior Research Assistant in the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings. His research focuses on the geopolitics of energy in emerging markets, domestic and international oil and natural gas markets, and multilateral energy frameworks. He has a BSc in Economics from the University of Mary Washington. Energy Security Initiative @ Brookings, Liquid Markets: Assessing the Case for U.S. Exports of Liquefied Natural Gas, May, http:~/~/www.brookings.edu/~~/media/research/files/papers/2012/1/natural%20gas%20ebinger/natural_gas_pdf, jj
Environment, Regulations, and the Feasibility of ………suggests that the Administration supports the sustainable development of shale gas resources.
This keeps the industry healthy long term Passwaters, 6/18/2012 (Mark, SNL Energy Gas Utility Week, “Shell executive: LNG exports to Asia hold key to breaking production glut, LexisNexis, ts)
HIGHLIGHT: LNG exports to Asia could provide a way out of an oversupplied market ……. can open a market for North America - and especially Canada - worth billions of dollars."
Thus, the plan: The United States federal government should substantially reduce restrictions on natural gas production in the United States by repealing the Environmental Protection Agency’s New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews for natural gas production. The United States federal government should issue a moratorium on further federal restrictions on natural gas production in the United States.
Advantage 1 is Coal
US CO2 emissions are dropping rapidly as natural gas replaces coal -~-- but restrictions will reverse this Zakaria, 10-25 (Fareed, PhD Poli Sci @ Harvard, Zakaria, Editor of Newsweek, The Nation (AsiaNet), 2012, “The new oil and gas boom,” lexisnexis, ts) The environmental impact of the natural-gas boom is already clear and positive. ……. fossil fuel and is associated with mining deaths and respiratory illnesses as well.
Restrictions will cause a price spike that shifts us back to coal Brady ‘12 Phil Brady, 6-6-12, the Opportune Time, Chesapeake: Turning Point or Point of No Return? http:~/~/www.theopportunetime.com/news/online/php, jj
With the current price situation, there may be an opportunity for ……. supply curve lower and increase demand, causing natural gas prices to increase and possibly reach levels seen in early 2008.
There’s no comparison -~-- natural gas is far cleaner than coal Lu et al. ‘12 Xi Lu , School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Jackson Salovaara , School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Michael B. McElroy* School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Implications of the Recent Reductions in Natural Gas Prices for Emissions of CO2 from the US Power Sector Environmental Science and Technology201246 (5), 3014-3021, jj
Howarth et al.(24) have suggested that emissions of CH4 associated with the fracking …….. (higher than the value reported by Jiang et al.) but only 56% of the impact expected for coal.
Coal causes extinction from global warming Hansen 9 - Director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies James Hansen (Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences @ Columbia University and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Iowa), “Coal-fired power stations are death factories. Close them,” The Observer, Sunday 15 February 2009, pg. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/15/james-hansen-power-plants-coal
A year ago, I wrote to Gordon Brown asking him to place a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants in Britain. I have asked the same of Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Kevin ………. on "clean coal" or that they will build power plants that are "capture-ready" in case technology is ever developed to capture all pollutants.
Warming’s human-caused – consensus proves. Slowing the rate is key.
Deibel ‘7 (Terry L, Professor of IR @ National War College, “Foreign Affairs Strategy: Logic for American Statecraft”, Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today – card starts on page 387 of this book)
Finally, there is one major existential threat to American security (as well as prosperity) of a nonviolent nature, ……… to the security and prosperity to the United States, but potentially to the continued existence of life on this planet.
Natural gas makes the transition to renewables effective Frank et al ‘09 Matthew Frank, Jenna Goodward, Sarah Ladislaw, and Kate Zyla, May 2009, CSIS, Crossing the Natural Gas Bridge, http:~/~/csis.org/files/publication/090626_final_crossing_gas_pdf, jj
Addressing climate change will require extensive changes in the ways that we produce, transport and use energy. ………. plants and home furnaces to pipelines and ports – that is able to store, transport, and use natural gas.
Bridge fuels key -~-- renewables can’t displace fossil fuels in the short term Tour et al. ‘10 James M. Tour, Carter Kittrell and Vicki L. Colvin are in the Department of Chemistry, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and the Green Carbon Center, Rice University. Nature Materials 9,871–874(2010), Green carbon as a bridge to renewable energy, http:~/~/www.nature.com.proxy.lib.wayne.edu/nmat/journal/v9/n11/full/html, jj
A green use of carbon-based resources that minimizes the environmental impact of carbon fuels could allow a smooth transition ………. will use hydrogen from renewable sources, while at the same time producing basic chemical feedstocks.
Advantage 2 is Economy
Natural gas production is spurring economic growth and a manufacturing renaissance now -~-- but restrictions will push us back into recession Santa 11/12/12 Don Santa, not Santa Claus, President, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, National Journal, 11/12/12, Natural Gas, Pipelines, Critical to Economic Growth, http:~/~/energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/11/the-art-of-the-possible-in-ene.php?mrefid=site_php?mrefid=site_search, jj
Many in Congress also now recognize the importance of U.S. oil and gas in America’s energy future. ………. it is important that new polices also do not hinder pipeline development.
Reducing restrictions is key Bryce ‘11 Robert Bryce has been writing about energy for nearly two decades. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications ranging from The Atlantic Monthly to The Guardian, and The Nation to The American Conservative. He is the author of Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron, and Cronies: Oil, the Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America’s Superstate. Bryce is a fellow at the Institute for Energy Research, as well as the managing editor of Energy Tribune and a contributing writer for The Texas Observer. Wall Street Journal, 6-13-11, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, America Needs the Shale Revolution http:~/~/www.manhattan-institute.org/html/miarticle.htm?id=7188url:http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/miarticle.htm?id=7188, jj
The drilling boom is the best U.S. energy news in generations and is crucial for reviving ……….We can’t afford to let fear of a proven technology stop the much-needed resurgence of American industry.
Production jumpstarts the recovery Baily and Verleger ‘12 Martin Neil Baily, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies , Philip K. Verleger Jr., Peterson Institute for International Economics, Brookings, June 27, 2012, Could Cheap Gas Save the Economy? http:~/~/www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2012/06/27-edu/research/opinions/2012/06/27-cheap-gas-baily, jj
Something is badly needed to get the economy moving again and avoid another slowdown. ………After years of bad economic news, the natural gas windfall is very good news. Let's make the most of it.
Sustained low prices key Casselman and Gold 10-24 (BEN CASSELMAN and RUSSELL GOLD, 10-24-12, Wall Street Journal, Cheap Natural Gas Gives New Hope to the Rust Belt, http:~/~/online.wsj.com/article/html, jj)
Between 1998 and 2004, fertilizer producers—……….. the energy industry is again boosting the region's prospects.
Price spikes will hurt consumers and cause recession LAMMEY 7 Alan, Energy Market Analyst @ Energy Intelligence Group, “High Oil, Gas Prices that Cause Recession Often Crushed in Turn” Natural Gas Week, April 2 -- LEXIS
Alarm bells are going off everywhere regarding the state of the economy, from the crumbling ……….. but now we just have to add the recession element to the equation."
The economy’s on the brink -~-- supercharges the risk of the impact RAMPELL ’11 – economics reporter for The New York Times; wrote for the Washington Post editorial pages and financial section (Catherine, “Second Recession in U.S. Could Be Worse Than First”. August 7. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/business/a-second-recession-could-be-much-worse-than-the-first.html?pagewanted=all)
If the economy falls back into recession, as many economists are now warning, the bloodletting could be a lot more painful …….. there was also a premature withdrawal of fiscal stimulus, and the economy fell into another recession more painful than the first.”
The US is key to the global economy -~-- decline causes war. Judis, Carnegie Endowment, 2011, The New Republic, August 8, John, p. http:~/~/www.npr.org/2011/08/08/139080654/org/2011/08/08/139080654/new-republic-a-lesson-from-the-great-depression
The first consideration has to do with the sheer gravity of the situation. What is at stake goes beyond an abstract rate of unemployment, or the prospect of a Republican White House in 2012, or even the misery of the long-term unemployed. From the beginning, this recession has been global. Germany has to take leadership in Europe, but …….d be far more serious than the ruckus that Tea Party and Republican opposition could create over the next year.
Regional economic decline draws in great powers Liu Qing 11, Director of the Department for American Studies and an associate research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, May 20, 2011, “Existing and Emerging Threats to International Security: A View from the United Kingdom,” online: http:~/~/www.nuclearsecurityproject.org/publications/org/publications/deterrence-its-past-and-future-panel-one
Financial and economic crisis begets political turmoil and drives destabilization on ……… into regional turmoil through military, aid or other forms of intervention. These actions eventually would worsen the regional security situation.
This goes nuclear 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 Mayhem and Chaos, is the opposite of the first scenario; everything that can go wrong does go wrong. ……..major disruptions can be expected, with dire consequences for two-thirds of the planet’s population.
Best studies prove Royal 10 – Jedediah Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 2010, “Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises,” in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-214
Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict. ……….. This implied connection between integration, crises and armed conflict has not featured prominently in the economic-security debate and deserves more attention.
Even a short term decline in the US would cause global catastrophe Schuman 11/13/12 Michael Schuman writes about Asia and global economic issues as a correspondent for TIME in Beijing, China. In his 16 years as a journalist in Asia, he has reported from a dozen countries, including China, India, Japan and Indonesia. Assignments have taken him into Gobi Desert sandstorms, Malaysian mosques, Indian call centers and Chinese shirt factories and to a North Korean state dinner (complete with Kim Jong Il himself). Schuman is the author of The Miracle: The Epic Story of Asia's Quest for Wealth. Before joining TIME in 2002, he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and a staff writer for Forbes. Originally from New Jersey, he has a B.A. in Asian history and political science from the University of Pennsylvania and a master of international affairs from Columbia. Nov. 13, 2012, Time Magazine, Will the Global Economy Tumble Off America’s Fiscal Cliff? http:~/~/business.time.com/2012/11/13/will-the-global-economy-tumble-off-americas-fiscal-cliff/#com/2012/11/13/will-the-global-economy-tumble-off-americas-fiscal-cliff/#ixzz2HtYJ44S6, jj
Forget all of the talk about the rise of China and the shift of economic power from West to East. ……….over U.S. fiscal policy would ripple through global financial markets as well.
Observation 2 is solvency The EPA’s rule is counterproductive and increases air pollution -~-- it should be struck down Peshek and Millican ‘12 Adam Peshek, Research Associate Reason Foundation, Robin Millican, Policy Associate Institute for Energy Research, 2-28-12, Reason Foundation, Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administrator Lisa Jackson, http:~/~/reason.org/files/oil_and_gas_nsps_and_neshap_pdf, jj
6) The NSPS Incentivizes the Use of Outdated Equipment ………. such as user fees or marketable permits, or providing information upon which choices can be made by the public.”
De-regulation alleviates confusion and restores certainty Russell ‘12 Barry Russell, President, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), National Journal, 1-17-12, What's Ahead for Natural Gas? http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/01/whats-ahead-for-natural-gas.php?mrefid=site_search, jj
Furthermore, as President Obama touts the benefits of natural gas, his administration ……… of hydraulic fracturing, natural gas will certainly power America’s future.
A moratorium is key to certainty Loris ‘11 Nicolas D. Loris is a Policy Analyst in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. 9-8-11, Heritage, Energy Exploration Would Create Jobs and Raise Revenue Without Raising Taxes http:~/~/www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/09/org/research/reports/2011/09/energy-exploration-would-create-jobs-and-raise-revenue-without-raising-taxes, jj
Place a freeze on new environmental regulations. …… sensible policy ideas with or without a debt crisis, but given the fiscal situation, this is a no-brainer.
Certainty’s key to production Baker Institute ’11 (James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University, October, Shale Gas and U.S. National Security, online, jj)
To tap this benefit, it will be essential for the United States ….. long-term national interests of the United States.
Federal de-regulation won’t cause a race to the bottom. Willie ‘12 Matt Willie, J.D. candidate, April 2012, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University Law Review, 2011 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 1743, Hydraulic Fracturing and "Spotty" Regulation: Why the Federal Government Should Let States Control Unconventional Onshore Drilling, Lexis, jj
B. Federal v. State: Why "Spotty" Regulation is Better Regulation
The push for more federal control of hydraulic fracturing ………. little to gain, the costs of additional federal controls are simply unjustifiable.
States regulations will fill in and solve. Willie ‘12 Matt Willie, J.D. candidate, April 2012, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University Law Review, 2011 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 1743, Hydraulic Fracturing and "Spotty" Regulation: Why the Federal Government Should Let States Control Unconventional Onshore Drilling, Lexis, jj
What is conspicuously missing from many of these groups' arguments, however, ……Congress' action merely keeps in place a system that has worked for half a century." n161
No impact to methane Abby W. Schachter (Writer for the Weekly Standard and the New York Post) June 2012 “We've got to become energy independent to slow terrorism-fracking is the key” http:~/~/www.zimbio.com/Fracking+Lawsuits/articles/2ymubk5GzT3/com/Fracking+Lawsuits/articles/2ymubk5GzT3/ve+got+become+energy+independent+slow+terrorism
As for Howarth’s research on fracking’s carbon footprint, his conclusions ……… Conservation will produce new drilling rules—once its experts have had sufficient time to study the issue.
It’s abundant and recoverable Doran ‘12 Kevin Doran, is an institute fellow and assistant research professor at the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), a joint institute of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research focuses on the legal, regulatory and public policy dimensions of energy development. Adam Reed is a research associate at RASEI. He researches and writes on the legal, policy, and regulatory issues surrounding the deployment of sustainable energy technologies. Yale Environment 360, 13 Aug 2012, Natural Gas and Its Role In the U.S.’s Energy Endgame http:~/~/e360.yale.edu/feature/natural_gas_role_in_us_energy_endgame/2561/http://e360.yale.edu/feature/natural_gas_role_in_us_energy_endgame/2561/, jj
The United States has won the lottery on natural gas. …….. long our go-to fuel for power around the clock — and emits roughly half the greenhouse gas emissions.
Fracking DA’s are empirically denied Weinstein ‘10 Bernard L. Weinstein, Associate Director, Maguire Energy Institute at the Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business, National Journal, 12-20-10, Is Natural Gas the Answer? Fears Over Fracking Overblown, http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2010/12/is-natural-gas-the-answer.php, jj
Irrational fears make up a considerable portion of the American Psychiatric ……if we pay more attention to geliophobia and less to frackophobia.
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Obama’s re-election guarantees over-regulation of natural gas production -~-- this dooms the economy and makes warming inevitable D’Angelo, 12/10/12 (Wayne D’Angelo, special counsel in the Washington office of Kelley Drye and Warren, counsels clients on environmental and energy matters, He has experience in all aspects of environmental and energy law and focuses on issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing, conventional and nonconventional fuels, resource extraction, greenhouse gas regulation, and stationary and mobile-source issues under the Clean Air Act. This commentary previously appeared in Kelley Drye’s Fracking Insider blog.) Thompson Reuters News and Insight, WESTLAW JOURNAL ENVIRONMENTAL, Hydraulic fracturing regulation in President Obama’s second term, http:~/~/newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/Insight/2012/12_-_December/Hydraulic_fracturing_regulation_in_President_Obama%E2%80%99s_second_term/http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/Insight/2012/12_-_December/Hydraulic_fracturing_regulation_in_President_Obama%E2%80%99s_second_term/, jj
Before we even finished counting the votes in the 2012 presidential election, ..... regulators to run right past the breaking point of a healthy domestic energy and hydraulic fracturing industry.
Federal fracking restrictions are overlapping, impose unnecessary costs and stifle investment, destroying the gas industry Hunt ‘12 Gary Hunt is President, Scalable Growth Strategy Advisors, an independent energy technology and information services adviser and a partner in Tech and Creative Labs, a disruptive innovation software collaborative of high tech companies focused on the energy vertical. He served as VP-Global Analytics and Data at IHS/CERA; global Division President at Ventyx, now an ABB company; and Assistant City Manager-Austin Texas responsible for Austin Energy and Austin Water. 5-27-12, Oil Price, Federal Rules Threaten to Suffocate the Fracking Industry http:~/~/oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/html, jj
Federal Rules Threaten to Suffocate the Fracking Industry In Medieval times one form of dispatching miscreants was called “pressing”. The punishment involved piling stones on top of the offender one at a time slowly ……… in fact, the modern version of “pressing”.
The EPA air emissions rule alone will collapse the industry ARI 12 – Advanced Resources International Inc. report for the American Petroleum Institute, "Estimate of Impacts of EPA Proposals to Reduce Air Emissions from Hydraulic Fracturing Operations,"www.api.org/~/media/Files/Policy/Hydraulic_Fracturing/NSPS-OG-ARI-Impacts-of-EPA-Air-Rules-Final-Report.ashx Depending on the REC-Set Use Rate scenario assumed, the following impacts ……. attempt to estimate lost jobs associated with reduced drilling, oil and gas supply services, and indirect employment.
There’s a glut of natural gas now, but restrictions make prices volatile despite this Faulkner ‘12 Chris Faulkner is the Founder, President and CEO of Breitling Oil and Gas, an independent oil and natural gas company based in Irving, Texas. Founded in 2004, Breitling Oil and Gas employs state-of-the-art petroleum and natural gas exploration and extraction technologies for the development of onshore oil and gas projects. August 13, 2012, Breitling Oil and Gas, “Contemplating the Natural Gas Market: Start with the Fracking Facts” http:~/~/www.breitlingoilandgas.com/contemplating-the-natural-gas-market-start-with-the-fracking-facts/http://www.breitlingoilandgas.com/contemplating-the-natural-gas-market-start-with-the-fracking-facts/, jj
Regardless, the sad truth is that the facts have done little to quiet the hue and cry over fracking……….. continue to contribute to the volatility of natural gas commodity prices. Investment helps companies survive the glut in the short term. Kientz ‘12 Robert has been an investor for many years and has 7 years experience working as a corporate auditor and has 13 years corporate working experience. Robert earned his Series 6, 63, and 7 licenses 10 years ago while working as a broker dealer for a large, multinational company. In addition, Robert earned a Series 3 options license in 2009 while working for a forex broker. Robert formed a real estate property management firm in 2000 to assist property owners in the North Texas area to increase their profits by providing high quality, best of market rentals for their tenants. Since founding, Robert has reduced vacancies by an average of 2 months per year per property, and increased cash flow by increasing rental demand and therefore timely rent payments. By renovating existing rental inventory to best of market and expanding property marketing techniques, the real estate company locates the best tenants and keeps revenues consistent in a tough real estate market. After working in finance and corporate audit for many years, Robert retired to become a full time property manager, real estate investor, trader, and author. Robert started the Drop Shadow website (http://www.thedropshadow.com) in 2010. As a former corporate auditor, Robert possesses a unique view into business operations and controls and how they affect and interact with the strategic business plans of the company. The experience in Audit taught Robert various best of business practices, whose application to his investment strategies increased revenues and efficiency while reducing costly overhead. 8-28, Forex Pros, Investing In Natural Gas, Part 2, http:~/~/www.forexpros.com/analysis/investing-in-natural-gas,-com/analysis/investing-in-natural-gas,-part-2-134421, jj
Like many of the natural-gas companies ………. global economic conditions.
And, regulatory certainty is key to exports. Ebinger et. al ‘12 Charles Ebinger is a senior fellow and director of the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings. He has more than 35 years of experience specializing in international and domestic energy markets (oil, gas, coal, and nuclear) and the geopolitics of energy, and has served as an energy policy advisor to over 50 governments. He has served as an adjunct professor in energy economics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. Kevin Massy is Assistant Director of the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings where he manages research into international energy relations and domestic energy policy. A former writer for the Economist magazine on energy and technology, he has an MSFS in International Business and Commerce from Georgetown University, an MA in International Journalism from City University, London, and a BA from the University of Newcastle. Govinda Avasarala is a Senior Research Assistant in the Energy Security Initiative at Brookings. His research focuses on the geopolitics of energy in emerging markets, domestic and international oil and natural gas markets, and multilateral energy frameworks. He has a BSc in Economics from the University of Mary Washington. Energy Security Initiative @ Brookings, Liquid Markets: Assessing the Case for U.S. Exports of Liquefied Natural Gas, May, http:~/~/www.brookings.edu/~~/media/research/files/papers/2012/1/natural%20gas%20ebinger/natural_gas_pdf, jj
Environment, Regulations, and the Feasibility of ………suggests that the Administration supports the sustainable development of shale gas resources.
This keeps the industry healthy long term Passwaters, 6/18/2012 (Mark, SNL Energy Gas Utility Week, “Shell executive: LNG exports to Asia hold key to breaking production glut, LexisNexis, ts)
HIGHLIGHT: LNG exports to Asia could provide a way out of an oversupplied market ……. can open a market for North America - and especially Canada - worth billions of dollars."
Thus, the plan: The United States federal government should substantially reduce restrictions on natural gas production in the United States by repealing the Environmental Protection Agency’s New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews for natural gas production. The United States federal government should issue a moratorium on further federal restrictions on natural gas production in the United States.
Advantage 1 is Coal
US CO2 emissions are dropping rapidly as natural gas replaces coal -~-- but restrictions will reverse this Zakaria, 10-25 (Fareed, PhD Poli Sci @ Harvard, Zakaria, Editor of Newsweek, The Nation (AsiaNet), 2012, “The new oil and gas boom,” lexisnexis, ts) The environmental impact of the natural-gas boom is already clear and positive. ……. fossil fuel and is associated with mining deaths and respiratory illnesses as well.
Restrictions will cause a price spike that shifts us back to coal Brady ‘12 Phil Brady, 6-6-12, the Opportune Time, Chesapeake: Turning Point or Point of No Return? http:~/~/www.theopportunetime.com/news/online/php, jj
With the current price situation, there may be an opportunity for ……. supply curve lower and increase demand, causing natural gas prices to increase and possibly reach levels seen in early 2008.
There’s no comparison -~-- natural gas is far cleaner than coal Lu et al. ‘12 Xi Lu , School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Jackson Salovaara , School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Michael B. McElroy* School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Implications of the Recent Reductions in Natural Gas Prices for Emissions of CO2 from the US Power Sector Environmental Science and Technology201246 (5), 3014-3021, jj
Howarth et al.(24) have suggested that emissions of CH4 associated with the fracking …….. (higher than the value reported by Jiang et al.) but only 56% of the impact expected for coal.
Coal causes extinction from global warming Hansen 9 - Director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies James Hansen (Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences @ Columbia University and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Iowa), “Coal-fired power stations are death factories. Close them,” The Observer, Sunday 15 February 2009, pg. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/15/james-hansen-power-plants-coal
A year ago, I wrote to Gordon Brown asking him to place a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants in Britain. I have asked the same of Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Kevin ………. on "clean coal" or that they will build power plants that are "capture-ready" in case technology is ever developed to capture all pollutants.
Warming’s human-caused – consensus proves. Slowing the rate is key.
Deibel ‘7 (Terry L, Professor of IR @ National War College, “Foreign Affairs Strategy: Logic for American Statecraft”, Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today – card starts on page 387 of this book)
Finally, there is one major existential threat to American security (as well as prosperity) of a nonviolent nature, ……… to the security and prosperity to the United States, but potentially to the continued existence of life on this planet.
Natural gas makes the transition to renewables effective Frank et al ‘09 Matthew Frank, Jenna Goodward, Sarah Ladislaw, and Kate Zyla, May 2009, CSIS, Crossing the Natural Gas Bridge, http:~/~/csis.org/files/publication/090626_final_crossing_gas_pdf, jj
Addressing climate change will require extensive changes in the ways that we produce, transport and use energy. ………. plants and home furnaces to pipelines and ports – that is able to store, transport, and use natural gas.
Bridge fuels key -~-- renewables can’t displace fossil fuels in the short term Tour et al. ‘10 James M. Tour, Carter Kittrell and Vicki L. Colvin are in the Department of Chemistry, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and the Green Carbon Center, Rice University. Nature Materials 9,871–874(2010), Green carbon as a bridge to renewable energy, http:~/~/www.nature.com.proxy.lib.wayne.edu/nmat/journal/v9/n11/full/html, jj
A green use of carbon-based resources that minimizes the environmental impact of carbon fuels could allow a smooth transition ………. will use hydrogen from renewable sources, while at the same time producing basic chemical feedstocks.
Advantage 2 is Economy
Natural gas production is spurring economic growth and a manufacturing renaissance now -~-- but restrictions will push us back into recession Santa 11/12/12 Don Santa, not Santa Claus, President, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, National Journal, 11/12/12, Natural Gas, Pipelines, Critical to Economic Growth, http:~/~/energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/11/the-art-of-the-possible-in-ene.php?mrefid=site_php?mrefid=site_search, jj
Many in Congress also now recognize the importance of U.S. oil and gas in America’s energy future. ………. it is important that new polices also do not hinder pipeline development.
Reducing restrictions is key Bryce ‘11 Robert Bryce has been writing about energy for nearly two decades. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications ranging from The Atlantic Monthly to The Guardian, and The Nation to The American Conservative. He is the author of Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron, and Cronies: Oil, the Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, America’s Superstate. Bryce is a fellow at the Institute for Energy Research, as well as the managing editor of Energy Tribune and a contributing writer for The Texas Observer. Wall Street Journal, 6-13-11, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, America Needs the Shale Revolution http:~/~/www.manhattan-institute.org/html/miarticle.htm?id=7188url:http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/miarticle.htm?id=7188, jj
The drilling boom is the best U.S. energy news in generations and is crucial for reviving ……….We can’t afford to let fear of a proven technology stop the much-needed resurgence of American industry.
Production jumpstarts the recovery Baily and Verleger ‘12 Martin Neil Baily, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies , Philip K. Verleger Jr., Peterson Institute for International Economics, Brookings, June 27, 2012, Could Cheap Gas Save the Economy? http:~/~/www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2012/06/27-edu/research/opinions/2012/06/27-cheap-gas-baily, jj
Something is badly needed to get the economy moving again and avoid another slowdown. ………After years of bad economic news, the natural gas windfall is very good news. Let's make the most of it.
Sustained low prices key Casselman and Gold 10-24 (BEN CASSELMAN and RUSSELL GOLD, 10-24-12, Wall Street Journal, Cheap Natural Gas Gives New Hope to the Rust Belt, http:~/~/online.wsj.com/article/html, jj)
Between 1998 and 2004, fertilizer producers—……….. the energy industry is again boosting the region's prospects.
Price spikes will hurt consumers and cause recession LAMMEY 7 Alan, Energy Market Analyst @ Energy Intelligence Group, “High Oil, Gas Prices that Cause Recession Often Crushed in Turn” Natural Gas Week, April 2 -- LEXIS
Alarm bells are going off everywhere regarding the state of the economy, from the crumbling ……….. but now we just have to add the recession element to the equation."
The economy’s on the brink -~-- supercharges the risk of the impact RAMPELL ’11 – economics reporter for The New York Times; wrote for the Washington Post editorial pages and financial section (Catherine, “Second Recession in U.S. Could Be Worse Than First”. August 7. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/business/a-second-recession-could-be-much-worse-than-the-first.html?pagewanted=all)
If the economy falls back into recession, as many economists are now warning, the bloodletting could be a lot more painful …….. there was also a premature withdrawal of fiscal stimulus, and the economy fell into another recession more painful than the first.”
The US is key to the global economy -~-- decline causes war. Judis, Carnegie Endowment, 2011, The New Republic, August 8, John, p. http:~/~/www.npr.org/2011/08/08/139080654/org/2011/08/08/139080654/new-republic-a-lesson-from-the-great-depression
The first consideration has to do with the sheer gravity of the situation. What is at stake goes beyond an abstract rate of unemployment, or the prospect of a Republican White House in 2012, or even the misery of the long-term unemployed. From the beginning, this recession has been global. Germany has to take leadership in Europe, but …….d be far more serious than the ruckus that Tea Party and Republican opposition could create over the next year.
Regional economic decline draws in great powers Liu Qing 11, Director of the Department for American Studies and an associate research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, May 20, 2011, “Existing and Emerging Threats to International Security: A View from the United Kingdom,” online: http:~/~/www.nuclearsecurityproject.org/publications/org/publications/deterrence-its-past-and-future-panel-one
Financial and economic crisis begets political turmoil and drives destabilization on ……… into regional turmoil through military, aid or other forms of intervention. These actions eventually would worsen the regional security situation.
This goes nuclear 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 Mayhem and Chaos, is the opposite of the first scenario; everything that can go wrong does go wrong. ……..major disruptions can be expected, with dire consequences for two-thirds of the planet’s population.
Best studies prove Royal 10 – Jedediah Royal, Director of Cooperative Threat Reduction at the U.S. Department of Defense, 2010, “Economic Integration, Economic Signaling and the Problem of Economic Crises,” in Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, ed. Goldsmith and Brauer, p. 213-214
Less intuitive is how periods of economic decline may increase the likelihood of external conflict. ……….. This implied connection between integration, crises and armed conflict has not featured prominently in the economic-security debate and deserves more attention.
Even a short term decline in the US would cause global catastrophe Schuman 11/13/12 Michael Schuman writes about Asia and global economic issues as a correspondent for TIME in Beijing, China. In his 16 years as a journalist in Asia, he has reported from a dozen countries, including China, India, Japan and Indonesia. Assignments have taken him into Gobi Desert sandstorms, Malaysian mosques, Indian call centers and Chinese shirt factories and to a North Korean state dinner (complete with Kim Jong Il himself). Schuman is the author of The Miracle: The Epic Story of Asia's Quest for Wealth. Before joining TIME in 2002, he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and a staff writer for Forbes. Originally from New Jersey, he has a B.A. in Asian history and political science from the University of Pennsylvania and a master of international affairs from Columbia. Nov. 13, 2012, Time Magazine, Will the Global Economy Tumble Off America’s Fiscal Cliff? http:~/~/business.time.com/2012/11/13/will-the-global-economy-tumble-off-americas-fiscal-cliff/#com/2012/11/13/will-the-global-economy-tumble-off-americas-fiscal-cliff/#ixzz2HtYJ44S6, jj
Forget all of the talk about the rise of China and the shift of economic power from West to East. ……….over U.S. fiscal policy would ripple through global financial markets as well.
Observation 2 is solvency The EPA’s rule is counterproductive and increases air pollution -~-- it should be struck down Peshek and Millican ‘12 Adam Peshek, Research Associate Reason Foundation, Robin Millican, Policy Associate Institute for Energy Research, 2-28-12, Reason Foundation, Letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Administrator Lisa Jackson, http:~/~/reason.org/files/oil_and_gas_nsps_and_neshap_pdf, jj
6) The NSPS Incentivizes the Use of Outdated Equipment ………. such as user fees or marketable permits, or providing information upon which choices can be made by the public.”
De-regulation alleviates confusion and restores certainty Russell ‘12 Barry Russell, President, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), National Journal, 1-17-12, What's Ahead for Natural Gas? http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/01/whats-ahead-for-natural-gas.php?mrefid=site_search, jj
Furthermore, as President Obama touts the benefits of natural gas, his administration ……… of hydraulic fracturing, natural gas will certainly power America’s future.
A moratorium is key to certainty Loris ‘11 Nicolas D. Loris is a Policy Analyst in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. 9-8-11, Heritage, Energy Exploration Would Create Jobs and Raise Revenue Without Raising Taxes http:~/~/www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/09/org/research/reports/2011/09/energy-exploration-would-create-jobs-and-raise-revenue-without-raising-taxes, jj
Place a freeze on new environmental regulations. …… sensible policy ideas with or without a debt crisis, but given the fiscal situation, this is a no-brainer.
Certainty’s key to production Baker Institute ’11 (James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University, October, Shale Gas and U.S. National Security, online, jj)
To tap this benefit, it will be essential for the United States ….. long-term national interests of the United States.
Federal de-regulation won’t cause a race to the bottom. Willie ‘12 Matt Willie, J.D. candidate, April 2012, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University Law Review, 2011 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 1743, Hydraulic Fracturing and "Spotty" Regulation: Why the Federal Government Should Let States Control Unconventional Onshore Drilling, Lexis, jj
B. Federal v. State: Why "Spotty" Regulation is Better Regulation
The push for more federal control of hydraulic fracturing ………. little to gain, the costs of additional federal controls are simply unjustifiable.
States regulations will fill in and solve. Willie ‘12 Matt Willie, J.D. candidate, April 2012, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University Law Review, 2011 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 1743, Hydraulic Fracturing and "Spotty" Regulation: Why the Federal Government Should Let States Control Unconventional Onshore Drilling, Lexis, jj
What is conspicuously missing from many of these groups' arguments, however, ……Congress' action merely keeps in place a system that has worked for half a century." n161
No impact to methane Abby W. Schachter (Writer for the Weekly Standard and the New York Post) June 2012 “We've got to become energy independent to slow terrorism-fracking is the key” http:~/~/www.zimbio.com/Fracking+Lawsuits/articles/2ymubk5GzT3/com/Fracking+Lawsuits/articles/2ymubk5GzT3/ve+got+become+energy+independent+slow+terrorism
As for Howarth’s research on fracking’s carbon footprint, his conclusions ……… Conservation will produce new drilling rules—once its experts have had sufficient time to study the issue.
It’s abundant and recoverable Doran ‘12 Kevin Doran, is an institute fellow and assistant research professor at the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI), a joint institute of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the University of Colorado at Boulder. His research focuses on the legal, regulatory and public policy dimensions of energy development. Adam Reed is a research associate at RASEI. He researches and writes on the legal, policy, and regulatory issues surrounding the deployment of sustainable energy technologies. Yale Environment 360, 13 Aug 2012, Natural Gas and Its Role In the U.S.’s Energy Endgame http:~/~/e360.yale.edu/feature/natural_gas_role_in_us_energy_endgame/2561/http://e360.yale.edu/feature/natural_gas_role_in_us_energy_endgame/2561/, jj
The United States has won the lottery on natural gas. …….. long our go-to fuel for power around the clock — and emits roughly half the greenhouse gas emissions.
Fracking DA’s are empirically denied Weinstein ‘10 Bernard L. Weinstein, Associate Director, Maguire Energy Institute at the Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business, National Journal, 12-20-10, Is Natural Gas the Answer? Fears Over Fracking Overblown, http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2010/12/is-natural-gas-the-answer.php, jj
Irrational fears make up a considerable portion of the American Psychiatric ……if we pay more attention to geliophobia and less to frackophobia.
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Current and future regulations will collapse the gas industryHunt ‘12 Gary Hunt is President, Scalable Growth Strategy Advisors, an independent energy technology and information services adviser and a partner in Tech and Creative Labs, a disruptive innovation software collaborative of high tech companies focused on the energy vertical. He served as VP-Global Analytics and Data at IHS/CERA; global Division President at Ventyx, now an ABB company; and Assistant City Manager-Austin Texas responsible for Austin Energy and Austin Water. 5-27-12, Oil Price, Federal Rules Threaten to Suffocate the Fracking Industry http:~/~/oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/html, jj
Federal Rules Threaten to Suffocate the Fracking Industry …… in fact, the modern version of “pressing”.
The the plan, PlanThe United States federal government should substantially reduce restrictions on natural gas production in the United States by repealing the Environmental Protection Agency’s New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews for natural gas production. The United States federal government should issue a moratorium on further federal restrictions on natural gas production in the United States.
Observation 2 is CoalUS CO2 emissions are dropping rapidly as natural gas replaces coal -~-- but regulations will reverse this Zakaria, 10-25 (Fareed, PhD Poli Sci @ Harvard, Zakaria, Editor of Newsweek, The Nation (AsiaNet), 2012, “The new oil and gas boom,” lexisnexis, ts) The environmental impact of the natural-gas …….. with mining deaths and respiratory illnesses as well.
Restrictions will cause a price spike that shifts us back to coal Brady ‘12 Phil Brady, 6-6-12, the Opportune Time, Chesapeake: Turning Point or Point of No Return? http:~/~/www.theopportunetime.com/news/online/php, jj
With the current price situation, there may be an opportunity for …… and possibly reach levels seen in early 2008.
Continued reliance on coal kills 13,000 people every year and spreads hazardous pollutionZelman 11 Joanna, The Huffington Post, "Power Plant Air Pollution Kills 13,000 People Per Year, Coal-Fired Are Most Hazardous: ALA Report", 3/15, www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/power-plant-air-pollution-coal-kills_n_833385.html
The American Lung Association (ALA) recently released a new report on the …… and respiratory illnesses connected to pollutant emissions totaled over $185 billion per year.
Coal is the greatest threat to survival Hansen 9 - Director of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies James Hansen (Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences @ Columbia University and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Iowa), “Coal-fired power stations are death factories. Close them,” The Observer, Sunday 15 February 2009, pg. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/15/james-hansen-power-plants-coal
A year ago, I wrote to Gordon Brown asking him to place a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants in Britain. ……. or that they will build power plants that are "capture-ready" in case technology is ever developed to capture all pollutants.
Warming is real and anthropogenic- newest studiesRomm 10-15 Joe, Fellow at American Progress and is the editor of Climate Progress, “Ten Charts That Make Clear The Planet Just Keeps Warming” ThinkProgress http:~/~/thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/10/15/1014151/ten-charts-that-make-clear-the-planet-just-keeps-warming/http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/10/15/1014151/ten-charts-that-make-clear-the-planet-just-keeps-warming/
“The decadal land-surface average temperature using a 10-year moving average of ……….. “How Can It Be Warming When It’s (Almost) Always Cooling?“)
Reducing emissions is the only way to prevent catastrophic warming tipping pointsNuccitelli 9-1 Dana Nuccitelli is an environmental scientist at a private environmental consulting firm in the Sacramento, California area. This piece was originally published at Skeptical Science and was reprinted with permission. “Realistically What Might The Future Climate Look Like?” ThinkProgress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09/01/784931/realistically-what-might-the-future-climate-look-like/
Clearly our CO2 emissions have not yet peaked – ……… –to adapt to the climate change consequences we have discussed here (Figure 4).
Prefer these peer-reviewed studies- evidence to the contrary is flawedStephens ’11 (Home » Vol 21 No 22 Bad week for Pell and climate change deniers ENVIRONMENT Bad week for Pell and climate change deniers TIM STEPHENS NOVEMBER 06, 2011 Dr Tim Stephens is Director of the Sydney Centre for International Law, at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney and a parishioner at St Joan of Arc, Haberfield, NSW. He holds a masters degree in geography from the University of Cambridge, a doctorate in international environmental law from the University of Sydney, and writes on climate change science, policy and law. His latest book, co-authored with Donald R Rothwell, is The International Law of the Sea.
The last couple of weeks have not been a …….. pseudo-science should be ignored, and the scientific method allowed to continue, however unpalatable the conclusions may be.
Uncertainty about climate change is exaggerated – Action is keyRoberts, 9/26/12 – Staff writer for Grist, a climate change and environmental issues think tank, How certain can we be about climate change? http:~/~/grist.org/climate-energy/how-certain-can-we-be-about-climate-change/http://grist.org/climate-energy/how-certain-can-we-be-about-climate-change/
The question that headlines this post has caused great confusion and strife ………e are the biggest X factors in our own models. What we choose matters most! –
Action on climate change is crucial even in the face of uncertainty - big picture claims are still trueMann 9/24/12 - Director of Penn State’s Earth System Science Center, Michael Mann authored ‘Dire Predictions’ and ‘The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars.’ This article was also published in the Huffington Post, FiveThirtyEight: The Number of Things Nate Silver Gets Wrong About Climate Changehttp://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09/24/898561/fivethirtyeight-the-number-of-things-nate-silver-gets-wrong-about-climate-change///, http:~/~/thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09/24/898561/fivethirtyeight-the-number-of-things-nate-silver-gets-wrong-about-climate-change/http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/09/24/898561/fivethirtyeight-the-number-of-things-nate-silver-gets-wrong-about-climate-change///
I suspect that Nate’s failing here arises from a sort of cultural bias. ……. and was reprinted with permission from the author.
Warming causes extinctionDeibel ‘7 (Terry L. Deibel, professor of IR at National War College, Foreign Affairs Strategy, “Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today Anthropogenic – caused by CO2”)
Finally, there is one major existential threat to American security ………… prosperity to the United States, but potentially to the continued existence of life on this planet.
There’s no comparison -~-- natural gas is far cleaner than coal Lu et al. ‘12 Xi Lu , School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Jackson Salovaara , School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Michael B. McElroy* School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States Implications of the Recent Reductions in Natural Gas Prices for Emissions of CO2 from the US Power Sector Environmental Science and Technology201246 (5), 3014-3021, jj
Howarth et al.(24) have suggested that emissions of CH4 associated ……… but only 56% of the impact expected for coal.
Natural gas’s net GHG emissions are negative Abby W. Schachter (Writer for the Weekly Standard and the New York Post) June 2012 “We've got to become energy independent to slow terrorism-fracking is the key” http:~/~/www.zimbio.com/Fracking+Lawsuits/articles/2ymubk5GzT3/com/Fracking+Lawsuits/articles/2ymubk5GzT3/ve+got+become+energy+independent+slow+terrorism
As for Howarth’s research on fracking’s carbon footprint, …… Department of Environmental Conservation will produce new drilling rules—once its experts have had sufficient time to study the issue.
Natural gas makes the transition to renewables effective Frank et al ‘09 Matthew Frank, Jenna Goodward, Sarah Ladislaw, and Kate Zyla, May 2009, CSIS, Crossing the Natural Gas Bridge, http:~/~/csis.org/files/publication/090626_final_crossing_gas_pdf, jj
Addressing climate change will require extensive changes in the ways that we produce, transport and use energy. …… –from electric power plants and home furnaces to pipelines and ports – that is able to store, transport, and use natural gas.
Bridge fuels key -~-- renewables can’t come close to displacing fossil fuels in the near term Tour et al. ‘10 James M. Tour, Carter Kittrell and Vicki L. Colvin are in the Department of Chemistry, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and the Green Carbon Center, Rice University. Nature Materials 9,871–874(2010), Green carbon as a bridge to renewable energy, http:~/~/www.nature.com.proxy.lib.wayne.edu/nmat/journal/v9/n11/full/html, jj
A green use of carbon-based resources that minimizes ….. will use hydrogen from renewable sources, while at the same time producing basic chemical feedstocks.
Observation 3 is Framing
Role of the ballot’s to simulate enactment of the plan – only way to create effective change in energy policyHager 92 Carol J, Professor of political science at Bryn Mawr College, “Democratizing Technology: Citizen and State in West German Energy Politics, 1974-1990” Polity, Vol. 25, No. 1, p. 45-70
During this phase, the citizen initiative attempted to overcome its ……. ensure that the search continues for a space for a delibera-tive politics in modern technological society.61
Public advocacy of climate solutions key to change governmental policy-~--individual change insufficientCAG 10—Climate Change Communication Advisory Group. Dr Adam Corner School of Psychology, Cardiff University - Dr Tom Crompton Change Strategist, WWF-UK - Scott Davidson Programme Manager, Global Action Plan - Richard Hawkins Senior Researcher, Public Interest Research Centre - Professor Tim Kasser, Psychology department, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, USA. - Dr Renee Lertzman, Center for Sustainable Processes and Practices, Portland State University, US. - Peter Lipman, Policy Director, Sustrans. - Dr Irene Lorenzoni, Centre for Environmental Risk, University of East Anglia. - George Marshall, Founding Director, Climate Outreach , Information Network - Dr Ciaran Mundy, Director, Transition Bristol - Dr Saffron O’Neil, Department of Resource Management and Geography, University of Melbourne, Australia. - Professor Nick Pidgeon, Director, Understanding Risk Research Group, School of Psychology, Cardiff University. - Dr Anna Rabinovich, School of Psychology, University of Exeter - Rosemary Randall, Founder and director of Cambridge Carbon Footprint - Dr Lorraine Whitmarsh, School of Psychology, Cardiff University and Visiting Fellow at the, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. (Communicating climate change to mass public audience, http://pirc.info/downloads/communicating_climate_mass_audiences.pdf) This short advisory paper collates a set of recommendations about how best to shape mass public communications aimed at increasing concern about climate change and motivating commensurate behavioural changes.¶ ………. Climate change communication could (and should) be used to encourage people to demonstrate (for example through public demonstrations) about how they would like structural barriers to behavioural/societal change to be removed.
Policy-Making is the only choice for engaging in environmental debate. Any alternative fails and cedes the politicalHicham-Stéphane Afeissa, program director at the Collège international de philosophie. His main current research fields are Anglo-American environmental ethics, “The Transformative value of Ecological Pragmatism. An Introduction to the Work of Bryan G. Norton”, 2008, http://sapiens.revues.org/88
The first of these puts forward the necessarily militant component of environmental ethics ……… values or goals more defensible than the sustainability principle". (Norton, B., 2003, p. 63)
Avoiding anti-politics key to prevent the worst violentJonathan Small, former Americorps VISTA for the Human Services Coalition, “Moving Forward”, The Journal for Civic Commitment, Spring 2006, http://www.mesacc.edu/other/engagement/Journal/Issue7/Small.pdf
What will be the challenges of the new millennium? And how should we equip young …….. our democracy. In the rest of this paper, we will look at the beginning stages of a project that seeks to do just that.
Pragmatic warming policy is effective and key to prevent extinctionSimpson 10 (Francis, College of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, “Environmental Pragmatism and its Application to Climate Change The Moral Obligations of Developed and Developing Nations to Avert Climate Change as viewed through Technological Pragmatism”, Spring 2010 | Volume 6 | Number 1) Pragmatism and Footprinting¶ Environmental pragmatism ………future of humanity and the biosphere.
Specifically – Natural gas is the only best pragmatic option to deal with warmingCharles K. Ebinger, Director, Energy Security Initiative Govinda Avasarala, Research Assistant, Foreign Policy, Energy Security Initiative The Brookings Institution 4-22-10, Environmental Pragmatism http:~/~/www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0422_environmental_pragmatism_aspx, jj
Finally, people need to embrace pragmatism. ………..do a far more effective job of getting the ball rolling.
The state is inevitable and an indispensable part of the solution to warmingEckersley 4 Robyn, Reader/Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Melbourne, “The Green State: Rethinking Democracy and Sovereignty”, MIT Press, 2004, Google Books, pp. 3-8 While acknowledging the basis for this antipathy toward the nation- state, and the limitations of state-centric analyses of global ecological degradation, I seek ………. "a timid two cheers for the old beast," at least as a potentially more significant ally in the green cause.17
Risk analysis is critical to energy policyHUNT ’12 - President, Scalable Growth Strategy Advisors, an independent energy technology and information services adviser. He served as VP-Global Analytics and Data at IHS/CERA; global Division President at Ventyx, now an ABB company; and Assistant City Manager-Austin Texas responsible for Austin Energy and Austin Water (Gary, “Energy and Risk: Why We Are Experiencing an Energy Boom”. May 29. http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Energy-Risk-Why-We-Are-Experiencing-an-Energy-Boom.html)
Scenario analysis has long been used to help market participants proactively manage energy risk and volatility. ……….. ‘intel’ inside to prepare for the combat of constant disruption in competitive global markets.
Federal de-regulation won’t cause a race to the bottom. Willie ‘12 Matt Willie, J.D. candidate, April 2012, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University Law Review, 2011 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 1743, Hydraulic Fracturing and "Spotty" Regulation: Why the Federal Government Should Let States Control Unconventional Onshore Drilling, Lexis, jj
B. Federal v. State: Why "Spotty" Regulation is Better Regulation
The push for more federal control of hydraulic fracturing ………. so little to gain, the costs of additional federal controls are simply unjustifiable.
States regulations will fill in and solve. Willie ‘12 Matt Willie, J.D. candidate, April 2012, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Brigham Young University Law Review, 2011 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 1743, Hydraulic Fracturing and "Spotty" Regulation: Why the Federal Government Should Let States Control Unconventional Onshore Drilling, Lexis, jj
What is conspicuously missing from many of these groups' ……. that has worked for half a century." n161
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| 02/15/2013 | China Add-onTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Plan prevents US China energy competitionLeVine ‘12 Steve LeVine writes about energy for Foreign Policy, 7-21, Herald Online, The consequences of the new era of oil abundance http:~/~/www.heraldonline.com/2012/07/21/4127898/html, jj
Cooperation: Western suspicion of China has been ………… and India in patrolling the Persian Gulf.
This causes US-China warYoshihara and Sokolsky, ‘2 Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, NDU Analyst, Winter/Spring, 26 Fletcher F. World Aff. 63 The combination of China's geopolitical ambitions, unquenchable ………… be a direct confrontation between China and the United States. n1
Global nuclear warHunkovic, 09 – American Military University (Lee, “The Chinese-Taiwanese Conflict,” http:~/~/www.lamp-method.org/eCommons/pdf)
A war between China, Taiwan and the United States has the …….. determine its eventual outcome, therefore, other countries will not be considered in this study.
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| 02/15/2013 | Fertilizer Add-onTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Volatility wrecks the fertilizer industryIECA 3 Industrial Energy Consumers of America, nonprofit organization created to promote the interests of manufacturing companies for which the availability, use and cost of energy, power or feedstock play a significant role in their ability to compete, July 22 2003, “IMPACT OF THE U.S. NATURAL GAS CRISIS ON THE NORTH AMERICAN NITROGEN FERTILIZER INDUSTRY,” http://www.ieca-us.com/wp-content/uploads/072203Fertilizerbriefing.pdf
Natural gas is the principal and only economically feasible feedstock ……… U.S. nitrogen fertilizer is consumed within a very short time frame in the fall and spring application seasons. Solves food crisesThe Fertilizer Institute 9 Trade Group representing the fertilizer industry, “The U.S. Fertilizer Industry and Climate Change Policy,” April 2 2009, http://www.kochfertilizer.com/pdf/TFI2009ClimateChange.pdf
Fertilizer nutrients – nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium – …….. or substandard world harvest away from a full-scale food crisis. ExtinctionLugar 2k | Chairman of the Senator Foreign Relations Committee and Member/Former Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee (Richard, a US Senator from Indiana, is Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and a member and former chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. “calls for a new green revolution to combat global warming and reduce world instability,” pg online @ http://www.unep.org/OurPlanet/imgversn/143/lugar.html)
In a world confronted by global terrorism, turmoil in the Middle East, burgeoning …….. increasing food production may play a decisive humanitarian role in the survival of billions of people and the health of our planet. | |
| 02/15/2013 | Chemical Industry Add-onTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Low gas prices are key to the chemical industryBrady 12 – Jeff Brady, writer for NPR, February 13, 2012, "Natural Gas Boom Energizing The Chemical Industry" www.npr.org/2012/02/13/146803953/org/2012/02/13/146803953/natural-gas-boom-energizing-the-chemical-industry Just outside of West Virginia's capital city, Charleston, on the banks of the Kanawha River, …….. mode that NOVA was clearly in for much of the last decade," Woelfel says.
A competitive chemical industry is key to sustainability, and solves extinction ICCA 2 – ICCA (International Council of Chemical Associations), June 20, 2002, “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY,” online: http://www.cefic.be/position/icca/pp_ic010.htm Sustainability in economic terms means the ……..as a pre-requisite of sustainable job creation.
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| 02/15/2013 | Nat. Gas Vehicle Add-onTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Juliano ‘12 Nick Juliano, Energy and Environment Publishing reporter, 6-8-12, NATURAL GAS: House Republican prepping bill to promote gas in trucking, block fracking regs http:~/~/leeterry.house.gov/index.php?option=com_contentandview=articleandid=2165:natural-gas-house-republican-prepping-bill-to-promote-gas-in-trucking-block-fracking-regsandcatid=49url:http://leeterry.house.gov/index.php?option=com_contentandview=articleandid=2165:natural-gas-house-republican-prepping-bill-to-promote-gas-in-trucking-block-fracking-regsandcatid=49, jj
"What they need is regulatory certainty not subsidies, ………'If we're going to spend an extra $60,000 to $80,000 per vehicle, we want to make sure that it's going to be there.'"
Quickly solves warming and oil Slavin ‘12 Matthew I. Slavin, Ph.D. is a senior consultant to the American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF) and principal of Sustainability Consulting Group of Washington D.C., focused on clean energy and environmental policy, markets and technology, sustainable development and transportation. American Clean Skies Foundation, August 2012, WHERE CAN I FILL UP? http:~/~/www.cleanskies.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/pdf, jj
There are also environmental advantages for using natural gas as a transportation fuel: …….. and improve our balance of payments.
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| 02/15/2013 | Methane Hydrates Add-onTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Fracking regulations cause a shift towards methane hydrate extractionRennie ‘11 John Rennie served as editor in chief of Scientific American between 1994 and 2009. Based in New York, he continues to work as a science writer and editor, and as an adjunct instructor in New York University's Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program. June 1, 2011, PLOS, Energy from Methane Hydrates: Better to Burn Out than Fade Away, http:~/~/blogs.plos.org/retort/2011/06/01/energy-from-methane-hydrates-better-to-burn-out-than-fade-away/http://blogs.plos.org/retort/2011/06/01/energy-from-methane-hydrates-better-to-burn-out-than-fade-away/, jj
But of course, in the real world, a capability to use methane hydrates ………. sustain interest in methane hydrates.
ExtinctionHeinberg 4 (Richard, Award-Winning Author and Core Faculty Member of New College of California, “Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World,” pp.122-4)
Methane hydrates represent an even larger store of hydrocarbons in Earth’s crust; ………. humankind might find itself facing another similarly stark awakening. | |
| 02/15/2013 | Cap 2ACTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Jenkins ‘11 Willis Jenkins, Margaret A. Farley Assistant Professor of Social Ethics, Professor Jenkins teaches environmental ethics, global ethics, and Christian social thought. He is author of Ecologies of Grace: Environmental Ethics and Christian Theology, which won a 2009 Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Sustainability, Social Justice, and Christian Ethics (Georgetown, in press). He is editor of The Spirit of Sustainability (2009) and coeditor of Bonhoeffer and King: Their Legacies and Import for Christian Social Thought (2010). He has written recent journal articles on ethics in the environmental sciences, on homelessness and urban theory, and on the field of religion and ecology. Ethics and the Environment, ENVIRONMENTAL PRAGMATISM, ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT, AND CULTURAL REFORM, Volume 16, Number 1, Spring 2011, pp. 51-74 (Article) PROJECT MUSE, jj
Pragmatism: Making Ethics Practical Pragmatists often introduce their strategy of practical reason with …… persuade a variety of people” to adopt environmental solutions (2003, 241).
2. PERM – do both - Reformism from with-in solves Dixon 1 – Activist and founding member of Direct Action Network Summer, Chris, “Reflections on Privilege, Reformism, and Activism”, Online
To bolster his critique of 'reformism,' for instance, he critically cites ………, making 'adjustments' to a fundamentally flawed system.
3. Prefer the aff’s incrementalism to the alt’s inaction -~-- refusal to embrace bridge fuels like the aff guarantees environmental collapse Charles K. Ebinger, Director, Energy Security Initiative Govinda Avasarala, Research Assistant, Foreign Policy, Energy Security Initiative The Brookings Institution 4-22-10, Environmental Pragmatism http:~/~/www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0422_environmental_pragmatism_aspx, jj
Finally, people need to embrace pragmatism. ……do a far more effective job of getting the ball rolling. 4. alt doesn’t solve - Capitalism is inevitable—reforms, not revolution, are the only option. Wilson, 2000 – Editor and Publisher of Illinois Academe – 2000 (John K. Wilson, “How the Left can Win Arguments and Influence People” p. 15- 16)
Capitalism is far too ingrained in American life to eliminate. …… and tries to sell copies of the Socialist Worker to an uninterested public.
5. Perm – do plan and all non-mutually exclusive parts of the alt
6. Democratic capitalism is self-correcting and sustainable – war and environmental destruction are not profitable and innovation solves their impacts Kaletsky, ’11 (Anatole, editor-at-large of The Times of London, where he writes weekly columns on economics, politics, and international relationsand on the governing board of the New York-based Institute for New Economic Theory (INET), a nonprofit created after the 2007-2009 crisis to promote and finance academic research in economics, Capitalism 4.0: The Birth of a New Economy in the Aftermath of Crisis, p. 19-21, bgm)
Democratic capitalism is a system built for survival. It ….. refrain of the proverbially optimistic Mr. Micawber: "Something will turn up."
7. Alt causes violence Pinker ’11 (Steven, the Economist, The violent dangers of ideology; The QandA: Steven Pinker, Proquest, jj)
You equate Marxist ideology with violence in the book. Do you think that capitalist values ……. we would probably be better off than if they wanted class revolution. They have it backwards – large-scale violence leads to structural violence Goldstein, ’01 (Joshua S., Professor of International Relations at American University, War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa, pp.411-412)
I began this book hoping to contribute in some way to a ……. on injustice as the main cause of war seems to be empirically inadequate. There’s always value to life –Prefer our ev because of Frankl’s subject position. Phyllis D. Coontz, PhD Graduate School of Public and International Affairs University of Pittsburgh, et al, JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING, 2001, 18(4), 235-246 – J-Stor In the 1950s, psychiatrist and theorist Viktor Frankl (1963) ……. integration of the past and fu- ture to strengthen one's present life (Reed, 1991b). | |
| 02/15/2013 | Neo-Lib 2ACTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Jenkins ‘11 Willis Jenkins, Margaret A. Farley Assistant Professor of Social Ethics, Professor Jenkins teaches environmental ethics, global ethics, and Christian social thought. He is author of Ecologies of Grace: Environmental Ethics and Christian Theology, which won a 2009 Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Sustainability, Social Justice, and Christian Ethics (Georgetown, in press). He is editor of The Spirit of Sustainability (2009) and coeditor of Bonhoeffer and King: Their Legacies and Import for Christian Social Thought (2010). He has written recent journal articles on ethics in the environmental sciences, on homelessness and urban theory, and on the field of religion and ecology. Ethics and the Environment, ENVIRONMENTAL PRAGMATISM, ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT, AND CULTURAL REFORM, Volume 16, Number 1, Spring 2011, pp. 51-74 (Article) PROJECT MUSE, jj
Pragmatism: Making Ethics Practical Pragmatists often introduce their strategy of practical reason with …… persuade a variety of people” to adopt environmental solutions (2003, 241). Perm – do the plan and all non-competitive parts of the alternative. Solves best – combining the alt with dominant ideology solves best. Giroux, Prof of Comm @ McMaster, 2004 p. 142-143 (Henry, The Terror of Neoliberalism)
There is a lot of talk among academics in the United States …….an isolation from society and vows of political chastity.”
Prefer the aff’s incrementalism to the alt’s inaction -~-- refusal to embrace bridge fuels like the aff guarantees environmental collapse Charles K. Ebinger, Director, Energy Security Initiative Govinda Avasarala, Research Assistant, Foreign Policy, Energy Security Initiative The Brookings Institution 4-22-10, Environmental Pragmatism http:~/~/www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0422_environmental_pragmatism_aspx, jj
Finally, people need to embrace pragmatism. ……..‘bridge’ technologies, we can do a far more effective job of getting the ball rolling. Alt fails – Individual rejection fails – political reform is key. Giroux, Prof of Comm @ McMaster, 2004 p. 153 (Henry, The Terror of Neoliberalism)
Refusing to separate learning from social change, he …… struggle on multiple fronts against the rising forces of authoritarianism both home and abroad.
Neoliberalism is self-correcting and sustainable – war and environmental destruction are not profitable and innovation solves their impacts Kaletsky, ’11 (Anatole, editor-at-large of The Times of London, where he writes weekly columns on economics, politics, and international relationsand on the governing board of the New York-based Institute for New Economic Theory (INET), a nonprofit created after the 2007-2009 crisis to promote and finance academic research in economics, Capitalism 4.0: The Birth of a New Economy in the Aftermath of Crisis, p. 19-21, bgm)
Democratic capitalism is a system built for survival. …… refrain of the proverbially optimistic Mr. Micawber: "Something will turn up."
Neoliberalism solves growth, and the enviornment Jim Chen, Professor of Law University of Minnesota Law School, “Pax Mercatoria: Globalization as a Second Chance at "Peace for our Time" 24 Fordham International Law Journal 2000
The antiglobalization movement has made some extraordinary claims. Let us transplant a precept of natural science into this social realm: 177url:http://www.lexis.com/research/retrieve?_m=d3a2da4c9b20045e15e1786bf1690e7fandcsvc=blandcform=booland_fmtstr=FULLanddocnum=1and_startdoc=1andwchp=dGLbVtb-zSkAVand_md5=f2be56b1c07dac4f43aa3bb18cb38fb1#n177 extraordinary claims ……. for most, security for some, and power for an unjustly privileged few. That way runs anew the road to serfdom. Solves war. Jim Chen, Professor of Law University of Minnesota Law School, “Pax Mercatoria: Globalization as a Second Chance at "Peace for our Time" 24 Fordham International Law Journal 2000
The conventional case for trade rides on "essentially only one argument…….. undergoing the transition from central planning to capitalism. | |
| 02/15/2013 | Fem K 2ACTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Jenkins ‘11 Willis Jenkins, Margaret A. Farley Assistant Professor of Social Ethics, Professor Jenkins teaches environmental ethics, global ethics, and Christian social thought. He is author of Ecologies of Grace: Environmental Ethics and Christian Theology, which won a 2009 Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Sustainability, Social Justice, and Christian Ethics (Georgetown, in press). He is editor of The Spirit of Sustainability (2009) and coeditor of Bonhoeffer and King: Their Legacies and Import for Christian Social Thought (2010). He has written recent journal articles on ethics in the environmental sciences, on homelessness and urban theory, and on the field of religion and ecology. Ethics and the Environment, ENVIRONMENTAL PRAGMATISM, ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT, AND CULTURAL REFORM, Volume 16, Number 1, Spring 2011, pp. 51-74 (Article) PROJECT MUSE, jj
Pragmatism: Making Ethics Practical Pragmatists often introduce their strategy of practical reason with …… persuade a variety of people” to adopt environmental solutions (2003, 241).
Perm – do both - The Permutation solves—only by engaging in both a policy and feminist approach can we solve the environment—a feminist approach alone fails MacGregor 03 (Sherilyn, holds a Ph.D in environmental studies from York University, Toronto, Canada and is a SSHRC postdoctoral research fellow in the Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy at Lancaster University, UK. She does research in the areas of ecofeminist theory and green politics and has been an editor of Women and Environments International. “FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY” In 'Introduction to Sustainable Development', David Bell and Annie Cheung. UNESCO Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS))
In response to these concerns, and to provide support for the development of feminist perspectives ……engage in discussion of sustainability. It is to this branch of feminist discourse that the paper now turns.
Prefer the aff’s incrementalism to the alt’s inaction -~-- refusal to embrace bridge fuels like the aff guarantees environmental collapse Charles K. Ebinger, Director, Energy Security Initiative Govinda Avasarala, Research Assistant, Foreign Policy, Energy Security Initiative The Brookings Institution 4-22-10, Environmental Pragmatism http:~/~/www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0422_environmental_pragmatism_aspx, jj
Finally, people need to embrace pragmatism. ……..‘bridge’ technologies, we can do a far more effective job of getting the ball rolling.
Non-dominant world is too difficult to realize in practice. It is not grounded in actual experience. Nhanenge 07 – Master of Arts in development studies at the University of South Africa (Jytte “Ecofeminism: Towards Integrating the concerns of women,, poor people and nature into development” http://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/570/dissertation.pdf?sequence=1)
I believe there is no research without weaknesses. …….. I assume that this is the kind of hurdle we come across, when we critique a world-view.
Turn – ethically and pragmatically eco-feminism retreats from positions of power reifying masculine control. Lewis 92 (Martin W. – Assistant Professor in Geography at George Washington University, 1992; “Green Delusions”, p. 35-36; “Feminist Challenges to Radical Eco-Feminism”)
Radical eco-feminism has also been challenged by mainstream feminists. ………. held in patriarchal bondage, as they literally are in countries like Pakistan, fertility rates are likely to remain unsustainably high.
Dystopic images are an antidote to fear – they counteract fatalism and catalyze debates to alter the future Fuyuki Kurasawa, Professor of Sociology, York University of Toronto, Constellations Volume 11 No 4 2004
Returning to the point I made at the beginning of this paper, ………… spurring citizens’ involvement in the work of preventive foresight.
Apocalyptic rhetoric motivates environmentalism. Salvador and Norton 11 (Michael com/action/doSearch?action=runSearchandtype=advancedandresult=trueandprevSearch=%2Bauthorsfield%3A(Salvador%2C+Michael) - Michael Salvador is an Associate Professor in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University and Todd com/action/doSearch?action=runSearchandtype=advancedandresult=trueandprevSearch=%2Bauthorsfield%3A(Norton%2C+Todd) - Todd Norton is an Assistant Professor in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University, “The Flood Myth in the Age of Global Climate Change,” 2/18/11, http:~/~/dx.doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2010.544749url:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2010.544749) Gangeezy
For Killingsworth and Palmer (1996), use of apocalyptic rhetoric has shifted ……… happen if action is not taken, if the problem goes untreated’’ (Killingsworth and Palmer, 1996, p. 22).
No root cause – too many other factors destroy the environment Mellor 97 (Mary; Professor of Sociology at Northumbra University, 1997 “Feminism and Ecology”, p. 5-6)
Most ecofeminists follow radical feminism in identifying patriarchy, and particularly western patriarchy, ……. patterns of exploitation based on colonialism, racism or worker exploitation. | |
| 02/15/2013 | Consumption K 2ACTournament: | Round: | Opponent: | Judge: Jenkins ‘11 Willis Jenkins, Margaret A. Farley Assistant Professor of Social Ethics, Professor Jenkins teaches environmental ethics, global ethics, and Christian social thought. He is author of Ecologies of Grace: Environmental Ethics and Christian Theology, which won a 2009 Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Sustainability, Social Justice, and Christian Ethics (Georgetown, in press). He is editor of The Spirit of Sustainability (2009) and coeditor of Bonhoeffer and King: Their Legacies and Import for Christian Social Thought (2010). He has written recent journal articles on ethics in the environmental sciences, on homelessness and urban theory, and on the field of religion and ecology. Ethics and the Environment, ENVIRONMENTAL PRAGMATISM, ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT, AND CULTURAL REFORM, Volume 16, Number 1, Spring 2011, pp. 51-74 (Article) PROJECT MUSE, jj
Pragmatism: Making Ethics Practical Pragmatists often introduce their strategy of practical reason with …… persuade a variety of people” to adopt environmental solutions (2003, 241).
Permutation do both – solves better and the aff is a net-benefit Bryant and Goodman 4 - * PhD in Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, **Professor of Communication Studies Raymond and Michael, “Consuming Narratives: The Political Ecology of 'Alternative' Consumption,” Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, New Series, Vol. 29, No. 3
The consumption practices of the conservation- ………'backwards' along the powerful socio-economic and ecological networks of production and development.
Prefer the aff’s incrementalism to the alt’s inaction -~-- refusal to embrace bridge fuels like the aff guarantees environmental collapse Charles K. Ebinger, Director, Energy Security Initiative Govinda Avasarala, Research Assistant, Foreign Policy, Energy Security Initiative The Brookings Institution 4-22-10, Environmental Pragmatism http:~/~/www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0422_environmental_pragmatism_aspx, jj
Finally, people need to embrace pragmatism. ……..‘bridge’ technologies, we can do a far more effective job of getting the ball rolling.
Consumption-only focus fails – ignores production-oriented environmental degradation Holmes 7 (Dave, “A socialist view of global warming: change the system, not the climate!”, Google Books, accessed: 6/26/12)//AMV
Such views among genuine environmental activists ….. society: what might be called the global ‘treadmill of production’.”
Focus on individual consumption leads to socially regressive solutions – re-inscribe inequality Martens and Spaargaren 5 - * Researcher at the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University, **Professor of Environmental Policy @ Wageningen Martens, S. and Spaargaren, G. 2005. The politics of sustainable consumption: the case of the Netherlands. Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy 1(1):29-42. Proquest
We begin with a discussion of the possible ……… ineffectual outcomes will be the result.
Turn -~-- Embracing consumption is the path to liberation. Twitchell, professor of English at University of Florida, 2000 (James B., “In Praise of Consumerism,” Reason Magazine, Aug/Sept., http:~/~/reason.com/0008/shtml, Kel)
We have been in the global marketplace a short time, ……. it is liberating and democratic to many more.
Dystopic images are an antidote to fear – they counteract fatalism and catalyze debates to alter the future Fuyuki Kurasawa, Professor of Sociology, York University of Toronto, Constellations Volume 11 No 4 2004 Returning to the point I made at the beginning of this paper, ………… spurring citizens’ involvement in the work of preventive foresight.
Apocalyptic rhetoric motivates environmentalism. Salvador and Norton 11 (Michael com/action/doSearch?action=runSearchandtype=advancedandresult=trueandprevSearch=%2Bauthorsfield%3A(Salvador%2C+Michael) - Michael Salvador is an Associate Professor in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University and Todd com/action/doSearch?action=runSearchandtype=advancedandresult=trueandprevSearch=%2Bauthorsfield%3A(Norton%2C+Todd) - Todd Norton is an Assistant Professor in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University, “The Flood Myth in the Age of Global Climate Change,” 2/18/11, http:~/~/dx.doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2010.544749url:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2010.544749) Gangeezy
For Killingsworth and Palmer (1996), use of apocalyptic rhetoric has shifted ……… happen if action is not taken, if the problem goes untreated’’ (Killingsworth and Palmer, 1996, p. 22). | |
| 02/22/2013 | Districts AffTournament: Districts | Round: 1 | Opponent: MSU GT | Judge: Observation 1 is InherencyCurrent environmental practices justify an anthropocentric mastery of nature as a peaceful place for stability. This attempt for subjective control has derailed the environmental movement.Goh 2008 (Irving, Professor at Cornell University and Visiting Fellow at Harvard University. “’Strange Ecology’ in Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus”. An Unlikely Alliance: Thinking Environment(s) with Deleuze|Guattari. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 2008. pg. 197-198) nagel
Where I will depart, however, from Conley's book, is the perspective on "ecological consciousness." As suggested in the opening paragraph here, …………. it would be more critical to discern a consciousness that uproots (from) Nature and see what new ensemble Nature and thought can form through this peculiar relation. This, to reiterate, is what this paper will take as its task to elucidate.
Our flawed epistemological understanding of the environment continues to replicate failed policy solutions. Only a complex understanding shatters the false binary between humans and nature.Haferkamp 2008 (Leyla, PhD Candidate and Professor at the University of Cologne. “Processing Ecology with Deleuze”. An Unlikely Alliance: Thinking Environment(s) with Deleuze|Guattari. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 2008. pg. 61-63) nagel
This reconciliation of the external world with the individual via the concept, often corresponding to the triad "scenographies-definitions-points of view," makes possible what Serres has called Leibniz's "ichnographic chart of the Universe" (161n11), ………, ecological relation is the most important consequence of "the eco-mental system called Lake Erie is part of your wider eco-mental system – and that if Lake Erie is driven insane, its insanity is incorporated in the larger system of your thought and experience" (Bateson 492).
We reject this dualism in favor of an ecological view of constant flux and change. Instead affirm an affective relationship to the Earth in order to grasp its complexity.Hayden 2008 (Patrick, Senior Lecturer of Politics and Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews. “Gilles Deleuze and Naturalism”. An Unlikely Alliance: Thinking Environment(s) with Deleuze|Guattari. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 2008. pg. 29-31) nagel
In works written in collaboration with Félix Guattari, Deleuze continues to articulate a strongly naturalistic basis for philosophical practice. In their final work together What is Philosophy? Deleuze and Guattari claim that "thinking takes place in the relationship of territory and the earth" (85……… The wasp becomes part of the orchid's reproductive apparatus at the same time as the orchid becomes the sexual organ of the wasp. (Dialogues 2)
There is no distinction between policies - the difference in proposed solutions is not the problem itself but the way it is understoodHajer 1995 (Maarten A. Hajer, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Head of Department at the University of Amsterdam, 1995, The Politics of Environmental Discourse, p. 14-15) nagel
What is forgotten is the issue of representation. As Benton and Redclift rightly ask, ‘Do we share an understanding of the global environment ………. The book aims to bring out the extent to which the practices of policy-making succeed in regulating social conflicts over environmental matters.
Continued control of nature abolishes humanity and the environment in the name of survival, risking self-annihilation. Beck 1995 (Ulrich, professor of sociology at Munich University and at the London School of Economics, (“Ecological Enlightenment”, translated by Mark Ritter, page 37-39) nagel
People have begun to question modernity. It is not that they no longer appreciate its advantages or that they no longer know how to live in and from it. But, its premises have begun to wobble…….. implicitly abolished once again if our concern is limited to modernity’s impact on nature and health? Isn’t humankind then reduced to its biological basis – a reduction with which we in Germany are only too familiar?
Observation 2 – The SolutionsEcology has ceded traditional politics, abandoning communities and makes extinction inevitable. Only through a localized focus of resistance can we create an effective eco-politics that has any hope of macro change.Hayden 2008 (Patrick, Senior Lecturer of Politics and Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews. “Gilles Deleuze and Naturalism”. An Unlikely Alliance: Thinking Environment(s) with Deleuze|Guattari. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 2008. pg. 33-35) nagel
The strength of Deleuze's affirmation of naturalism is that it focuses on the ethical and political issues associated with the destruction of the Earth's multiple environments, ranging from………… habitats overlap and combine with others at various points and have a global impact with respect to the planetary ecosystem.
Current movements have failed to grasp complexity through their focus on pragmatism. We must place ourselves as the Instructed Third, an organized community between the social and the natural.Haferkamp 2008 (Leyla, PhD Candidate and Professor at the University of Cologne. “Processing Ecology with Deleuze”. An Unlikely Alliance: Thinking Environment(s) with Deleuze|Guattari. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 2008. pg. 54-56) nagel
Despite this systemic complexity, within the current discourse of popular 'lifestyle ecology,' the whole range of environmental problems seems to have been downsized to the 'inconvenient truth' of global warming. While climate change does indeed pose an immense challenge……….. subjects of law and objects of science – without observing that these entities had been shaped, profiled, and sculpted in such a way that they had gradually become incompatible. (3, emphasis added)
Our affect towards infinite possibilities blurs the micro-macro distinction. Only this openness provides the possibility for ethical action within the moral framework of nature.Butler 2008 (Edward, PhD in Philosophy from the New School for Social Research in New York City. “Deleuzian Humanism and Deep Ecology”. An Unlikely Alliance: Thinking Environment(s) with Deleuze|Guattari. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 2008. pg. 140-141) nagel
The notion of a preconceptual plane of immanence which is the principle of individuation for concepts, subjects and facts alike could be considered Deleuze's philosophical first principle.1 ………. As all relations are combined in Nature as a whole, Nature presents a similarity of composition that may be seen in all bodies from the most general viewpoint. (Expressionism 275)
Our ethical framework is to engage both ecological and local concerns. Universal solutions are co-opted by hegemonic ideologies. Our advocacy is necessary to empower individuals and curtail failed macro-politics.Butler 2008 (Edward, PhD in Philosophy from the New School for Social Research in New York City. “Deleuzian Humanism and Deep Ecology”. An Unlikely Alliance: Thinking Environment(s) with Deleuze|Guattari. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 2008. pg. 146-147) nagel
Rather than an abstract concept, or, worse, a mystical construct, intrinsic value can thus be seen as a kind of regulative ideal……….. recourse to the universal implies the relationship of antagonism or decomposition between individuals.
The United States federal government should remove all restrictions on topical energy production in the United States.
Plan action opens affective space to create a paradigm shift in how we approach global problems. By changing control of the state, we can overcome the failed political practices of the past.Heroux 2008 (Erick, PhD in Philosophy from the New School for Social Research in New York City. “Guattari’s Triplex Discourses of Ecology”. An Unlikely Alliance: Thinking Environment(s) with Deleuze|Guattari. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 2008. pg. 182-185) nagel
Now that we have the gist of this alternative theoretical biology, it should be both more obvious and more resonant that the lead epigraph for Guattari's booklet The Three Ecologies is from Bateson: "….. another molecular revolution vis-à-vis global climate change will have happened, resulting also in new subjectivities, new agencies, new solidarities. |
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