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QER CP

The United States federal government should establish a Quadrennial Energy Review. In the Quadrennial Energy Review, the United States federal government should include a recommendation to _

Recommending plan mandates through a QER process solves—only the CP creates policy sustainability and private sector coordination that unlocks energy innovation

Ernest Moniz, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems and Director of the Energy Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Former Clinton Administration Under Secretary of the Department of Energy and as Associate Director for Science in, Spring 2012, "Stimulating Energy Technology Innovation," Daedalus, Vol. 141, No. 2, Pages 81-93
It should come as no surprise that I do not have the answers for how
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government-wide actions that earn decent buy-in from major stakeholders.
~Note: PCAST = President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology~

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Text: The United States Supreme Court should issue a narrow ruling that 

Courts can effectively rule to invalidate restrictions on all forms of energy production

Christopher A. Simon, Director, Master of Public Administration, Political Science Department, University of Utah, Professor, Political Science, 2007, "Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility."
THE COURTS The institutional power of the federal courts regarding energy policy is not ex
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goals not inconsistent with national constitutional in- terpretation and national policy priorities.

It’s competitive —- doesn’t reduce restrictions, just rules them unenforceable

William Treanor, Prof Law at Fordham, %26 Gene Sperling, Deputy Assistant to President for Economic Policy, December 1993, "PROSPECTIVE OVERRULING AND THE REVIVAL OF "UNCONSTITUTIONAL" STATUTES," Columbia Law Review, lexis
Unlike the Supreme Court, several state courts have explicitly addressed the revival issue.
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a statute did not revive does not offer a convincing rationale for nonrevival.

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Restrictions on production must mandate a decrease in the quantity produced

Anell 1989
Chairman, WTO panel
 "To examine, in the light of the relevant GATT provisions, the matter referred to the
CONTRACTING PARTIES by the United States in document L/6445 and to make such
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PARTIES on 5 December 1989 (L/6568 - 36S/68)
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/88icecrm.pdf-http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/88icecrm.pdf
The United States argued that Canada had failed to demonstrate that it effectively restricted domestic
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to what the situation would be in the absence of all government measures. 

Restrictions are statutory – must be codified in law

Gerald Hill, practiced law for more than four decades, Executive Director of the California Governor’s Housing Commission, drafted legislation, taught at Golden Gate University Law School, and Kathleen Hill, writer, publisher and newspaper columnist, who graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and has an M.A. in political psychology from California State University.  She was also a Fellow in Public Affairs with the prestigious Coro Foundation, No Date, "restriction," The Free Dictionary, http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/restriction
restriction n. any limitation on activity, by statute, regulation or contract provision. In multi-unit real estate developments, condominium and cooperative housing projects, managed by homeowners’ associations or similar organizations are usually required by state law to impose restrictions on use. Thus, the restrictions are part of the "covenants, conditions and restrictions," intended to enhance the use of common facilities and property, recorded and incorporated into the title of each owner. 

The plan changes how energy is produced, rather than restricting how much is produced

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Limits –

Doub 1976 Energy Regulation: A Quagmire for Energy Policy Annual Review of Energy Vol. 1: 715-725 (Volume publication date November 1976) DOI: 10.1146/annurev.eg.01.110176.003435LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby %26 MacRae, 1757 N Street NW, Washington, DC 20036 http://0-www.annualreviews.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev.eg.01.110176.003435
 Mr. Doub is a principal in the law firm of Doub and Muntzing
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. He was born September 3, 1931, in Cumberland, Md.
FERS began with the recognition that federal energy policy must result from concerted efforts in
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agencies. Unfortunately, this example is the rule rather than the exception. 

Precision: Only direct prohibition is a restriction – key to predictability

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 Supreme Court of India Union Of India %26 Ors vs M/S.
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No. 17558 of 2006~  S.B. SINHA, J :  
 We may, however, notice that this Court in State of U.P. and Others v. M/s. Hindustan Aluminium Corpn. and others ~AIR 1979 SC 1459~ stated the law thus:
"It appears that a distinction between regulation and restriction or prohibition has always been
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the word prohibiting or some such word, to bring out that effect." 

It promotes multidirectionality, destroying topic coherence

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 Professor James W. McKie, distinguished member of the economics department at The University of Texas at Austin for many years
McKie, J W
Annual Review of Environment and Resource , Volume 9 (1)
Annual Reviews – Nov 1, 1984
 THE MULTIPLE PURPOSES OF ENERGY REGULATION AND PROMOTION Federal energy policy since World War
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if not obscure, and the results have often been confusing or disappointing.   

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Immigration reform gets through – Obama’s PC unifies the dems to push through fragmented GOP
Kate Nocera, staff writer, 2-7-2013, "House Dems embrace Obama," Politico, http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/house-dems-embrace-obama-87359.html?hp=l1
Obama’s reelection changed everything, Democratic leaders believe, and they are more than ready
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while we are aggressive, on offense and united," he told members.
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Controversial energy policy trades off with immigration
Amy Harder, National Journal, 2-6-2013, In Washington, Energy and Climate Issues Get Shoved in the Closet, www.nationaljournal.com/columns/power-play/in-washington-energy-and-climate-issues-get-shoved-in-the-closet-20130206
"I’m doing energy right now," Murkowski responded. "I’m focused on that
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a big win on immigration reform while striking a political blow to Republicans."
High skilled immigration key to heg
Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida, Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, specializing in U.S. competitiveness, and Thomas F. McLarty III, former White House Chief of Staff for US President Bill Clinton, 2009, "U.S. Immigration Policy," Council on Foreign Relations, www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Immigration_TFR63.pdf
4 U.S. Immigration Policy America’s attractiveness to immigrants is essential to its
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threats that have faced European countries, where some immigrants are more marginalized.
Heg solves great power wars
Stephen Brooks, associate prof of government at Dartmouth, William Wohlforth, prof of government at Dartmouth at Dartmouth, and John Ikenberry, Prof of politics and International Affairs at Princeton, Jan/Feb 2013, "Lead Forward," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 92 Issue 1, p130-142, 13p, 1, Ebsco.
Of course, even if it is true that the costs of deep engagement fall
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to Asia. Yet that is exactly what the Obama administration is doing.

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Natural exports are coming but it will be close

Larry Smith, long time investor, 1-6-2013, "The U.S. May Lead LNG Exports: Who Will Be The Winners?" Seeking Alpha, http://seekingalpha.com/article/1096911-the-u-s-may-lead-lng-exports-who-will-be-the-winners
Events from the last few weeks have made it clear to me that the United
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being exported receiving support, but do not believe exporting will be banned.

Wind expansion drives up natural gas demand and prices

Glenn Doty, staff writer, 10-23-2012, "Wind Power Will Blow Natural Gas Prices Much Higher," http://seekingalpha.com/article/942091-wind-power-will-blow-natural-gas-prices-much-higher
My first article demonstrated clearly that the crash in the natural gas market (UNG
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price points for dispatch switching between baseload and natural gas (balance power).

That causes export cut off

Mark Scott, staff writer, 10-23-2012, "The Big New Push to Export America’s Gas Bounty," NYT, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/business/energy-environment/excelerate-energy-aims-to-be-a-leader-in-natural-gas.html
Once dependent on natural gas imports, the United States has gone from a buyer
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, a principal in the energy practice of the consultancy Deloitte in Houston.

Exports tank Russia’s hegemony

Washington Post, 9-25-2012, "U.S. gas exports could limit Putin’s influence," www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/us-natural-gas-exports-could-limit-vladimir-putins-influence/2012/09/25/e949342c-0691-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04_story.html
Gazprom finances Russian President Vladimir Putin’s corrupt political system. Under Mr. Putin’s direction
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customers, shareholders, Russia’s neighbors and, ultimately, Russia, too.

Russian resurgence causes global instability and WMD use

Ariel Cohen, Ph.D, Senior Policy Analyst, Heritage Foundation Reports, 1-25-97
Much is at stake in Eurasia  for the U.S. and its allies
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access to these reserves for  the benefit of both Western and local economies.

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The fifty United States and relevant territories should establish or expand existing Clean Energy Funds, coordinate clean energy funding with public infrastructure finance agencies, remove barriers to multi-state pooling arrangements for clean energy projects, support harmonized multi-jurisdictional clean energy projects, reorient tax policy toward a progressive income tax system, close corporate tax loopholes, and AFF PLAN.

Avoids controversy and solves

Lewis Milford, attorney, founder and president of the Clean Energy Group, and Mark Muro, co-director of Brookings Mountain West, Senior fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, 1-12-2012, " Funding Growth: State Clean Energy Funds Can Help Invent the Future," Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lewis-milford/funding-growth-state-clea_b_1201670.html
These are tough times for the dream of clean energy and green jobs. Washington
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funds’ transition from project development to industry creation should be nurtured and supported.

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Coal will remain competitive – that’s key to a shift to CCS

Lindsay Morris, staff writer, 8-15-2012, "Coal to Remain Viable, says EPA’s McCarthy at COAL-GEN Keynote," Power Engineering, http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2012/08/coal-to-remain-viable-says-epas-mccarthy-at-coal-gen-keynote.html
"Coal will continue to provide more of America’s electricity than any other fuel source
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investment for new technologies," McCarthy said. "CCS is technologically viable."

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US development spills over – US is a key leader

Allen Wampler, former assistance secretary of the US DOE, 7-11-2008, "Coal Power: Stress efficient carbon capture-and-storage," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, http://www.nma.org/pdf/members/outreach/111308_ajc_oped.pdf
As global leader in energy technology, America needs to come up with a practical
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countries like China and India that rely on coal to power their economies.

Clean coal solves Chinese air pollution and growth

WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), September 2008, "Climate Change: China Innovating in the Clean Coal Technology Market," by Sarah Jessup, http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2008/05/article_0006.html
China is regarded as one of the world’s leading emitters of greenhouse gas (GHG
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clean coal solutions. Its scientists are already making strides in that direction.

Nuke War

Herbert Yee, Professor of Politics and International Relations at the Hong Kong Baptist University, and Ian Storey, Lecturer in Defence Studies at Deakin University, 2002, "The China Threat: Perceptions, Myths and Reality," RoutledgeCurzon, 5.
The forth factor contributing to the perception of a China threat is the fear of
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disintegrating China would also pose a threat to its neighbours and the world.