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Energy policy is embedded in a mode of technological thinking which reduces nature to a ‘standing reserve’ of resources always at hand for human consumption.  This perspective ignores the intrinsic meaning of nature and instead replaces it with the desire for unlimited control and domination of the natural world.  
Xuanmeng 3( Yu, “Heidegger on Technology, Alienation and Destiny,” The Humanization of Technology and Chinese Culture Chinese Philosophical Studies, XI, Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change, Series II, Asia, Vol 11, http://www.crvp.org/book/Series03/III-11/contents.htm)
First, "The revealing that rules in modern technology is a challenging (Herausfordern
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with "what modern technology is," but with a process or phenomenon.

Treating nature as a standing reserve ontologically conditions the way in which it reveals it self to us. Viewing the world always creates blindspots which makes ecological collapse and nuclear war inevitable.
McWhorter, Prof of Philosophy and Women, Gender and Sexuality studies @ Univ. of Richmond, 92
(Ladelle, “Guilt as Management Technology: A Call to Heideggerian Reflection” Heidegger and the Earth, pg. 4-5)
What is most illustrative is often also what is most common. Today, on
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is forgotten, and all traces of absence absent themselves from our world.

Text: the judge should vote negative to do nothing in reaction to the call of the affirmative.
Doing nothing de-activates managerial thinking by removing a clear pragmatic end for thought – this re-thinking of thinking produces a more reflective relationship to the earth that allows it to disclose itself based upon everyday materiality
McWhorter ‘92
Prof of Philosophy and Women, Gender and Sexuality studies @ Univ. of Richmond
(Ladelle, “Guilt as Management Technology: A Call to Heideggerian Reflection” Heidegger and the Earth, pg. 1-4)

Heidegger calls us to give thought to — or give ourselves over to thought of
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also ground the most basic patterns of our current ways of being human.

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The natural gas industry is growing now – making other energies cheaper collapses the transition
McMahon ‘12
John, Mar 29, Fracking Gas Is Writing America's Energy Policy
, http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2012/03/29/fracking-gas-is-writing-americas-energy-policy/

“We are backing ourselves into rationality, but it’s only because of this incredible
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for nuclear power or wind or $15 to $20 for solar.

A strong domestic natural gas industry gets modeled by China
Andrew Revkin, 7/4/12, New York Times, "Can china follow US shift from coal to gas?" http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/a-greenhouse-gift-if-china-follows-u-s-shift-from-coal-to-gas/

Here’s an effort to look ahead from a promising American environmental trend to a prospect
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there’s lot of interest in shale gas in Europe, India and China.

Natural gas is key to Chinese economic growth
Wu  10 (Kang Wu, Senior Fellow, Research Program, East-West Center, Tuesday, March 16, 2010, “Natural Gas: A Clean Fuel to Meet China's Future Energy Needs,” http://www.eastwestcenter.org/events/seminar-natural-gas-clean-fuel-meet-china%E2%80%99s-future-energy-needs)
China has a huge energy market.  The world's most populous country and second-
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environmental problems and aid in the transition to a low-carbon world.

Chinese economic collapse China-Russia nuclear war and extinction
Alexander Sharavin, Director of the Institute of Military and Political Analysis, WHAT THE PAPERS SAY, October 3, 2001, p. online
China's economy is among the fastest-growing economies in the world. It remains
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both, and even against the first frost of a possible nuclear winter. 

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Obama still ahead but Romney within striking distance
Nate Silver 10.7.12
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/oct-7-national-polls-show-signs-of-settling/
A 3-point gain for Mr. Romney would be consistent with what candidates
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campaign goes for him and how accurate the polls turn out to be.

Obama is walking an energy tightrope, plan ignites controversy – splitting the base and losing independent voters, causes the election
Schnur ‘12
director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California; he served as the national communications director of Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign in 2000. (Dan, April 9, "The President, Gas Prices and the Pipeline" http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/the-president-gas-prices-and-the-keystone-pipeline/-http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/the-president-gas-prices-and-the-keystone-pipeline/

Like every president seeking re-election, Barack Obama walks the fine line every
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-election but also prioritizes the job-creation potential of the pipeline.

Romney will strike Iran
Daily Kos 12 Daily Kos; “President Obama versus Romney on Iran”; 4/16/2012; http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/16/1083726/-President-Obama-versus-Romney-on-Iran
Approach to foreign policy: Romney says he will “not apologize” for America
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, without bragging, and scaring the American people with needless terrorism alerts. 

Intervention in Iran goes nuclear
Reuters 5-17
“Russia says action on Syria, Iran may go nuclear” May 17, 2012 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/17/us-g8-russia-idUSBRE84G18M20120517

Hasty military operations in foreign states usually bring radicals to power," Medvedev, president
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such as Israel, Pakistan and India could get involved into a conflict.

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Wind power kills birds- Endangered species, eagles, black kites
AE 6 (Alternative Energy, August 31, http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/japan-wind-power-project-threatened/)
The expansion of wind power in Japan and elsewhere also faces opposition from an unlikely
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people oppose windmills as they’re very noisy machines,” said Daiwa Institute’s Abe.

Birds are key indicators of biodiversity

UN News Centre 8 (May 8, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26605andCr=biodiversityandCr1=%20#)
Numbers of migratory birds – considered to be some of the best gauges of the
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the larger environmental problem tied to the global loss of habitats and biodiversity.

Loss of biodiversity will lead to extinction – global ecosystems are reliant on each other
Bruce E. Tonn, Urban Planning Prof @ Tennessee, November 2007, Futures v. 39, no. 9, “Futures Sustainability”, ln
The first principle is the most important because earth-life is needed to support
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earth-life into the distant future the earth's biodiversity must be protected.

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The supply of rare earth minerals is tight now – expanding wind/solar production causes a short-term shortage – that turns hegemony, the economy, global warming and short circuits the affs ability to solve
UNEP, January 2011, (United Nations Environment Program Global Environmental Alert Service), "Green economy vulnerable to rare earth minerals shortage?" http://na.unep.net/geas/getUNEPPageWithArticleIDScript.php?article_id=55
Rare earth elements (REE) include the 17 elements on the periodic table of
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in helping create jobs, promoting economic growth, and fighting climate change.

REM supply shock will trigger trade wars – treated as an energy security issue
Layy O'Hanlon, 10/2/10, Discovery News, "rare earth metals may trigger trade wars," http://news.discovery.com/earth/rare-earth-metals-trade-wars.html
There is a long list of elements, mostly rare metals, that are currently
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and if they are not mined domestically, there are energy security issues.

Trade wars escalate and go nuclear
Miller and Elwood 88 (Vincent, Founder and President of the International Society for Individual Liberty, and James, Vice-President, “Free trade or protectionism? The Case Against Trade Restrictions,” http://www.isil.org/resources/lit/free-trade-protectionism.html)
When Goods Don't Cross Borders, Armies Often Do History is not lacking in examples
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? Can we afford to allow this to happen in the nuclear age?