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Georgetown | 2 | Westminster DH | Michael Antonucci |
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Georgetown | 4 | Westminster SY | Andrew Arsht |
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Georgetown | 6 | BCC ID | Josh Reisman |
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Harvard | 7 | Seaholm GH | Ezra Louvis |
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Ridge | 1 | Eastside CE | Queen McAllen |
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Georgetown | 2 | Opponent: Westminster DH | Judge: Michael Antonucci 1NC - Grid DA Nietzsche K Private Sector CP T Gov2gov Predictions Good PLAN TEXT THIS ROUND ONLY Plan The United States federal government should provide decentralized integrated photovoltaic electrification assistance to Mexico through the Mexico Renewable Energy Program |
Georgetown | 4 | Opponent: Westminster SY | Judge: Andrew Arsht 1NC - Grid DA Debt Ceiling DA Canada CP Neolib K |
Georgetown | 6 | Opponent: BCC ID | Judge: Josh Reisman 1NC - Coloniality K |
Harvard | 7 | Opponent: Seaholm GH | Judge: Ezra Louvis 1AC was pretty much the same as Ridge with the van Campen and Towers cards re-added from the Georgetown 1AC |
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1AC GeorgetownTournament: Georgetown | Round: 2 | Opponent: Westminster DH | Judge: Michael Antonucci 1AC – Bronx Science LM1AC – Centralized InjusticeContention one is centralized injusticeCentralized solar energy is inevitable globally – especially in MexicoParkinson 13, founding editor of RenewEconomy.com.au, an Australian-based website that provides news and analysis on cleantech, carbon, and climate issues. (Giles Parkinson "How the Solar PV Industry Became a Global Phenomenon" 9/12/13 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/12/how-the-solar-pv-industry-became-a-global-phenomenon/-http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/12/how-the-solar-pv-industry-became-a-global-phenomenon/) NKG Status-quo efforts to provide energy access have failed – millions of rural communities in Mexico face energy poverty that strikes at the heart of human quality of life – the plan alleviates itIlaca and Santos 11 (Christiane llaca is Co-Manager Project Ciudad Rural, Puebla Mexico and SEDESO Ministry of Social development, Puebla, Mexico. Carlos Santos has a Masters in Science, Florida Institute of Technology, the U.S.A. and Systems Engineer, UDLA, Mexico. He is also a freelance IT consultant "Sustainable Development as an Aid in Fighting Poverty" 2011 http://www.interpv.net/market/market_view.asp?idx=75326part_code=)//NKG-http://www.interpv.net/market/market_view.asp?idx=75326part_code=)//NKG Specifically, indigenous communities in Mexico are disproportionately affected by water deprivation and elite commodification of nature – allowing resource autonomy sustains indigenous culture and is a pre-requisite to environmental justiceCarruthers, 8 Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at San Diego State University (David V. Carruthers "Environmental Justice in Latin America: Problems, Promise, and Practice" February 2008) NKG This system of environmental injustice creates disposable populations and threatens an emerging apocalypse that demands challenging short term catastrophe focus - visible violence develops from subterranean structures of inequityNixon ’9 ~Rob, Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, "NEOLIBERALISM, SLOW VIOLENCE, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PICARESQUE", MFS Modern Fiction Studies, Volume 55 number 3, Fall 2009, http://sustainabilityparadox.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2010/09/Nixon-Neoliberalism2.pdf-http://sustainabilityparadox.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2010/09/Nixon-Neoliberalism2.pdf~~ This outweighs any impact on probability and magnitude – risk assessment is epistemologically biased towards white male elites who discount the severity of localized environmental hazards in destroying marginalized communities.Verchick 96 ~Robert, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri — Kansas City School of Law; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1989, "IN A GREENER VOICE: FEMINIST THEORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE" 19 Harv. Women’s L.J. 23~ And, focus on underlying structures producing violence outweighs a one shot linear cause for conflictHendrick 9 (Diane, University of Bradford, Dept of Peace Studies, "Complexity Theory and Conflict Transformation: An Exploration of Potential and Implications", Centre for Conflict Resolution, June) Uncertainty and nonlinearity are inevitable due to inherent complexity within systemsRamalingam et al 8 ~Ben, Senior Research Associate at the Overseas Development Institute, and Harry jones at ODI, "Exploring the science of complexity: Ideas and Implications for development and humanitarian efforts" http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/docs/833.pdf-http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/docs/833.pdf ~ 10 Energy decision-making avoids complexity – it facilitates a constantly shifting form of organization that adapts and combats injusticeGilchrist 2k ~Alison, BA and MS, Regional Links Manager (England) for the Community Develop- ment Foundation, advising the emerging regional authorities on their strat- egies for community involvement in a variety of government funding programmes and policy initiatives, "The well-connected community: networking to the edge of chaos", COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL VOL. 35 NO. 3 July 2000 pp. 264–275~ 1AC – PlanThus the plan: The United States federal government should provide decentralized integrated photovoltaic electrification assistance to Mexico.1AC – Scalar PoliticsContention two is scalar politicsThe plan’s shifting of the scale of energy decision-making spurs social movements despite complexityMiller 9 ~Clark, associate director of the Consortium for Science, Policy 26 Outcomes and associate director of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University. He is also an associate professor in the School of Politics and Global Studies at ASU. He serves on the advisory committee for the Nanotechnology Informal Science Education Network and the Bovay Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society at the National Academy of Engineering. In 2003, he served as a consultant to the United Nations Environment Programme and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Miller is the co-editor of Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance, "ENERGY JUSTICE", July 21, http://www.aucegypt.edu/gapp/cairoreview/pages/articledetails.aspx?aid=164~~ Shifting the scale fosters empirically successful grassroots movements against the environmental injustice of elitesTowers 2k ~George, PhD and professor of human geography at Concord University, "Applying the Political Geography of Scale: Grassroots Strategies and Environmental Justice*", Professional Geographer, 52(1) 2000, pages 23–36~ Current policies are framed through an elite scale that over codes local struggles with elite interests – the framing of the 1AC around injustice challenges this top-down managerialismMcCan 3 ~Eugene, Professor of Geography – Ohio State University, "FRAMING SPACE AND TIME IN THE CITY: URBAN POLICY AND THE POLITICS OF SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE" JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS, Volume 25, Number 2, pages 159–178~ 1AC – SolvencyContention three is solvencyThe past MREP focused on Solar Home Systemsvan Campen et al, 2k Environment and Natural Resources Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Bart Van Campen; Daniele Guidi, Renewable Energy Consultant; Gustavo Best, Environment and Natural Resources Service "Solar Photovoltaics for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development" 2000 http://www.fao.org/uploads/media/Solar20photovoltaic20for20SARD.pdf-http://www.fao.org/uploads/media/Solar photovoltaic for SARD.pdf) NKG That’s why integrated PV assistance solves best – it’s distinct from past policies since it goes beyond SHS and promotes local integrationvan Campen et al, 2k Environment and Natural Resources Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Bart Van Campen; Daniele Guidi, Renewable Energy Consultant; Gustavo Best, Environment and Natural Resources Service "Solar Photovoltaics for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development" 2000 http://www.fao.org/uploads/media/Solar20photovoltaic20for20SARD.pdf-http://www.fao.org/uploads/media/Solar photovoltaic for SARD.pdf) NKG Multiple mechanisms ensure that the plan solves – it spills overASES, 99 leads national efforts to increase the use of solar energy, energy | 9/29/13 |
1AC RidgeTournament: Ridge | Round: 1 | Opponent: Eastside CE | Judge: Queen McAllen 1AC – Buen VivirDevelopmentContention one is DevelopmentCentralized solar energy is inevitable globally and expanding to Mexico nowParkinson 13, founding editor of RenewEconomy.com.au, an Australian-based website that provides news and analysis on cleantech, carbon, and climate issues. (Giles Parkinson "How the Solar PV Industry Became a Global Phenomenon" 9/12/13 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/12/how-the-solar-pv-industry-became-a-global-phenomenon/-http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/12/how-the-solar-pv-industry-became-a-global-phenomenon/) NKG Current development policies in Mexico are based on neoliberal paternalistic attitudes which result in environmental destruction and the displacement of whole communitiesGiovannini 2013 ~Michela Giovannini is a PhD candidate at the University of Trento, Italy, and collaborates with Euricse, "Social Enterprises for buen vivir in Chiapas: An Alternative to Development"¶ 28 Jun 2013 http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BE6B5/search/D23EF0647F3BCD28C1257B980034954C?OpenDocument-http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BE6B5/search/D23EF0647F3BCD28C1257B980034954C?OpenDocument~~ Natural resources located in territories inhabited by indigenous communities are often exploited by national governments Specifically, these policies disenfranchise indigenous communities in energy decision making, resulting in water deprivation and elite commodification of natureCarruthers, 8 Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at San Diego State University (David V. Carruthers "Environmental Justice in Latin America: Problems, Promise, and Practice" February 2008) NKG This system of environmental injustice creates disposable populations and threatens an emerging apocalypse that demands challenging short term catastrophe focus - visible violence develops from subterranean structures of inequityNixon ’9 ~Rob, Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, "NEOLIBERALISM, SLOW VIOLENCE, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PICARESQUE", MFS Modern Fiction Studies, Volume 55 number 3, Fall 2009, http://sustainabilityparadox.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2010/09/Nixon-Neoliberalism2.pdf-http://sustainabilityparadox.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2010/09/Nixon-Neoliberalism2.pdf~~ This outweighs any impact on probability and magnitude – risk assessment is epistemologically biased towards white male elites who discount the severity of localized environmental hazards in destroying marginalized communities.Verchick 96 ~Robert, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri — Kansas City School of Law; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1989, "IN A GREENER VOICE: FEMINIST THEORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE" 19 Harv. Women’s L.J. 23~ And, focus on underlying structures producing violence outweighs a one shot linear cause for conflictHendrick 9 (Diane, University of Bradford, Dept of Peace Studies, "Complexity Theory and Conflict Transformation: An Exploration of Potential and Implications", Centre for Conflict Resolution, June) Uncertainty and nonlinearity are inevitable due to inherent complexity within systemsRamalingam et al 8 ~Ben, Senior Research Associate at the Overseas Development Institute, and Harry jones at ODI, "Exploring the science of complexity: Ideas and Implications for development and humanitarian efforts" http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/docs/833.pdf-http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/docs/833.pdf ~ 10 PlanThus the plan: The United States federal government should provide decentralized photovoltaic electrification assistance to Mexico.Buen VivirContention two is Buen VivirLocalized renewable energy solutions create a synthesis between indigenous understandings of planetary flows and western solar knowledge as forms of Buen Vivir – living well but not better – moving beyond economic rationality and towards basic virtues of harmony, dignity, liberty, and the ability to focus on what makes us happy rather than what makes us moneyThomson 2010 ~Bob, degrowth activist and writer for Climate and Capitalism, "Pachakuti: Indigenous perspectives, degrowth and ecosocialism" Oct 8th 2010 http://www.resilience.org/stories/2010-10-08/pachakuti-indigenous-perspectives-degrowth-and-ecosocialism-http://www.resilience.org/stories/2010-10-08/pachakuti-indigenous-perspectives-degrowth-and-ecosocialism~~ In its efforts to exert some political influence on solutions to the current world financial Decentralized solar successfully creates community tiesBulman 12 ~Elana, Urban Studies at The New School University, "Community Solar Models Nationwide and Possibilities for New York City", May~ Global expansion of renewables means NOW is key to ensure decentralized power for community organization rather than centralized energy favoring the rich – the USFG is necessary to create a global "take off" of decentralized energy challenging uneven conventional notions of developmentAbramsky no date ~Kolya Abramsky (UK) is a freelance educator, organizer, and researcher on the global energy sector. He focuses on the sector’s land, labour and ownership struggles, viewing energy as a key means of production and subsistence, he worked in South Africa with the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa’s education department, co-organizing an International Seminar on Climate Change and Class Struggle during COP 17, and an International Conference on Building a Socially-owned Renewable Energy Sector in South Africa. In 2010, he organized, with a regional Educational Institute of the Austrian Communist Party, an international seminar on Energy, Work, Crisis and Resistance. Kolya edited two books: Sparking a Worldwide Energy Revolution: Social Struggles in the Transition to a Postpetrol World (2010), and Restructuring and Resistance: Diverse Voices of Struggle in Western Europe (2001). In 2006, he worked at the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, in Denmark. He was active in "anti-globalization" movements from 1996 -2004. "Beyond Copenhagen: ¶ Common Ownership, Reparations, Degrowth and Renewable ¶ Energy Technology Transfer" http://www.folkecenter.net/mediafiles/folkecenter/pdf/beyond-copenhagen-degrowth-reparations.pdf~~ The Division of Labour in the Renewable Energy Sector ¶ A rapid global expansion of Multiple mechanisms ensure that the plan creates self-sufficiency after the first transferASES, 99 leads national efforts to increase the use of solar energy, energy Current policies are framed through an elite scale that over codes local struggles with elite interests – the framing of the 1AC around injustice challenges this top-down managerialismMcCan 3 ~Eugene, Professor of Geography – Ohio State University, "FRAMING SPACE AND TIME IN THE CITY: URBAN POLICY AND THE POLITICS OF SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE" JOURNAL OF URBAN AFFAIRS, Volume 25, Number 2, pages 159–178~ | 12/15/13 |
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