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1AC Mexican RenewablesTournament: University of Michigan | Round: 1 | Opponent: Niles West NP | Judge: 1ac Advantage4 million Mexicans are suffering from a lack of energy accessCalvo et al, 10 – (Omar Ramirez et al, "Rural Electrification in Chihuahua, Mexico at one third of the cost vs a conventional substation," http://www.worldenergy.org/documents/congresspapers/273.pdf)//HO This has a PROFOUND effect on those in need – basic necessities can’t be met without energyWood 10 – PhD in Political Studies @ Queen’s, Professor @ ITAM in Mexico City Energy access is fundamental – decreases poverty, allows safe access to cheap food, increases educational attainment, prevents child mortality, limits disease and is a necessary investment for achieving gender equalityTully 6 – PhD from London School of Economics While the affirmative may not be a panacea, energy access is a necessary element in achieving broader improvements in quality of lifeBradbrook and Gardam 6 – *Adrian, Professor of Law, Judith, Professor of International Law Specifically – access to clean energy is a pre-requisite to material gains for disenfranchised women – governmental action is keyTully 6 – PhD from London School of Economics Equal access to energy provides the conditions to avoid environmental overshoot – the impact is extinctionMulligan, 10 – (Shane, Ph.D., Renewable Energy Consultant, "Energy, Environment, and Security: Critical Links in a Post-Peak World," Global Environmental Politics, Vol. 10 Issue 4, http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/GLEP_a_00032)//HO** The 1ac is a vital starting point – Mexico is in a unique position to spread a green and equal economy globally through international institutionsPellicer 6 – Professor @ Centre for Research and Teaching in Economics Mexican leadership reverses the North-South divide in international fora – prioritizing poverty is a key starting pointPogge, 08 (Thomas Pogge, Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University, 2008, "World Poverty and Human Rights" second edition, pg26-28,DH) We have an obligation to reduce Latin American poverty – complacency represents acceptance – a political approach is keyO’Donnell, 96 – (Guillermo, Helen Kellogg Professor of Government and International Studies, Academic Director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame; "POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA: SOME POLITICAL REFLECTIONS," http://-www.rrojasdatabank.info/225odonnell.pdf)//HO-http://-www.rrojasdatabank.info/225odonnell.pdf)//HO Our demand as ordinary citizens in an affluent country is a key starting point for achieving a more egalitarian economic systemPogge, 08 ( Thomas Pogge, Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University, 2008, "World Poverty and Human Rights" second edition, pg.4,DH) 1ac PlanThe United States federal government should provide decentralized renewable energy assistance to Mexico modeled on "Tu Energía."1ac SolvencyTechnical assistance solvesCOCEF 12 - La Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza Renewable assistance allows UNIVERSAL electricity accessCarus 13 - only UK journalist to be regularly reporting on clean energy policy and finance from California for a global audience US assistance solves bestHartsoch 11 – MA @ San Jose State, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales for SolFocus Renewables and energy trading fail without US assistance – plan is key to catalyze new energy production Decentralization DEMOCRATIZES energy production – empowers individualsHuacuz, 5 – (Jorge, Director of the Non-Conventional Energies Unit, Mexican Electric Research Institute; "The road to green power in Mexico—reflections on the prospects for the large-scale and sustainable implementation of renewable energy", Energy Policy, Vol. 33, Issue 16, pages 2087–2099, November 2005, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421504001041)//HO** And, it is a RADICAL break from fossil fuel dominancePereira et al., 10 – (Marcio Giannini et al., Energy Planning Program (PPE), Coordination of Post-Graduation Programs in Engineering of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and The International Virtual Institute of Global Change, "Rural electrification and energy poverty: Empirical evidences from Brazil," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 14, Issue 4, May 2010, pages 1229–1240, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032109003025)//HO** "Tu Energía" avoids the drawbacks of traditional economic engagement – energy profits are re-allocated as social assistance – prevents corporate takeoverWood 12 - PhD in Political Studies @ Queen’s, Professor @ ITAM in Mexico City Framing politics through the lens of political capital causes unethical policymaking – the alternative is to reject their model of political prioritization EthicsWe control the scale of conflict – poverty and structural violence are a prerequisite to waging war on a macro-scale – it’s necessary to psychologically prime the populaceScheper-Hughes and Bourgois, 04 (Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Professor of Anthropology at Cal-Berkeley, and Philippe Bourgois, Professor of Anthropology at UPenn, Introduction: Making Sense of Violence, in Violence in War and Peace, pg. 19-22) Renewables and energy trading fail without US assistance – plan is key to catalyze new energy productionEsenaro 2013 (Albert, Federally Licensed Lawyer in Mexico, Legal Specialist on Telecom, Energy, International Business, and IT in Mexican Law, "Mexico Energy Grid Construction Provides Opportunity for Foreign Companies," JD Supra Law News, 6-11-2013, http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/mexico-energy-grid-construction-provides-42394/) Sole focus on survival destroys value to life and is always used to justify the worst atrocitiesCallahan, 73 (Daniel, Fellow at the Institute of Society and Ethics, The Tyranny of Survival, Pages 91-93) Ethics come first – you should never commit a sure evil to avoid a possible one – consequentialist logic can be manipulated, and other actions can be taken to mitigate or avoid their disads Great power conflict is over – interdependence, MAD, and deterrence ensure it – the only question now is of the war we wage on innocent civilian populations Great power war is obsolete – cooperation is more likely than competition.Deudney and Ikenberry 09 *Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins AND Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University ~Jan/Feb, 2009, Daniel Deudney and John Ikenberry, "The Myth of the Autocratic Revival: Why Liberal Democracy Will Prevail," Foreign Affairs~ | 11/22/13 |
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