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wake 1acTournament: wake | Round: 1 | Opponent: - | Judge: - Contention One is the InfernoWarming Happening FastPerkins, 2012 It’s still reversible, but a tipping point existsLemonick, taught science and environmental journalism at Princeton, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins, 2012 This decade is keyChestney, 2012 Warming causes extinction - a preponderance of evidence proves it’s real, anthropogenic, and outweighs other threatsDeibel 7 (Terry, "Foreign Affairs Strategy: Logic of American Statecraft," Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today) Defer to ConsensusBowman 94+ (Robert M. Lt. Cl., President of the Institute for Space and Security Studies, "What About Global Warming?", http://www.rmbowman.com/ssn/warming.htm-http://www.rmbowman.com/ssn/warming.htm) KA Scenario 1 is Peak HeatPeak heat stress from warming endangers the planet and causes extinctionCostello 11 (Anthony, Institute for Global Health, University College London, Mark Maslin, Department of Geography, University College London, Hugh Montgomery, Institute for Human Health and Performance, University College London, Anne M. Johnson, Institute for Global Health, University College London, Paul Ekins, Energy Institute, University College London ~"Global health and climate change: moving from denial and catastrophic fatalism to positive action" May 2011 vol. 369 no. 1942 1866-1882 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society) Advocacy about the health consequences will ensure that climate change is a high priority. Scenario 2 is the OceanAnthropogenic rising C02 causes ocean acidification which affects marine biodiversityDoney 09, Marine Chemistry and Geochemist, (Sctott C. Doney 1/2009 http://www.annualreviews.org/eprint/QwPqRGcRzQM5ffhPjAdT/full/10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163834-http://www.annualreviews.org/eprint/QwPqRGcRzQM5ffhPjAdT/full/10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163834 PB) Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), primarily from human fossil fuel combustion, reduces Marine ecosystems are critical to the survival of all life on earth.Craig ’3 (Robin Kundis Craig, Associate Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law, 34 McGeorge L. Rev. 155) Biodiversity and ecosystem function arguments for conserving marine ecosystems also exist, just as they Scenario 3 is IceMelting Ice Dramatically Increases the Occurrence of Natural DisastersThe Guardian 09 (The Guardian is UK’s leading newspaper on journalism and international studies) ~"Climate change: melting ice will trigger wave of natural disasters," September 2009, http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/sep/06/global-warming-natural-disasters-conference-http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/sep/06/global-warming-natural-disasters-conference, AR, accessed 8/25/13~ Scientists are to outline dramatic evidence that global warming threatens the planet in a new Natural disasters outweigh war – it’s the largest, fastest, most probable scenario for human extinctionSid-Ahmed 5 (Mohammed, Egyptian political writer, Ahram, Issue 724, http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/724/op3.htm)JFS Contention Two is TechNano Development in Mexico is on the rise – but it’s unregulated and risks spinning out of controlInter Press Service 2k12 And, haphazard development risks spilling over – Latin America is a potential hotbed for Nanotech, but lack of controls or vision risks disasterFoladori and Lau 2k7 This Causes Toxic Poisoning of the Environment and prevents solvency of any CP without controlled use of nanotechVandermolen 2k6 ExtinctionCRN 4 Contention Three is SolvencyLithium Titanate is a Safer Form of Nanotech and Requires Integration with Another Country – Plan solves best to avoid delayMIT ’11 ~1/6/2011, Entrepreneurship Review, Team of MIT Graduates, https://miter.mit.edu/articlesmall-steps-big-impact-wheres-nanotechnology-energy-revolution/ ~¶Despite these challenges, several companies have made great strides towards commercializing nanotechnology. A Nanotech key to solve warming – can create new sources of carbon free energy quickly using grid transmissionLane et. al 7 (Neal Lane, professor of physics at Rice University, was director of NSF from 1993 to 1998 and science advisor to President Clinton beginning in 1998. Thomas Kalil, assistant to the chancellor for science and technology at the University of California at Berkeley, was deputy assistant to the president for technology and economic policy and deputy director of the National Economic Council during the Clinton administration, 2007, The National Nanotechnology Initiative: Present at the Creation, http://www.issues.org/21.4/lane.html-http://www.issues.org/21.4/lane.html)** Invest in nanotechnology for clean energy. Experts believe that combating global warming may require Cross-border integration’s necessary to solve warming - its economically appealing and the only way to implement carbon-efficient energyBals et al. 09 (Christoph Bals, Executive Director Policy of Germanwatch, Co-Author of the Climate protection-Index; H.J.M. van Asten; Wolfgang Neldner serves as Member of the Board of Management at Vattenfall Europe Transmission; Dr. Stephan Singer, Director Global Energy Policy WWF) ("Towards an expansion of electricity grids and deployment of innovative grid technology to enable maximum integration of renewables An Economic, Energy and Climate Security Imperative" 3 July 2009) http://renewables-grid.eu/uploads/media/RGI_Memorandum_Signed.pdf-http://renewables-grid.eu/uploads/media/RGI_Memorandum_Signed.pdf Securing energy supply At the same time, the EU-Commission argues in the Extinction from climate change can be prevented by staying below the 2ºC thresholdHassol 11 (Sussan Joy Hassol, climate communications expert and analyst @ Presidential Climate Action Project, Director of Climate Communications)http://www.climatecommunication.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/presidentialaction.pdf-http://www.climatecommunication.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/presidentialaction.pdf How much can the atmosphere’s temperature rise from its current level before we cross the Increased US-Mexico collaboration creates an expertise bank – this spurs a global renewables marketBennett 11 (Nicholas, Regional Sales Representative – Terryberry Company, "Smart Grid Technology – Mexico’s Upcoming Market Boon," University of Arizona, http://next.eller.arizona.edu/courses/BusinessInternationalEnvironments/Fall2011/student_papers/finalnicholasbennett.pdf-http://next.eller.arizona.edu/courses/BusinessInternationalEnvironments/Fall2011/student_papers/finalnicholasbennett.pdf) The lack of synchronicity and communication between competing smart grid providers is possibly the most Mexican renewable energy development is modeled globally – that solves warming, but will fail now without sufficient investmentW.W.F., 6/4/13, (World Wildlife Fund), "WWF welcomes Mexico’s 2050 Climate Vision; now global funding must be made available to implement such strategies," http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?208932/WWF-welcomes-Mexicos-2050-Climate-Vision-now-global-funding-must-be-made-available-to-implement-such-strategies-http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?208932/WWF-welcomes-Mexicos-2050-Climate-Vision-now-global-funding-must-be-made-available-to-implement-such-strategies Mexico’s launch today of a 2050 Climate Change Vision report is a welcome next step Contention Two is Yeah RightWar is not an impact –Globalization creates cooperative problem solving and prevents warIkenbarry, Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, and Deudney, professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University, 2009 Nuclear Winter Theory FlawedBall, Professor at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, 2006 Extinction outweighs war and ethicsBostrum, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, directs the Oxford Future of Humanity Institute, 2012 Thus the Plan: The United States Federal Government should increase renewable energy grid integration with the United Mexican States through lithium based nanotechnology. | 9/27/13 |
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