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1NC Round 1 HarvardTournament: Harvard | Round: 1 | Opponent: Bronx Science YK | Judge: Victor Bramble TInterpretation – "Economic engagement" is limited to trade of goods and services -energy is a non-economic partnershipRose, 8 — UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Administration ~Andrew, and Mark Spiegel, "Non-Economic Engagement and International Exchange: The Case of Environmental Treaties," April 2008, www.nber.org/papers/w13988.pdf?new_window=1-http://www.nber.org/papers/w13988.pdf?new_window=1~~ KAn "Obligation to the Poor" is neoliberal securitization – their discourse securitizes poverty as a threat, which is used to merge the development and military agendasAbrahamsen, 2005 – Professor of International Politics at University of Wales ~Rita, blair’safrica: the politics of securitization and fear, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 30, No, 1 (Jan-Mar. 2005), pp 55-80, 29/07/13~ The desire to "make globalization work for the poor," as ex- pressed Neoliberalism is a genocidal impulse that leads to extinctionSantos, sociology prof, 3 (Boaventura de Sousa, Professor of Sociology at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra (Portugal) and Distinguished Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. "Collective Suicide?" March 28, 2003 online http://www.ces.fe.uc.pt/opiniao/bss/072en.php) According to Franz Hinkelammert, the West has repeatedly been under the illusion that it Reject the aff as a means to create space for alternatives to neoliberal engagement.Munck, professor of Globalization and Social Exclusion, 3 (Ronaldo, Department of Sociology, Social Policy 26 Social Work Studies and Globalisation and Social Exclusion Unit, University of Liverpool, "Neoliberalism, necessitarianism and alternatives in Latin America: there is no alternative (TINA)?", Third World Quarterly, Vol 24, No 3, pp 495–511, 2003, http://www-e.uni-magdeburg.de/evans/Journal20Library/Trade20and20Countries/Neoliberalism,20necessitarianism20and20alternatives20in20Latin20America.pdf-http://www-e.uni-magdeburg.de/evans/Journal Library/Trade and Countries/Neoliberalism, necessitarianism and alternatives in Latin America.pdf, ZBurdette) Taking as its point of departure the position that there are or must be alternatives K the secondEnergy sharing creates justification for military conflictsLanglois-Bertrand 10 (Simon, Defence R26D Canada Centre for Operational Research and Analysis, "The Contemporary Concept of Energy Security," http://cradpdf.drdc-rddc.gc.ca/PDFS/unc101/p533868_A1b.pdf) The aff creates the myth of a "dirty, foreign" where the First World exploits the Third World.Mannathukkaren 12(Nissim, Associate Professor, International Development Studies, Dalhousie University, "Garbage as our alter ego", Nov 3, 2012, http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/garbage-as-our-alter-ego/article4059003.ece) It’s try-or-die for the alternative shifting the view point to the consumer creates simplier strategiesAlexander 12Samuel, lecturer at the Office for Environmental Programs, University of Melbourne, Australia, "DEGROWTH IMPLIES VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY: OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION", Simplicity Institute Report 12b, 2012) Injustice====PV models have already been installed in Mexico for electricity and water treatment==== Mexico has enormous solar potential receiving an average of 5 kWh/m2 , and is as high as 7 kWh/m2 in states close to the Pacific reach. The country’s largest solar installations are in San Juanico (Baja California) and Agua Prieta Sonora, although solar technologies are still relatively Mexico will say no to any more decentralized energy productionHuacuz, 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** Energy access doesn’t have a substantial social or economic impactCabraal et al., 5 – (R. Anil et al., Energy and Water, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, World Bank; "PRODUCTIVE USES OF ENERGY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT," World Bank, http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTRENENERGYTK/Resources/5138246-1237906527727/5950705-1239304688925/productiveusesofenergyforrd.pdf)//HO** Toxic waste from panel production destroys arable land – means semiconductors cause wide spread hungerSchwartz 09 (Ariel, was formerly the editor of CleanTechnica and is a senior editor at Co.Exist. She has contributed to SF Weekly, Popular Science, Inhabitat, Greenbiz, NBC Bay Area, GOOD Magazine, and more. A graduate of Vassar College, she has previously worked in publishing, organic farming, documentary film, and newspaper journalism.. January 14 2009, "Danger: Solar Panels Can Be Hazardous to Your Health?", http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/14/danger-solar-panels-can-be-hazardous-to-your-health//, 09-26-13) It’s easy to think that solar panels can do no wrong— after all, Incentivizing solar panel production is bad – waste from production kills crops and poisons Chinese villages-underrepresented groups in society are hurt the mostLiu 13 (Yingling, is manager of the China Program at the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington-D.C. based environmental research organization. January 14 2009, "The Dirty Side of a "Green" Industry", http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5650, 09-26-13) The Post article describes how Luoyang Zhonggui, a major Chinese polysilicon manufacturer, is Ethical policymaking requires calculation of consequencesGvosdev 5 – Rhodes scholar, PhD from St. Antony’s College, executive editor of The National Interest (Nikolas, The Value(s) of Realism, SAIS Review 25.1, pmuse) Scalar PoliticsNational and International Model based approaches are useful in the context of energy politicsCraig 2 – (Paul, Professor of Engineering Emeritus at the University of California, Davis, "What Can History Teach Us? A Retrospective Examination of Long-Term Energy Forecasts for the United States," Annu. Rev. Energy Environ. 2002. 27:83–118) The applicable measure of success here is the degree to which the forecast can prompt Policymakers have an obligation to err in favor of prediction—it’s inevitable and using explicit predictions enhances decision-makingFitzsimmons 7 (Michael, Washington DC defense analyst, "The Problem of Uncertainty in Strategic Planning", Survival, Winter 06-07, online) Complexity theory leads to paralysisHendrick 9 (Diane; Department of Peace Studies – University of Bradford, "Complexity Theory and Conflict Transformation: An Exploration of Potential and Implications," June, http://143.53.238.22/acad/confres/papers/pdfs/CCR17.pdf-http://143.53.238.22/acad/confres/papers/pdfs/CCR17.pdf) Squo Solves-Mexico is leading the indigenous peoples political participation in Latin AmericaMunoz 12 (Herald, is a UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP’s Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. 23 May 2012, "Indigenous peoples’ political inclusion enriches democracy in Latin America | Heraldo Muñoz", http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourperspective/ourperspectivearticles/2013/05/23/la-inclusion-politica-de-los-pueblos-indigenas-enriquece-las-democracias-en-america-latina.html-http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourperspective/ourperspectivearticles/2013/05/23/la-inclusion-politica-de-los-pueblos-indigenas-enriquece-las-democracias-en-america-latina.html, 09-26-13) Mexico, for example, is advancing the ’coexistence’ of indigenous peoples’ legal systems Solvency====No Linkage between energy and poverty==== In recent years attention has risen again regarding the issue of rural access to electricity supply and regarding the relation between energy (electricity) and poverty. Cecelski (2000) reviews several "success factors" in widening rural access to electricity, including subsidies, ====PV systems are expensive-Germany proves==== Against my instincts I have come to oppose solar photovoltaic power (PV) in ====Can’t solve-nobody wants to make PV systems-best studies==== During Q3’12, utilization rates for cell and module capacity had to be reduced considerably | 2/18/14 |
1NC Round 5 HarvardTournament: Harvard | Round: 5 | Opponent: Connally WK | Judge: William Phillips TInterpretation – "Economic engagement" is limited to trade of goods and services-infrastructure is a non-economic partnershipRose, 8 — UC Berkeley Haas School of Business Administration ~Andrew, and Mark Spiegel, "Non-Economic Engagement and International Exchange: The Case of Environmental Treaties," April 2008, www.nber.org/papers/w13988.pdf?new_window=1-http://www.nber.org/papers/w13988.pdf?new_window=1~~ Economic engagement is exclusively economicJakštait? 10 (Gerda, Doctoral Candidate Vytautas Magnus University Faculty of Political Sciences and Diplomacy (Lithuania), "CONTAINMENT AND ENGAGEMENT AS MIDDLE-RANGE THEORIES," December 10, 2010, BALTIC JOURNAL OF LAW 26 POLITICS VOLUME 3, NUMBER 2 (2010), http://versita.metapress.com/content/0w3157n438689417/fulltext.pdf-http://versita.metapress.com/content/0w3157n438689417/fulltext.pdf) The approach to engagement as economic engagement focuses exclusively on economic instruments of foreign policy KAn "Obligation to the Poor" is neoliberal securitization – their discourse securitizes poverty as a threat, which is used to merge the development and military agendasAbrahamsen, 2005 – Professor of International Politics at University of Wales ~Rita, blair’safrica: the politics of securitization and fear, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 30, No, 1 (Jan-Mar. 2005), pp 55-80, 29/07/13~ The desire to "make globalization work for the poor," as ex- pressed Neoliberalism is a genocidal impulse that leads to extinctionSantos, sociology prof, 3 (Boaventura de Sousa, Professor of Sociology at the School of Economics, University of Coimbra (Portugal) and Distinguished Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. "Collective Suicide?" March 28, 2003 online http://www.ces.fe.uc.pt/opiniao/bss/072en.php) According to Franz Hinkelammert, the West has repeatedly been under the illusion that it Reject the aff as a means to create space for alternatives to neoliberal engagement.Munck, professor of Globalization and Social Exclusion, 3 (Ronaldo, Department of Sociology, Social Policy 26 Social Work Studies and Globalisation and Social Exclusion Unit, University of Liverpool, "Neoliberalism, necessitarianism and alternatives in Latin America: there is no alternative (TINA)?", Third World Quarterly, Vol 24, No 3, pp 495–511, 2003, http://www-e.uni-magdeburg.de/evans/Journal20Library/Trade20and20Countries/Neoliberalism,20necessitarianism20and20alternatives20in20Latin20America.pdf-http://www-e.uni-magdeburg.de/evans/Journal Library/Trade and Countries/Neoliberalism, necessitarianism and alternatives in Latin America.pdf, ZBurdette) Taking as its point of departure the position that there are or must be alternatives K the secondThe 1AC’s threats are not real or objective but are filtered through a lens of threat-action discourse – that causes violenceGrondin 4 (David, Masters in Political Science 26 Ph.D. Candidate – University of Ottawa, "(Re)Writing the ’National Security State,’ Center for United States Studies) Approaches that deconstruct theoretical practices in order to disclose what is hidden in the use Security logic causes devaluation and extinctionBurke 7 (Anthony, lecturer of IR at U New South Wales, "Ontologies of War: Violence, Existence and Reason," December 7, http://www.hopkins-debate.com/pdf/Burke.pdf-http://www.hopkins-debate.com/pdf/Burke.pdf) Bacon thought of the new scientific method not merely as way of achieving a purer The alt is to vote negative to critique the aff’s security discourse as a prior question – framing comes firstCheeseman 96 (Graeme, Senior Lecturer @ New South Wales, and Robert Bruce, Discourses of Danger 26 Dread Frontiers, p. 5-9) This goal is pursued in ways which are still unconventional in the intellectual milieu of CaseExtinction outweighs—maximize the number of lives savedBostrum 12 - (Nick, Professor of Philosophy at Oxford, directs Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute and winner of the Gannon Award, Interview with Ross Andersen, correspondent at The Atlantic, 3/6, "We’re Underestimating the Risk of Human Extinction", http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/were-underestimating-the-risk-of-human-extinction/253821/-http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/were-underestimating-the-risk-of-human-extinction/253821/) Bostrom, who directs Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, has argued over the course Existence outweighs other impacts. It is necessary for the "I" that can behave ethically or create meaning.Gelven 94 (Michael, Prof. Phil. – Northern Illinois U., "War and Existence: A Philosophical Inquiry", p. 136-137) Prioritize extinction above all other calculations. Future generations cannot consent to consent to nonexistence.Jonas 85 (Hans, Former Alvin Johnson Prof. Phil. – New School for Social Research and Former Eric Voegelin Visiting Prof. – U. Munich, "The Imperative of Responsibility: In Search of an Ethis for the Technological Age", p. 36-38) By regarding all humans as equal only util provides all rational beings their unconditional value and respects that rationality According to Kant, the objective end of moral action is the existence of rational Mexico is resilient and growth will continue – ability to easily overcome past crisesHall 13 - Vice-President and Chief Economist at Export Development Canada (Peter G, "Mexico’s Resilience", Export Development Canada, 1/24/13, http://embamex.sre.gob.mx/canada_eng/images/pdfs/mexico_resilience.pdf)//WL-http://embamex.sre.gob.mx/canada_eng/images/pdfs/mexico_resilience.pdf)//WL Mexico’s Resilience Few economies escaped the global slowdown in the summer of 2012. Mexico Mexican economy’s super-resilient—-even massive instability can’t hurt itVardi 12 (Nathan, Forbes Staff, 10/15/12, "The Mexican Miracle: Despite Drug War, Economy Is Booming," http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2012/10/15/the-mexican-mircale/print/) More evidence –domestic demand and credibility prevent declineCañas 12 - business economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas he analyzes the regional economy. Has a BA in economics (Jesus, "Mexico resilient in 2011 amid global uncertainty and sluggish U.S. growth", The Southwest Economy, Q2 2012, http://www.dallasfed.org/assets/documents/research/swe/2012/swe1202c.pdf)//WL-http://www.dallasfed.org/assets/documents/research/swe/2012/swe1202c.pdf)//WL Mexico Resilient in 2011 Amid Global Uncertainty and Sluggish U.S. Growth Mexico | 2/18/14 |
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