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Damus-Hollywood 1ACTournament: Damus-Hollywood Invitational | Round: 1 | Opponent: Disclosure | Judge: Disclosure 1ACPlanThe United States Office of Foreign Assets Control should authorize the licensing of American companies to participate in the development of the Republic of Cuba’s sugar ethanol industry and allow Cuban sugar ethanol imports.Agriculture Industry 1ACThe U.S. economy depends on cheap and efficient liquid fuels for automobile transportation, but petroleum gasoline is becoming more expensive and unstable.Specht 12 ~Jonathan, Legal Advisor for Pearlmaker Holsteins, Inc. B; J.D., Washington University in St. Louis; "Raising Cane: Cuban Sugarcane Ethanol’s Economic and Environmental Effects on the United States," 4/24, http://environs.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/36/2/specht.pdf~~ Oil price fluctuations cause spillover effects in every industry that uses oil, leading to economic collapse.Gagan 10 ~John, Major in US Army; "THE UNITED STATES’ STRATEGIC INSECURITY-THE OIL NEXUS," http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA531222~~ Livestock and farm operations depend on lower feed prices, especially corn, to maintain profitability. Importing sugarcane ethanol will keep feed prices low and increase trade opportunities.Specht 12 ~Jonathan, Legal Advisor for Pearlmaker Holsteins, Inc. B; J.D., Washington University in St. Louis; "Raising Cane: Cuban Sugarcane Ethanol’s Economic and Environmental Effects on the United States," 4/24, http://environs.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/36/2/specht.pdf~~ Agriculture is America’s strongest export, and stability is key to economic recovery because of the sector’s job-creating potential across multiple industries.Stabenow 12 ~Debbie, U.S. Senator from Michigan; "The Farm Bill is a Jobs Bill," http://www.stabenow.senate.gov/files/documents/fb-jobs.pdf~~ Economic collapse causes cutbacks in necessary defense spending and global nuclear war.Friedberg and Schoenfeld 08 ~Aaron, professor of politics and international relations at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, and Gabriel, senior editor of Commentary, is a visiting scholar at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, N.J.; "The Dangers of a Diminished America," Wall Street Journal, 10/28, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455074012352571.html?mod=googlenews_wsj~~ Removing the economic embargo on just sugar revives the Cuban sugar industrySpecht 13 Jonathan Specht, legal advisor, B.A from LSU and GD from Washington University in St. Louis, 4-24-2013 ("Raising Cane: Cuban Sugarcane Ethanol’s Economic and Environmental Effects on the United States", Lexis Nexis) JN Structural oppression caused by economic sanctions outweighs other international threats like war and terrorism.Mueller and Mueller 99, Senior Fellow at Cato Institute and Assistant Professor of Comparative Military Studies at the School of Advanced Airpower Studies at Maxwell Airforce Base, 1999 (John and Karl, "Sanctions of Mass Destruction," Foreign Affairs, May/June, pages 43-53, ProQuest) Contention 2: SlaveryUtilizing inequality and poverty, rich Brazilian land owners are able to use slaves for sugarcane production.Campbell 11 Justin Campbell, University of Denver, Human Rights and Human Resources 1/13/2011 ~"A Growing Concern: Modern Slavery and Agricultural Production in Brazil and South Asia" Online@http://www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/researchdigest/slavery/ar iculture.pdf-Online@http:www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/researchdigest/slavery/ar20iculture.pdf SM~ ====Ethanol fuel production in Brazil perpetuates structural oppression, rural poverty, environmental destruction, death of workers and conflict==== Is Ethanol the Solution or the Problem? Many citizen organizations in Brazil are concerned Abandon mindless consumerism and support ethical consumerism – consumers have responsibility to support environment and workers.BKB 10 (Blue King Brown) July 21, 2010 ~"The Ever Increasing Trend of Ethical Consumerism" Blue King Brown News ====Unethical consumerism is a root cause of structural violence==== In the real world, structural violence is a form of ongoing and growing genocide outweighs all other impacts in the round – we need to focus on discontinuing its invisibility.Gilligan 96 ~James, Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, Director of the Center for the Study of Violence, and a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the National Campaign Against Youth Violence, "Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and its Causes", p. 191-196~ Plan TextThe United States federal government should authorize the licensing of American companies to participate in the development of Cuba’s sugar ethanol industry and allow Cuban sugar ethanol imports. Contention 3: SolvencyCuban sugar based ethanol is essential to replace oil based fuel—it’s the best solution for a transition away from oil-based fuel dependence—allowing access to the U.S. market is keySprecht 13 "The United States of America cannot afford to bet our long-term prosperity And, joint ventures jumpstart the Cuban ethanol energy industryAlonso-Pippo et al. 8 The rise of the price of oil above 80 USD/bbl. provides an Cuba could produce up to 2 billion gallons of ethanol, doubling BrazilSpecht 13 Cuban farmers want to produce sugar – the equipment is fully operableRainsford May 22 | 10/29/13 |
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