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1ACTournament: All | Round: 1 | Opponent: All | Judge: InherencyAmerican investment in Mexican energy infrastructure is low in the status quo – more economic engagement is keyWood ’13 PlanThe United States federal government should substantially increase its technical cooperation and investment in Mexico’s energy infrastructure. Ask and we’ll clarify.Advantage 1 – EnergyMexico has significant potential to be a major exporter of biofuels to the United States, but a lack of cooperation and investment undermines the development of the industry.Duncan Wood et al, May 2012, (Department of International Affairs), Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Mexico Institute, "Bioenergy potential in Northern Mexico," http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/Border_Biofuel_Romero_0.pdf-http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/Border_Biofuel_Romero_0.pdf Mexico has taken significant steps to ¶ promote a domestic biofuel industry. ¶ Although Two impact scenarios:First, Dependence –Advanced biofuels solve oil dependenceNathanael Greene et al., director of NRDC’s renewable energy policy program, December 2004, Growing¶ Energy¶ How Biofuels Can¶ Help End America’s¶ Oil Dependence, National Resources Defense Council, pg. 5, http://www.nrdc.org/air/energy/biofuels/biofuels.pdf Oil dependence triggers wars leading to extinctionLendman 2007 (Stephen Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization) "Resource Wars - Can We Survive Them" http://www.rense.com/general76/resrouce.htm Second, Relations –Cooperation over renewable energy boosts U.S.-Mexican relationsRobert Donnelly, 6/28/10, News Security Beat, "US-Mexico cooperation on renewable energy: building a green agenda," http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2010/06/u-s-mexico-cooperation-on-renewable-energy-building-a-green-agenda/~~23.Uc0T9vbwJV4-http://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2010/06/u-s-mexico-cooperation-on-renewable-energy-building-a-green-agenda/ And that’s key to relations throughout Latin AmericaGonzalo Baeza and Mark Langevin, 2009, American Diplomacy, "The convergence we need?" http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2009/0103/comm/baezalangevin_convergence.html-http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2009/0103/comm/baezalangevin_convergence.html Strengthening the hemispheric partnership is critical to maintain American influence in the region and prevent nuclear proliferationZedillo et al 08 Commission Co-Chair for the Brookings Institute Report on the Partnership for the Americas and former President of Mexico ~Ernesto Zedillo, Thomas R. Pickering, etc, Rethinking U.S.–Latin American Relations A Hemispheric Partnership for a Turbulent World. Report of the Partnership for the Americas Commission, The Brookings Institution, November 2008, http://www.brookings.edu/~~/media/Research/Files/Reports/2008/11/2420latin20america20partnership/1124_latin_america_partnership.PDF-http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Research/Files/Reports/2008/11/24 latin america partnership/1124_latin_america_partnership.PDF~ Nuclear proliferation risks extinction – Deterrence and other factors don’t checkKrieger, 2009 Pres. Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and Councilor – World Future Council, (David, "Still Loving the Bomb After All These Years", 9-4, https://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/2009/09/04_krieger_newsweek_response.php?krieger)//AA Jonathan Tepperman’s article in the September 7, 2009 issue of Newsweek, "Why Advantage 2 – StabilityEnergy production threatens to underpin Mexican stability – oil has peaked but the income is still neededVillarreal ’12 (M. Angeles Villarreal, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, "U.S.-Mexico Economic Relations: Trends, Issues, and Implications", http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32934.pdf-http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32934.pdf, August 9, 2012) Two Impacts –First, Terror:Mexican instability causes a flood of refugees, resulting in terrorism.Brown ’9 (Michael Brown, Undersecretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response in the Department of Homeland Security, "Border Control: Collapse of Mexico Is A Homeland Security 26 National Security Issue," 1/14/2009, http://michaelbrowntoday.com/journal/2009/1/15/border-control-collapse-of-mexico-is-a-homeland-security-nat.html-http://michaelbrowntoday.com/journal/2009/1/15/border-control-collapse-of-mexico-is-a-homeland-security-nat.html) US-Mexican border terrorism results in bioterror attacks.Timmerman ’10 (Ken Timmerman, Newsmax correspondent, "FBI Director Mueller: Al-Qaida Still Wants Nuclear Bomb," 3/18/2010, http://newsmax.com/Newsfront/mueller-fbi-alqaida-nuclear/2010/03/18/id/353169-http://newsmax.com/Newsfront/mueller-fbi-alqaida-nuclear/2010/03/18/id/353169) ExtinctionOchs 2 – MA in Natural Resource Management from Rutgers University and Naturalist at Grand Teton National Park ~Richard, "BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS MUST BE ABOLISHED IMMEDIATELY," Jun 9, http://www.freefromterror.net/other_articles/abolish.html~~ Second, Failed States:Mexican instability will spill over throughout Latin AmericaBonner ’10 (Robert C., senior principal of the Sentinel HS Group, former administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, "The New Cocaine Cowboys", Foreign Affairs, July/August 2010, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66472/robert-c-bonner/the-new-cocaine-cowboys-http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66472/robert-c-bonner/the-new-cocaine-cowboys**)** Increased biofuel production allows Mexico to transition away from a petrol-based economy – that’s key to offset declining oil productionNoor-Hal Cuellar, 8/28/12, Renewable Energy Magazine, "biofuels in mexico: the foundations for an unborn industry," http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/article/biofuels-in-mexico-the-foundations-for-an-20120828-http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/article/biofuels-in-mexico-the-foundations-for-an-20120828 Biofuels could relieve pressure on Pemex – SolvesRichey et al 12 (David Richey, Goldman School of Public Policy @ University of California, Berkeley, Jason Koman, Goldman School of Public Policy @ University of California, Berkeley, Omar Romero-Hernandez, Center for Responsible Business @ University of California, Berkeley, Sergio Romero-Hernandez, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations @ Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, and Duncan Wood, Department of International Affairs, Senior Advisor for the Mexico Institute Renewable Energy Initiative, "Bioenergy Potential in Northern Mexico: An Exploration of the Potential Represented by Municipal Solid Waste," May 2012, http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/Border_Biofuel_Romero_0.pdf-http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/Border_Biofuel_Romero_0.pdf SolvencyA comprehensive bilateral agreement on renewable energy development is key – that spurs cooperation and investment necessary to catalyze growth in the cross-border clean energy industriesDuncan Wood, December 2010, Wilson Center, "environment, development and growth: US-Mexico cooperation in renewable energies," http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/Renewable20Energy20report.pdf-http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/Renewable Energy report.pdf U.S.-Mexican cooperation is key to modernizing grid infrastructure and developing renewable energy on both sides of the borderDiana Rodriguez, 4/24/12, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "Enhancing the U.S.-Mexico Economic Partnership," http://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/reports/1204EnhancingtheUS-MexicoEconomicPartnership.pdf-http://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/reports/1204EnhancingtheUS-MexicoEconomicPartnership.pdf In early 2009, President Calderón and President Obama announced ¶ plans to strengthen and Increased cooperation is the single most important factor in promoting renewable development on the border – it outweighs financial and technical factorsAlan Sweedler et al, 2005, Chapter 2: Energy ISsues in the US-MExican Binational Region: Focus on California-Baja California, p. 60-61, (Book Title: The US-Mexican Border Environment: Dynamics of Human-Environment Interactions (ed. by Edward Sadalla). A secure supply of reasonably priced energy with a minimal environmental impact will be needed | 2/21/14 |
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