Sept 2014 Ocean Policy-CX Table of Contents
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its
non-military exploration and/or development of the Earth's oceans.
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WEST COAST DEBATE
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Table of Contents 4
Coral Reefs Key & In Trouble
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Coral Reefs No Protected 21
No Protected – Chemicals 24
No Protected – Great Barrier Reef
No Protected – United States
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No Protected – Indonesia 29
AT: Over the Brink 31
Yes Key – Biodiversity
33
Yes Key – Bioprospecting 36
Coral Reefs Not Key & Protected 37
Coral Reefs Yes Protected 38
Yes Protected – Indonesia39
Yes Protected – Great Barrier Reef
Yes Protected – Maldives 41
Yes Protected – Pacific
42
Yes Protected – AT: Acidification 43
Over the Brink
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Over the Brink – CO2 Key 47
Not Key – Biodiversity
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Not Key – Resilient 49
Not Key – Resilient – Pacific
51
Culture hurt by ocean development
Development Hurts Culture
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Development Hurts Culture
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Development Hurts Culture
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Development Hurts Spirituality 56
Development Hurts Spirituality 57
Development Hurts Spirituality 58
Culture & Spirituality Link 59
Culture Connected- Multiple
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Culture Connected- Alaskan
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Culture Connected- Arctic 62
Culture Connected- Northwest Natives 63
Culture Connected- Midwest
Culture Impact
65
Culture Impact
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Culture Impact
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Culture not hurt by ocean development
Native Culture Resilient
69
Native Culture Resilient
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Native Spirituality Resilient
71
Native Spirituality Resilient
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Native Spirituality Resilient
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Native Culture Not Monolithic
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Native Culture Not Monolithic
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Native Spirituality Not Monolithic
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Native Spirituality Not Monolithic
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A/T Spirituality Threats—Alt Causes
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A/T Spirituality Threats—Alt Causes
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A/T Spirituality Threats—Alt Causes
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A/T Culture Threats—Alt Causes 81
A/T Culture Threats—Alt Causes 82
A/T Culture Threats—Alt Causes 83
Government Incentives Bad
84
Private Ocean Energy Development
85
Government Incentives Bad—No Innovation 86
Government Incentives Bad—General 87
Picking Winners/ Losers Bad
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Picking Winners/ Losers Bad
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Tax Breaks Bad—Economy
90
Tax Breaks Bad—Economy
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Tax Breaks Bad—Economy
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Gov. Regulations Bad
93
Gov. Regulations Bad
94
Gov. Regulations Bad
95
Free Market Good—Energy
96
Free Market Good—Energy
97
Free Market Good—Energy
98
Free Market Good—Innovation
99
Free Market Good—Subsidies Bad
Government Incentives Good
100
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Government Ocean Energy Development
Free Market Bad—List
102
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Free Market Bad—Wealth Inequality
104
Free Market Bad—A/T “Picking Winners/ Losers”
Free Market Bad—Small Business
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Government Incentives Good—Innovation
107
Government Incentives Good—Innovation
108
Government Incentives Good—Innovation
109
Government Incentives Good—Business/ Technology
Gov. Regulations Good—Free Market
111
Gov. Regulations Good—Oversight
112
Tax Breaks Good—More Jobs
113
Tax Breaks Good—Economy
114
Tax Breaks Good- Economy
115
Tax Breaks Good—Innovation/ Technology
Growth Good (Oceans)
Topic Internals
117
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General Ocean Development Good
Marine Renewables Good 121
Growth Sustainable
122
Growth Inevitable 123
Growth Sustainable
124
Sustainable – Decoupling 125
Yes Transition
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AT: Mindset Shift 127
Collapse Bad 128
Growth Good – Environment
129
Growth Good – Singularity
130
Growth Good – Wars
131
Growth Good – Economic Peace 132
Growth Good – Low Level Conflict
Growth Good – Space
134
Growth Good – Democracy
Growth Good – Heg
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Collapse Bad – Transition Wars 137
Growth Bad (Oceans)
Topic Internals
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General Ocean Development Fails
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Economic Growth Causes Exploitation/Overfishing
1NC
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1NC DeDev 144
1NC DeDev 145
1NC DeDev 146
Collapse Inevitable 147
Collapse Inevitable 148
Collapse Inevitable 149
AT: Human Nature150
Recent discoveries in brain science and child development 150
Collapse Good
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Collapse Now Good – Transition 152
Growth Bad – Warming
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Collapse Now Good – Warming 154
AT: Renewables
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Collapse Now Good – Mindset Shift
Growth Bad – Environment
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AT: Environmental Resiliency
158
AT: Space
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Weakened hip bones may be a problem for women giving birth
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Growth Bad – War 160
AT: Transition Wars
AT: Trade Key
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Hegemony Ocean Links
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U.S. Investment in Ocean Development is Key to leadership
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U.S. Investment in Ocean Development is Key to leadership
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The Navy is a Leader in Marine Renewable Energy 167
Naval Power Key to Hegemony 168
Naval Power Key to Hegemony 169
AT: Naval Power Key to Hegemony
170
Naval hegemony causes war with China
172
Unilateralism in ocean policy causes extinction
AT: China is a naval threat
Yes Naval Power
175
Heg Good (Oceans)
176
Lock In/Sustainable
177
Yes Sustainable
178
Yes Sustainable
180
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AT: Domestic Problems
181
Yes Lock In 182
AT: Military Deployments Unsustainable
Heg Good – War
183
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Heg Good – Top Level
185
Heg Good – Lashout
186
Heg Good – Great Power Wars
187
Heg Good – Data/Studies 188
Heg Good – Asia War
189
Heg Good – AT: Nukes/Democracy Check
190
Heg Good – AT: Liberal System Resilient/Ikenberry191
AT: Entanglement 192
Heg Bad (Oceans) 193
No Lock In/Unsustainable 194
Yes Retrenchment/Holding on Worse
Heg Unsustainable 196
Heg Unsustainable 198
Ext: Yes Retrenchment
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Ext: Yes Retrenchment
200
AT: Domestic Constraints
AT: Public Support 202
Heg Causes War
203
Heg Bad – Entanglement 204
Heg Bad – Wars
205
Heg Bad – China War
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Heg Bad – Asia War
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Ext: Heg Bad – Data
Ext: Heg Bad
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AT: Other Systems Can’t Create Peace
210
AT: Hegemonic Stability 211
Iron Fertilization Neg
212
Fails / Counterproductive - General
213
Fails / Counterproductive - General
214
Fails / Counterproductive – Doesn’t reduce warming/CO2 215
Fails / Counterproductive – Acidification
217
Fails / Counterproductive – Toxic algal bloom turns 218
Fails / Counterproductive – Diatom hogging turns
Fails / Counterproductive - General
Studies CP Solvency
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Violates International Law
224
Turtles Key & In Danger 225
Exploration Protects Turtles
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Exploration Protects Turtles
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Exploration Protects Turtles
228
Alt Causes—Ocean Temperature 229
Alt Causes—Fungus
Alt Causes—List
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Turtles Dying—Laundry List
Turtles Dying—Humans
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Turtles Dying—Ocean Development
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Turtles Dying—Ocean Development
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Turtles Dying—Ocean Development
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Turtles Dying—Populations Declining
Turtles Dying—Storms
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Turtles Dying—Oil Spill
239
Turtles Impact—Environment
240
Turtles Impact—Environment
241
Turtles Impact—Environment
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A/T “Not Enough Data to Prove Impact”
Turtles Protected & Not Key
Protected Now
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Protected Now
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Protected Now
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UQ—Population Increasing
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UQ—Population Increasing
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UQ—Population Increasing
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A/T Turtles/ Seagrass
251
A/T Turtles/ Seagrass
252
A/T Turtles—A/T Climate Change
253
A/T Sea Grass Death—Alt Causes
254
A/T Sea Grass Death—Alt Causes
255
A/T Sea Grass Death—Inevitable
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U.S. Good on Oceans - Aff
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US Ocean Leadership Increasing 258
U.S. Leads in Ocean Technology 259
U.S. Key: Marine Spatial Planning
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U.S. Ocean Development Boosts Economy
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U.S. Promotes Environmentally Responsible Ocean Development 262
U.S. Promotes Environmentally Responsible Ocean Development 263
U.S. Bad on Oceans - Neg
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U.S. Policy Framework Inadequate for Effective Ocean Development
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U.S. Policy Framework Inadequate for Effective Ocean Development
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Public Attitudes Undermine U.S. Ocean Policies
U.S. Ocean Technology Inadequate
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US Spatial Management is Bad 269
U.S. Ocean Policy Ineffective: Budget Shortfalls
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U.S. Ocean Policy Ineffective: Budget Shortfalls
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OTEC Affirmative
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OTEC 1AC 1/7
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OTEC 1AC 2/7
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OTEC 1AC 3/7
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OTEC 1AC 4/7
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OTEC 1AC 5/7
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OTEC 1AC 6/7
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OTEC 1AC 7/7
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Topicality: OTEC is Development
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Topicality: Answers to “Military Application = Military”
Inherency
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Solvency
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Solvency
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Solvency
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Solvency: Congressional Action 286
OTEC Solves Environment
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Warming Advantage Extensions 288
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Warming Advantage Extensions 289
Warming Advantage Extensions 290
Warming Advantage Extensions 291
Warming Advantage: OTEC = Carbon Sequestration, Independently Solves Climate
Change
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Oil Dependence Advantage Extensions 293
Add-On Advantage: Water Wars 294
Add-On Advantage: Water Wars 295
Add-On Advantage: Water Wars 296
Add-On Advantage: Seasteading
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Add-On Advantage: Seasteading
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Add-On Advantage: Seasteading
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Add-On Advantage: Overfishing 300
Add-On Advantage: Overfishing 301
Add-On Advantage: Food Shortages
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Add-On Advantage: Food Shortages
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United States Federal Government is Key to OTEC 304
Answers to non-U.S. counterplans
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Answers to “Only in the Tropics” 306
OTEC is Safe 307
Land-Based Counterplan Answers
AT Private Sector
309
OTEC Negative
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Topicality "exploration and/or development of the Earth’s oceans"
Topicality: Dual use is not non-military 312
Status Quo Solves 313
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Solvency Answers 314
Solvency Answers 315
Solvency Answers 316
Environment/Warming Turns
Eutrophication Turn
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Carbon Sequestration Turns/Answers 319
States Counterplan Solvency
320
Japan Counterplan Solvency
321
EU Counterplan
322
Exclude Lockheed Martin Counterplan/Kritik: 1NC
Exclude Lockheed Martin Extensions
324
Exclude Lockheed Martin Extensions
325
Exclude Lockheed Martin Extensions
326
China Coal Shift DA
1NC Shell
328
1NC Shell
330
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Uniqueness 331
China is reducing consumption and production now 332
China is reducing consumption and production now 334
China is reducing consumption and production now 336
China is shifting to renewables now
U.S. Exports declining now
Links 340
Natural Gas Links 341
Offshore Wind Links
Renewables Links 345
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SMRs Links 347
Tidal Power Links
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Wave Power Links 350
Internal Links
351
Reducing coal dependence increases exports 352
Reducing coal dependence increases exports 354
Exports will go to China
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Exports will go to China
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A2: EPA rule reduces coal
Impacts
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Exports reverse Chinese trend toward renewables
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Exports reverse Chinese trend toward renewables
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U.S. exports increase Chinese consumption
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Reducing Chinese consumption is key to warming
China Coal Shift DA Answers
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No internal link – China won’t import U.S. coal
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No Link – The plan assumes oil 368
No Link / Non-Unique – Natural Gas is replacing coal
No Link / Non-Unique – Renewables
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Non-Unique – Exports are inevitable
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Non-Unique – Exports to China inevitable
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Non-Unique - China coal consumption high now
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Non-Unique - China is reducing imports now 375
Non-Unique – Coal plants retiring now 376
Non-Unique – Coal plants retiring now 378
Non-Unique – U.S. consumption declining now
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Impact Answers
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Warming from Asian coal is inevitable 381
China is not key
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Chinese coal consumption is key to their growth
Warming is not real / exaggerated
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Warming is not real / exaggerated
385
Midterms DA Iran Prolif – Neg
1NC
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Uniqueness 389
1NC Dems Win
Dems Win
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Topic Links 393
Generic
394
Aquaculture 397
Aquaculture – AT: Link Turns
399
LOST 401
Offshore Drilling – General
403
Offshore Drilling – General – AT: Link Turns 404
Offshore Drilling – Gas
405
Offshore Drilling – Gas – AT: Link Turns
Offshore Drilling – Oil
407
Offshore Drilling – OCS – AT: Link Turns
Offshore Wind
409
Offshore Wind – AT: Link Turns 411
OTEC 412
Advantage Links
413
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408
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Climate – AT: Link Turns 414
Econ – AT: Link Turns
Internals
415
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Ocean Policy Key
417
AT: National Issues Not Key
418
Iran Deal Scenario 420
1NC Dems Key – Iran Deal
Dems Key – Iran Deal
422
1NC Deal Good – Iran Prolif
Deal Good – Iran Prolif
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Deal Good – AT: Centrifuges
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Deal Good – AT: Interim Deal Solves
Deal Good – AT: Iran Cheats
429
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Deal Good – AT: Iran Hardliners 431
AT: Deal Bad – AT: Kills Current Sanctions
Iran Prolif MPX
432
433
1NC Iran Prolif Bad 434
Iran Prolif Bad – Laundry Lists
435
Iran Prolif Bad – AT: Deterrence Solves
436
Iran Prolif Bad – AT: Missile Defense Solves 437
Iran Prolif Turns Case – Econ
438
Iran Prolif Turns Case – Heg
439
Iran is Irrational
440
Midterms DA Iran Prolif – Aff
Uniqueness 442
GOP Wins
443
441
Topic Link Turns
445
Aquaculture 446
Offshore Drilling – General
Offshore Drilling – Gas
448
Offshore Drilling – Oil
449
Offshore Wind
Internals
447
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National Issues Not Key
453
Senate races are not House races. This seems obvious. But amid increasing chatter
about just how bad the national environment will be for Democrats in midterm
elections this fall, it’s an important point to remember.
454
AT: Iran Deal Scenario
455
AT: Iran Deal Good – Deal Fails/Hardliners
456
AT: Iran Prolif MPX 458
2AC AT: Iran Prolif – General
459
AT: Iran Prolif – Deterrence
460
AT: Iran Prolif Bad – AT: Nuclear Terror
Politics Agenda Ex-Im Bank DA - Neg 462
1NC Shell
463
1NC Shell
465
Uniqueness 466
Ex-Im renewal will pass now
Links 468
Algal Biofuels
469
Coral Protection
470
Exploration Funding
471
467
461
LOST 472
NOAA Funding
473
Ocean Policy/General
474
Ocean Policy/General
476
OCS
477
Offshore Wind
478
Port Dredging
480
Internal Links
481
Bipartisanship is Key
Boehner is Key
482
483
GOP is Key 484
GOP is Key 486
Impacts
487
Ex-Im Bank is crucial to U.S. Trade and Competitiveness 488
Competitiveness is key to U.S. Leadership
Politics Agenda Ex-Im Bank DA - Aff
489
490
Uniqueness Answers – Ex-Im won’t pass now 491
Uniqueness Answers – Ex-Im won’t pass now 493
Uniqueness Answers – Midterms gridlock
No Link: Ocean Renewables
No Link: OCS
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No Link/Non-Unique: Offshore Wind
497
Political Capital Link Turn 498
Impact Answers: Not help Small Businesses 499
Impact Answers: Not key to the economy
Free Market Environmentalism CP
502
501
Free Market Environmentalism 1NC Counterplan 1/2
Free Market Counterplan 1NC 2/2
503
504
Free Market Environmentalism Disadvantage 1NC 1/2
505
Free Market Environmentalism Disadvantage 1NC 2/2
506
Piracy Advantage
507
Piracy Advantage: Privatization Solves Piracy 508
Piracy Advantage: Piracy Hurts Economies
Free Markets Increasing Now
509
510
Overfishing: Regulated Commons Approach Fails
511
Overfishing: FME Solves 512
Overfishing: FME Solves 513
Overfishing: FME Solves 514
Conservation Easements Solve Ocean Resources
Tax Incentives Solve Ocean Renewables
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516
FME Solves Environment 517
FME Solves Environment 518
FME Solves Environment 519
Common Law Solves Environment
521
Free Market Environmentalism is Internationally Modeled 522
Permutation Answers: Solvency Deficit 523
Permutation Answers: Solvency Deficit 524
Permutation Answers: Hurts Economy 525
Markets Don't Prop Up Corporate Capitalism 526
Property Rights Generally Good 527
Free Market Environmentalism CP Answers
Permutation Solvency
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528
Permutation Solvency
530
Market Solvency Answers 531
Market Solvency Answers 532
Markets Don't Solve Overfishing 533
Markets Don’t Solve Overfishing 534
Free Market Environmentalism Bad: Corporatism Turn
Corporate Capitalism Impacts: Destroys the Planet 536
Corporate Capitalism Impacts: Destroys the Planet 537
Free Markets Destroy the Oceans
538
Free Markets Destroy the Oceans
539
Capitalism Destroys Environment
540
Free Market Doesn’t Get Renewables
541
FTAAP CP Good
542
FTAAP CP Explanation
1NC FTAAP CP
543
544
FTAAP Solves – Trade
545
FTAAP Solves – Trade
546
FTAAP Solves – PTAs
547
FTAAP Solves – China Trade War
549
FTAAP Solves – China Trade War
550
AT: China Says No 551
US Solves – Follow on
552
US Solves – Follow on
553
FTAAP Solves – Laundry List
FTAAP CP Aff Responses 555
FTAAP Fails 556
554
535
FTAAP Fails – Trade
557
FTAAP Fails – Trade
559
FTAAP Fails – Trade
560
FTAAP Fails 562
Deep Ecology Kritik563
Deep Ecology Kritik 1NC Shell 1/3
564
Deep Ecology Kritik 1NC Shell 2/3
565
Deep Ecology Kritik 1NC Shell 3/3
566
Links: Shallow Ecology, Resource Management
567
Links: Survival Rhetoric, Sustainable Development 568
Links: Science and Utilitarianism
569
Impacts: Anthropocentrism Bad 570
Impacts: Shallow Ecology Destroys All Life
Alternative Solves 572
Alternative Solves 574
Alternative Solves 575
Alternative Solves 576
Alternative Solves 577
Answers to Permutations 579
Answers to Permutations 580
Answers to Permutations 581
Fishing is Evil: Carnalism 582
Fishing is Evil: Carnalism 583
AT Capitalism
584
Answers to Deep Ecology Kritik 585
Permutations
586
571
Permutations
587
Permutations
588
Anthropocentrism is Inevitable and Desirable 589
Anthropocentrism is Inevitable and Desirable 591
Deep Ecology Bad: Ecotage
592
Deep Ecology Bad: Capitalism
593
Deep Ecology Bad: Racism, Misanthropy
594
Deep Ecology Bad: Population Control 595
Deep Ecology Bad: Population Control 596
Deep Ecology Bad: Totalitarianism
Deep Ecology Bad: Genocide
597
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Deep Ecology Bad: Causes Infanticide, Ignores Suffering 599