Question: China downturn consequences

Consensus.

Clark Packard 22, Research Fellow at the CATO Institute, "As China's Economy Falters, Be Careful What You Wish For," Foreign Policy, 05/31/2022, https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/05/31/china-xi-economy-covid-lockdown-geopolitics/

C C P derives legitimacy from the economy If a downturn threatens the party’s hold one result would be aggressive foreign policy nothing like jingoism and war to draw attention from domestic troubles a weaker China would face tougher trade-offs Beijing would double down on its aggressive stance With major land war in Europe U.S softening risk of global recession is increasing . collapse in one will collapse others A downturn in China have grave unforeseen consequences for the world


Question: Packard CATO institute China

Consensus.

Clark Packard 22, Research Fellow at the CATO Institute, "As China's Economy Falters, Be Careful What You Wish For," Foreign Policy, 05/31/2022, https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/05/31/china-xi-economy-covid-lockdown-geopolitics/

C C P derives legitimacy from the economy If a downturn threatens the party’s hold one result would be aggressive foreign policy nothing like jingoism and war to draw attention from domestic troubles a weaker China would face tougher trade-offs Beijing would double down on its aggressive stance With major land war in Europe U.S softening risk of global recession is increasing . collapse in one will collapse others A downturn in China have grave unforeseen consequences for the world


Question: China's economy falters

Consensus.

Clark Packard 22, Research Fellow at the CATO Institute, "As China's Economy Falters, Be Careful What You Wish For," Foreign Policy, 05/31/2022, https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/05/31/china-xi-economy-covid-lockdown-geopolitics/

C C P derives legitimacy from the economy If a downturn threatens the party’s hold one result would be aggressive foreign policy nothing like jingoism and war to draw attention from domestic troubles a weaker China would face tougher trade-offs Beijing would double down on its aggressive stance With major land war in Europe U.S softening risk of global recession is increasing . collapse in one will collapse others A downturn in China have grave unforeseen consequences for the world


Question: Chinese economy

Consensus.

Clark Packard 22, Research Fellow at the CATO Institute, "As China's Economy Falters, Be Careful What You Wish For," Foreign Policy, 05/31/2022, https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/05/31/china-xi-economy-covid-lockdown-geopolitics/

C C P derives legitimacy from the economy If a downturn threatens the party’s hold one result would be aggressive foreign policy nothing like jingoism and war to draw attention from domestic troubles a weaker China would face tougher trade-offs Beijing would double down on its aggressive stance With major land war in Europe U.S softening risk of global recession is increasing . collapse in one will collapse others A downturn in China have grave unforeseen consequences for the world


Question: CCS is greenwashing

1. CCS trades off with the ALT and is worse for climate change. It’s Big Oil’s favorite greenwashing boondoggle.

Foley '23 – PhD, Executive director of the California Academy of Sciences, World-Renown Environmental Scientist, very long awards list. (Jonathan Foley. (12-4-2023). Don't Fall for Big Oil's Carbon Capture Deceptions. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-fall-for-big-oils-carbon-capture-deceptions/; Neo)

It’s that time of year political media circus is about to begin the crescendo of hype and  greenwashing we’ll doubtless  hear a lot about c c s oil companies are working hard to push this Don’t be fooled It’s a distraction Even after decades of investment c c s only remove a few seconds’ of yearly gas emissions they are far too expensive consume excessive amounts of energy present challenges  to  scalability CO2  captured  by c c s often  used to drive oil and  gas  back out does nothing to reduce health damage fails to relieve tremendous air pollution the  biggest problem is that they give companies greenwashing boost underneath fake responsibility helping them build out fossil fuel infrastructure and rake in trillions gives license to continue  to operate for 80 years billions have been wasted on  carbon capture boondoggles


Question: Foley 23 carbon capture

1. CCS trades off with the ALT and is worse for climate change. It’s Big Oil’s favorite greenwashing boondoggle.

Foley '23 – PhD, Executive director of the California Academy of Sciences, World-Renown Environmental Scientist, very long awards list. (Jonathan Foley. (12-4-2023). Don't Fall for Big Oil's Carbon Capture Deceptions. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-fall-for-big-oils-carbon-capture-deceptions/; Neo)

It’s that time of year political media circus is about to begin the crescendo of hype and  greenwashing we’ll doubtless  hear a lot about c c s oil companies are working hard to push this Don’t be fooled It’s a distraction Even after decades of investment c c s only remove a few seconds’ of yearly gas emissions they are far too expensive consume excessive amounts of energy present challenges  to  scalability CO2  captured  by c c s often  used to drive oil and  gas  back out does nothing to reduce health damage fails to relieve tremendous air pollution the  biggest problem is that they give companies greenwashing boost underneath fake responsibility helping them build out fossil fuel infrastructure and rake in trillions gives license to continue  to operate for 80 years billions have been wasted on  carbon capture boondoggles


Question: Jonathan Foley carbon capture bad

1. CCS trades off with the ALT and is worse for climate change. It’s Big Oil’s favorite greenwashing boondoggle.

Foley '23 – PhD, Executive director of the California Academy of Sciences, World-Renown Environmental Scientist, very long awards list. (Jonathan Foley. (12-4-2023). Don't Fall for Big Oil's Carbon Capture Deceptions. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-fall-for-big-oils-carbon-capture-deceptions/; Neo)

It’s that time of year political media circus is about to begin the crescendo of hype and  greenwashing we’ll doubtless  hear a lot about c c s oil companies are working hard to push this Don’t be fooled It’s a distraction Even after decades of investment c c s only remove a few seconds’ of yearly gas emissions they are far too expensive consume excessive amounts of energy present challenges  to  scalability CO2  captured  by c c s often  used to drive oil and  gas  back out does nothing to reduce health damage fails to relieve tremendous air pollution the  biggest problem is that they give companies greenwashing boost underneath fake responsibility helping them build out fossil fuel infrastructure and rake in trillions gives license to continue  to operate for 80 years billions have been wasted on  carbon capture boondoggles


Question: carbon capture is greenwashing

1. CCS trades off with the ALT and is worse for climate change. It’s Big Oil’s favorite greenwashing boondoggle.

Foley '23 – PhD, Executive director of the California Academy of Sciences, World-Renown Environmental Scientist, very long awards list. (Jonathan Foley. (12-4-2023). Don't Fall for Big Oil's Carbon Capture Deceptions. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-fall-for-big-oils-carbon-capture-deceptions/; Neo)

It’s that time of year political media circus is about to begin the crescendo of hype and  greenwashing we’ll doubtless  hear a lot about c c s oil companies are working hard to push this Don’t be fooled It’s a distraction Even after decades of investment c c s only remove a few seconds’ of yearly gas emissions they are far too expensive consume excessive amounts of energy present challenges  to  scalability CO2  captured  by c c s often  used to drive oil and  gas  back out does nothing to reduce health damage fails to relieve tremendous air pollution the  biggest problem is that they give companies greenwashing boost underneath fake responsibility helping them build out fossil fuel infrastructure and rake in trillions gives license to continue  to operate for 80 years billions have been wasted on  carbon capture boondoggles


Question: CCS distracts from climate solutions

1. CCS trades off with the ALT and is worse for climate change. It’s Big Oil’s favorite greenwashing boondoggle.

Foley '23 – PhD, Executive director of the California Academy of Sciences, World-Renown Environmental Scientist, very long awards list. (Jonathan Foley. (12-4-2023). Don't Fall for Big Oil's Carbon Capture Deceptions. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-fall-for-big-oils-carbon-capture-deceptions/; Neo)

It’s that time of year political media circus is about to begin the crescendo of hype and  greenwashing we’ll doubtless  hear a lot about c c s oil companies are working hard to push this Don’t be fooled It’s a distraction Even after decades of investment c c s only remove a few seconds’ of yearly gas emissions they are far too expensive consume excessive amounts of energy present challenges  to  scalability CO2  captured  by c c s often  used to drive oil and  gas  back out does nothing to reduce health damage fails to relieve tremendous air pollution the  biggest problem is that they give companies greenwashing boost underneath fake responsibility helping them build out fossil fuel infrastructure and rake in trillions gives license to continue  to operate for 80 years billions have been wasted on  carbon capture boondoggles


Question: CCS fails to relieve pollution

1. CCS trades off with the ALT and is worse for climate change. It’s Big Oil’s favorite greenwashing boondoggle.

Foley '23 – PhD, Executive director of the California Academy of Sciences, World-Renown Environmental Scientist, very long awards list. (Jonathan Foley. (12-4-2023). Don't Fall for Big Oil's Carbon Capture Deceptions. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-fall-for-big-oils-carbon-capture-deceptions/; Neo)

It’s that time of year political media circus is about to begin the crescendo of hype and  greenwashing we’ll doubtless  hear a lot about c c s oil companies are working hard to push this Don’t be fooled It’s a distraction Even after decades of investment c c s only remove a few seconds’ of yearly gas emissions they are far too expensive consume excessive amounts of energy present challenges  to  scalability CO2  captured  by c c s often  used to drive oil and  gas  back out does nothing to reduce health damage fails to relieve tremendous air pollution the  biggest problem is that they give companies greenwashing boost underneath fake responsibility helping them build out fossil fuel infrastructure and rake in trillions gives license to continue  to operate for 80 years billions have been wasted on  carbon capture boondoggles


Question: CCS gives companies greenwashing boost

1. CCS trades off with the ALT and is worse for climate change. It’s Big Oil’s favorite greenwashing boondoggle.

Foley '23 – PhD, Executive director of the California Academy of Sciences, World-Renown Environmental Scientist, very long awards list. (Jonathan Foley. (12-4-2023). Don't Fall for Big Oil's Carbon Capture Deceptions. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-fall-for-big-oils-carbon-capture-deceptions/; Neo)

It’s that time of year political media circus is about to begin the crescendo of hype and  greenwashing we’ll doubtless  hear a lot about c c s oil companies are working hard to push this Don’t be fooled It’s a distraction Even after decades of investment c c s only remove a few seconds’ of yearly gas emissions they are far too expensive consume excessive amounts of energy present challenges  to  scalability CO2  captured  by c c s often  used to drive oil and  gas  back out does nothing to reduce health damage fails to relieve tremendous air pollution the  biggest problem is that they give companies greenwashing boost underneath fake responsibility helping them build out fossil fuel infrastructure and rake in trillions gives license to continue  to operate for 80 years billions have been wasted on  carbon capture boondoggles


Question: CCS oil and gas

1. CCS trades off with the ALT and is worse for climate change. It’s Big Oil’s favorite greenwashing boondoggle.

Foley '23 – PhD, Executive director of the California Academy of Sciences, World-Renown Environmental Scientist, very long awards list. (Jonathan Foley. (12-4-2023). Don't Fall for Big Oil's Carbon Capture Deceptions. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dont-fall-for-big-oils-carbon-capture-deceptions/; Neo)

It’s that time of year political media circus is about to begin the crescendo of hype and  greenwashing we’ll doubtless  hear a lot about c c s oil companies are working hard to push this Don’t be fooled It’s a distraction Even after decades of investment c c s only remove a few seconds’ of yearly gas emissions they are far too expensive consume excessive amounts of energy present challenges  to  scalability CO2  captured  by c c s often  used to drive oil and  gas  back out does nothing to reduce health damage fails to relieve tremendous air pollution the  biggest problem is that they give companies greenwashing boost underneath fake responsibility helping them build out fossil fuel infrastructure and rake in trillions gives license to continue  to operate for 80 years billions have been wasted on  carbon capture boondoggles


Question: Adaptation avoids downside risks

Adaptation avoids the worst downside risks, but the plan wrecks it

Brookhiser 23, American journalist, biographer and historian. (Richard and the senior editorial staff at the National Review, 02/15/2023, “Cool the Climate Alarmism,” https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/02/cool-the-climate-alarmism/)

climate is immensely complex three degrees is higher than 1.5 but short of the worst-scenarios human ingenuity and ability to adapt free markets are the best way of unleashing both costs to climate change shouldn’t outweigh other considerations there’s no sense pursuing policies that deliver a fractionally cooler planet improved sea defenses for low-lying cities pay for itself The richer humanity becomes the greater our ability to spend adapt to and accurately model  the climate.


Question: Brookhiser 23

Adaptation avoids the worst downside risks, but the plan wrecks it

Brookhiser 23, American journalist, biographer and historian. (Richard and the senior editorial staff at the National Review, 02/15/2023, “Cool the Climate Alarmism,” https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/02/cool-the-climate-alarmism/)

climate is immensely complex three degrees is higher than 1.5 but short of the worst-scenarios human ingenuity and ability to adapt free markets are the best way of unleashing both costs to climate change shouldn’t outweigh other considerations there’s no sense pursuing policies that deliver a fractionally cooler planet improved sea defenses for low-lying cities pay for itself The richer humanity becomes the greater our ability to spend adapt to and accurately model  the climate.


Question: Richard Brookhiser

Adaptation avoids the worst downside risks, but the plan wrecks it

Brookhiser 23, American journalist, biographer and historian. (Richard and the senior editorial staff at the National Review, 02/15/2023, “Cool the Climate Alarmism,” https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/02/cool-the-climate-alarmism/)

climate is immensely complex three degrees is higher than 1.5 but short of the worst-scenarios human ingenuity and ability to adapt free markets are the best way of unleashing both costs to climate change shouldn’t outweigh other considerations there’s no sense pursuing policies that deliver a fractionally cooler planet improved sea defenses for low-lying cities pay for itself The richer humanity becomes the greater our ability to spend adapt to and accurately model  the climate.


Question: Human ingenuity and adaptation

Adaptation avoids the worst downside risks, but the plan wrecks it

Brookhiser 23, American journalist, biographer and historian. (Richard and the senior editorial staff at the National Review, 02/15/2023, “Cool the Climate Alarmism,” https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/02/cool-the-climate-alarmism/)

climate is immensely complex three degrees is higher than 1.5 but short of the worst-scenarios human ingenuity and ability to adapt free markets are the best way of unleashing both costs to climate change shouldn’t outweigh other considerations there’s no sense pursuing policies that deliver a fractionally cooler planet improved sea defenses for low-lying cities pay for itself The richer humanity becomes the greater our ability to spend adapt to and accurately model  the climate.


Question: Free markets climate change

Adaptation avoids the worst downside risks, but the plan wrecks it

Brookhiser 23, American journalist, biographer and historian. (Richard and the senior editorial staff at the National Review, 02/15/2023, “Cool the Climate Alarmism,” https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/02/cool-the-climate-alarmism/)

climate is immensely complex three degrees is higher than 1.5 but short of the worst-scenarios human ingenuity and ability to adapt free markets are the best way of unleashing both costs to climate change shouldn’t outweigh other considerations there’s no sense pursuing policies that deliver a fractionally cooler planet improved sea defenses for low-lying cities pay for itself The richer humanity becomes the greater our ability to spend adapt to and accurately model  the climate.


Question: Climate change costs outweigh considerations

Adaptation avoids the worst downside risks, but the plan wrecks it

Brookhiser 23, American journalist, biographer and historian. (Richard and the senior editorial staff at the National Review, 02/15/2023, “Cool the Climate Alarmism,” https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/02/cool-the-climate-alarmism/)

climate is immensely complex three degrees is higher than 1.5 but short of the worst-scenarios human ingenuity and ability to adapt free markets are the best way of unleashing both costs to climate change shouldn’t outweigh other considerations there’s no sense pursuing policies that deliver a fractionally cooler planet improved sea defenses for low-lying cities pay for itself The richer humanity becomes the greater our ability to spend adapt to and accurately model  the climate.


Question: improved sea defenses

Adaptation avoids the worst downside risks, but the plan wrecks it

Brookhiser 23, American journalist, biographer and historian. (Richard and the senior editorial staff at the National Review, 02/15/2023, “Cool the Climate Alarmism,” https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/02/cool-the-climate-alarmism/)

climate is immensely complex three degrees is higher than 1.5 but short of the worst-scenarios human ingenuity and ability to adapt free markets are the best way of unleashing both costs to climate change shouldn’t outweigh other considerations there’s no sense pursuing policies that deliver a fractionally cooler planet improved sea defenses for low-lying cities pay for itself The richer humanity becomes the greater our ability to spend adapt to and accurately model  the climate.


Question: Climate adaptation best

Adaptation avoids the worst downside risks, but the plan wrecks it

Brookhiser 23, American journalist, biographer and historian. (Richard and the senior editorial staff at the National Review, 02/15/2023, “Cool the Climate Alarmism,” https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/02/cool-the-climate-alarmism/)

climate is immensely complex three degrees is higher than 1.5 but short of the worst-scenarios human ingenuity and ability to adapt free markets are the best way of unleashing both costs to climate change shouldn’t outweigh other considerations there’s no sense pursuing policies that deliver a fractionally cooler planet improved sea defenses for low-lying cities pay for itself The richer humanity becomes the greater our ability to spend adapt to and accurately model  the climate.


Question: Labor markets solved by rate cuts

Labor markets are solved by rate cuts

Lango '9-13 [Luke; Editor, Hypergrowth Investing, Senior Investment Analyst, Investor Place; "Why the Fed Will Soon Inspire a Powerful Market Rally," https://investorplace.com/hypergrowthinvesting/2024/09/why-the-fed-will-soon-inspire-a-powerful-market-rally/]

frail report spooked markets data reinforcing worries Don’t stress economy add jobs unemployment low GDP ) and spending positive Fed hesitant to cut rates hesitancy stemmed from stubbornness labor market rolling over , and inflation crashing PCE at 2.1% right at target hesitancy gone officials time to cut legacy on the line cuts Recharge economy and stock market


Question: Lango 9-13

Labor markets are solved by rate cuts

Lango '9-13 [Luke; Editor, Hypergrowth Investing, Senior Investment Analyst, Investor Place; "Why the Fed Will Soon Inspire a Powerful Market Rally," https://investorplace.com/hypergrowthinvesting/2024/09/why-the-fed-will-soon-inspire-a-powerful-market-rally/]

frail report spooked markets data reinforcing worries Don’t stress economy add jobs unemployment low GDP ) and spending positive Fed hesitant to cut rates hesitancy stemmed from stubbornness labor market rolling over , and inflation crashing PCE at 2.1% right at target hesitancy gone officials time to cut legacy on the line cuts Recharge economy and stock market


Question: Luke Lango

Labor markets are solved by rate cuts

Lango '9-13 [Luke; Editor, Hypergrowth Investing, Senior Investment Analyst, Investor Place; "Why the Fed Will Soon Inspire a Powerful Market Rally," https://investorplace.com/hypergrowthinvesting/2024/09/why-the-fed-will-soon-inspire-a-powerful-market-rally/]

frail report spooked markets data reinforcing worries Don’t stress economy add jobs unemployment low GDP ) and spending positive Fed hesitant to cut rates hesitancy stemmed from stubbornness labor market rolling over , and inflation crashing PCE at 2.1% right at target hesitancy gone officials time to cut legacy on the line cuts Recharge economy and stock market


Question: labor market rolling over rate cuts

Labor markets are solved by rate cuts

Lango '9-13 [Luke; Editor, Hypergrowth Investing, Senior Investment Analyst, Investor Place; "Why the Fed Will Soon Inspire a Powerful Market Rally," https://investorplace.com/hypergrowthinvesting/2024/09/why-the-fed-will-soon-inspire-a-powerful-market-rally/]

frail report spooked markets data reinforcing worries Don’t stress economy add jobs unemployment low GDP ) and spending positive Fed hesitant to cut rates hesitancy stemmed from stubbornness labor market rolling over , and inflation crashing PCE at 2.1% right at target hesitancy gone officials time to cut legacy on the line cuts Recharge economy and stock market


Question: federal reserve rate cuts

Labor markets are solved by rate cuts

Lango '9-13 [Luke; Editor, Hypergrowth Investing, Senior Investment Analyst, Investor Place; "Why the Fed Will Soon Inspire a Powerful Market Rally," https://investorplace.com/hypergrowthinvesting/2024/09/why-the-fed-will-soon-inspire-a-powerful-market-rally/]

frail report spooked markets data reinforcing worries Don’t stress economy add jobs unemployment low GDP ) and spending positive Fed hesitant to cut rates hesitancy stemmed from stubbornness labor market rolling over , and inflation crashing PCE at 2.1% right at target hesitancy gone officials time to cut legacy on the line cuts Recharge economy and stock market


Question: economy adds jobs unemployment low

Labor markets are solved by rate cuts

Lango '9-13 [Luke; Editor, Hypergrowth Investing, Senior Investment Analyst, Investor Place; "Why the Fed Will Soon Inspire a Powerful Market Rally," https://investorplace.com/hypergrowthinvesting/2024/09/why-the-fed-will-soon-inspire-a-powerful-market-rally/]

frail report spooked markets data reinforcing worries Don’t stress economy add jobs unemployment low GDP ) and spending positive Fed hesitant to cut rates hesitancy stemmed from stubbornness labor market rolling over , and inflation crashing PCE at 2.1% right at target hesitancy gone officials time to cut legacy on the line cuts Recharge economy and stock market


Question: inflation crashing PCE at 2.1%

Labor markets are solved by rate cuts

Lango '9-13 [Luke; Editor, Hypergrowth Investing, Senior Investment Analyst, Investor Place; "Why the Fed Will Soon Inspire a Powerful Market Rally," https://investorplace.com/hypergrowthinvesting/2024/09/why-the-fed-will-soon-inspire-a-powerful-market-rally/]

frail report spooked markets data reinforcing worries Don’t stress economy add jobs unemployment low GDP ) and spending positive Fed hesitant to cut rates hesitancy stemmed from stubbornness labor market rolling over , and inflation crashing PCE at 2.1% right at target hesitancy gone officials time to cut legacy on the line cuts Recharge economy and stock market


Question: stock market rate cuts

Labor markets are solved by rate cuts

Lango '9-13 [Luke; Editor, Hypergrowth Investing, Senior Investment Analyst, Investor Place; "Why the Fed Will Soon Inspire a Powerful Market Rally," https://investorplace.com/hypergrowthinvesting/2024/09/why-the-fed-will-soon-inspire-a-powerful-market-rally/]

frail report spooked markets data reinforcing worries Don’t stress economy add jobs unemployment low GDP ) and spending positive Fed hesitant to cut rates hesitancy stemmed from stubbornness labor market rolling over , and inflation crashing PCE at 2.1% right at target hesitancy gone officials time to cut legacy on the line cuts Recharge economy and stock market


Question: GOP on board clean energy

2---It gets the GOP on board with clean energy.

Emma Dumain 24. Congress News for E&E. Reporter Kelsey Brugger. Green energy credits see growing Republican support. E&E News by POLITICO, 9-17-2024. https://www.eenews.net/articles/green-energy-credits-see-growing-republican-support/. Accessed 9-26-2024

There’s increasing recognition scrapping renewable tax credits could prove unpopular more GOP lawmakers say they don’t want to repeal I R A credits Some stand up to Trump 17 House Republicans joined Garbarino to preserve credits Buchanan heard industry lobbyists wanting the green credits left alone Crawford next chair following Turner’s unceremonious removal by Johnson surprise Republicans GOP angry at Johnson He dragged Mike cost himself political capital Turner ready to go scorched earth thing Crawford voted against Ukraine departure good news to MAGA who oppose aid to Ukraine Trump ’s defense budget is out military can count on getting every cent . deal set new levels for defense , agreeing to $716 billion in 2019. defense spending is higher than peak spending levels under Reagan


Question: Emma Dumain 24

2---It gets the GOP on board with clean energy.

Emma Dumain 24. Congress News for E&E. Reporter Kelsey Brugger. Green energy credits see growing Republican support. E&E News by POLITICO, 9-17-2024. https://www.eenews.net/articles/green-energy-credits-see-growing-republican-support/. Accessed 9-26-2024

There’s increasing recognition scrapping renewable tax credits could prove unpopular more GOP lawmakers say they don’t want to repeal I R A credits Some stand up to Trump 17 House Republicans joined Garbarino to preserve credits Buchanan heard industry lobbyists wanting the green credits left alone Crawford next chair following Turner’s unceremonious removal by Johnson surprise Republicans GOP angry at Johnson He dragged Mike cost himself political capital Turner ready to go scorched earth thing Crawford voted against Ukraine departure good news to MAGA who oppose aid to Ukraine Trump ’s defense budget is out military can count on getting every cent . deal set new levels for defense , agreeing to $716 billion in 2019. defense spending is higher than peak spending levels under Reagan


Question: growing Republican support clean

2---It gets the GOP on board with clean energy.

Emma Dumain 24. Congress News for E&E. Reporter Kelsey Brugger. Green energy credits see growing Republican support. E&E News by POLITICO, 9-17-2024. https://www.eenews.net/articles/green-energy-credits-see-growing-republican-support/. Accessed 9-26-2024

There’s increasing recognition scrapping renewable tax credits could prove unpopular more GOP lawmakers say they don’t want to repeal I R A credits Some stand up to Trump 17 House Republicans joined Garbarino to preserve credits Buchanan heard industry lobbyists wanting the green credits left alone Crawford next chair following Turner’s unceremonious removal by Johnson surprise Republicans GOP angry at Johnson He dragged Mike cost himself political capital Turner ready to go scorched earth thing Crawford voted against Ukraine departure good news to MAGA who oppose aid to Ukraine Trump ’s defense budget is out military can count on getting every cent . deal set new levels for defense , agreeing to $716 billion in 2019. defense spending is higher than peak spending levels under Reagan


Question: IRA credits GOP support

2---It gets the GOP on board with clean energy.

Emma Dumain 24. Congress News for E&E. Reporter Kelsey Brugger. Green energy credits see growing Republican support. E&E News by POLITICO, 9-17-2024. https://www.eenews.net/articles/green-energy-credits-see-growing-republican-support/. Accessed 9-26-2024

There’s increasing recognition scrapping renewable tax credits could prove unpopular more GOP lawmakers say they don’t want to repeal I R A credits Some stand up to Trump 17 House Republicans joined Garbarino to preserve credits Buchanan heard industry lobbyists wanting the green credits left alone Crawford next chair following Turner’s unceremonious removal by Johnson surprise Republicans GOP angry at Johnson He dragged Mike cost himself political capital Turner ready to go scorched earth thing Crawford voted against Ukraine departure good news to MAGA who oppose aid to Ukraine Trump ’s defense budget is out military can count on getting every cent . deal set new levels for defense , agreeing to $716 billion in 2019. defense spending is higher than peak spending levels under Reagan


Question: GOP support clean energy

2---It gets the GOP on board with clean energy.

Emma Dumain 24. Congress News for E&E. Reporter Kelsey Brugger. Green energy credits see growing Republican support. E&E News by POLITICO, 9-17-2024. https://www.eenews.net/articles/green-energy-credits-see-growing-republican-support/. Accessed 9-26-2024

There’s increasing recognition scrapping renewable tax credits could prove unpopular more GOP lawmakers say they don’t want to repeal I R A credits Some stand up to Trump 17 House Republicans joined Garbarino to preserve credits Buchanan heard industry lobbyists wanting the green credits left alone Crawford next chair following Turner’s unceremonious removal by Johnson surprise Republicans GOP angry at Johnson He dragged Mike cost himself political capital Turner ready to go scorched earth thing Crawford voted against Ukraine departure good news to MAGA who oppose aid to Ukraine Trump ’s defense budget is out military can count on getting every cent . deal set new levels for defense , agreeing to $716 billion in 2019. defense spending is higher than peak spending levels under Reagan


Question: Republicans don't want to repeal

2---It gets the GOP on board with clean energy.

Emma Dumain 24. Congress News for E&E. Reporter Kelsey Brugger. Green energy credits see growing Republican support. E&E News by POLITICO, 9-17-2024. https://www.eenews.net/articles/green-energy-credits-see-growing-republican-support/. Accessed 9-26-2024

There’s increasing recognition scrapping renewable tax credits could prove unpopular more GOP lawmakers say they don’t want to repeal I R A credits Some stand up to Trump 17 House Republicans joined Garbarino to preserve credits Buchanan heard industry lobbyists wanting the green credits left alone Crawford next chair following Turner’s unceremonious removal by Johnson surprise Republicans GOP angry at Johnson He dragged Mike cost himself political capital Turner ready to go scorched earth thing Crawford voted against Ukraine departure good news to MAGA who oppose aid to Ukraine Trump ’s defense budget is out military can count on getting every cent . deal set new levels for defense , agreeing to $716 billion in 2019. defense spending is higher than peak spending levels under Reagan


Question: GOP angry at Johnson

2---It gets the GOP on board with clean energy.

Emma Dumain 24. Congress News for E&E. Reporter Kelsey Brugger. Green energy credits see growing Republican support. E&E News by POLITICO, 9-17-2024. https://www.eenews.net/articles/green-energy-credits-see-growing-republican-support/. Accessed 9-26-2024

There’s increasing recognition scrapping renewable tax credits could prove unpopular more GOP lawmakers say they don’t want to repeal I R A credits Some stand up to Trump 17 House Republicans joined Garbarino to preserve credits Buchanan heard industry lobbyists wanting the green credits left alone Crawford next chair following Turner’s unceremonious removal by Johnson surprise Republicans GOP angry at Johnson He dragged Mike cost himself political capital Turner ready to go scorched earth thing Crawford voted against Ukraine departure good news to MAGA who oppose aid to Ukraine Trump ’s defense budget is out military can count on getting every cent . deal set new levels for defense , agreeing to $716 billion in 2019. defense spending is higher than peak spending levels under Reagan


Question: Technology critical to retain deterrence

Technology is critical to retaining deterrence in an uncertain military era.

Jim Talent et al 19, Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center, Former U.S. Senator (R-MO), Robert O. Work, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, 12/3/19, "The Contest for Innovation: Strengthening America’s National Security Innovation Base in an Era of Strategic Competition", Report of the Task Force on 21st-Century National Security Technology and Workforce, The Ronald Reagan Institute, https://www.reaganfoundation.org/media/355297/the_contest_for_innovation_report.pdf

U S competition  will revolve around tech superiority between The outcome will determine whether a free and open system will remain Russia and China seeks to reestablish global power to weaken the U S alliances China’s challenging the U S in every region of the world. the mission is to deter a great-power war and, if deterrence fails, to prevent escalation An important key is military–tech superiority . the conventional overmatch the U S has relied upon is eroding If this continues deterrence will fail, leaving the U S to face armed conflict


Question: Talent and Work 19

Technology is critical to retaining deterrence in an uncertain military era.

Jim Talent et al 19, Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center, Former U.S. Senator (R-MO), Robert O. Work, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, 12/3/19, "The Contest for Innovation: Strengthening America’s National Security Innovation Base in an Era of Strategic Competition", Report of the Task Force on 21st-Century National Security Technology and Workforce, The Ronald Reagan Institute, https://www.reaganfoundation.org/media/355297/the_contest_for_innovation_report.pdf

U S competition  will revolve around tech superiority between The outcome will determine whether a free and open system will remain Russia and China seeks to reestablish global power to weaken the U S alliances China’s challenging the U S in every region of the world. the mission is to deter a great-power war and, if deterrence fails, to prevent escalation An important key is military–tech superiority . the conventional overmatch the U S has relied upon is eroding If this continues deterrence will fail, leaving the U S to face armed conflict


Question: Jim Talent

Technology is critical to retaining deterrence in an uncertain military era.

Jim Talent et al 19, Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center, Former U.S. Senator (R-MO), Robert O. Work, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, 12/3/19, "The Contest for Innovation: Strengthening America’s National Security Innovation Base in an Era of Strategic Competition", Report of the Task Force on 21st-Century National Security Technology and Workforce, The Ronald Reagan Institute, https://www.reaganfoundation.org/media/355297/the_contest_for_innovation_report.pdf

U S competition  will revolve around tech superiority between The outcome will determine whether a free and open system will remain Russia and China seeks to reestablish global power to weaken the U S alliances China’s challenging the U S in every region of the world. the mission is to deter a great-power war and, if deterrence fails, to prevent escalation An important key is military–tech superiority . the conventional overmatch the U S has relied upon is eroding If this continues deterrence will fail, leaving the U S to face armed conflict


Question: technology superiority is key

Technology is critical to retaining deterrence in an uncertain military era.

Jim Talent et al 19, Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center, Former U.S. Senator (R-MO), Robert O. Work, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, 12/3/19, "The Contest for Innovation: Strengthening America’s National Security Innovation Base in an Era of Strategic Competition", Report of the Task Force on 21st-Century National Security Technology and Workforce, The Ronald Reagan Institute, https://www.reaganfoundation.org/media/355297/the_contest_for_innovation_report.pdf

U S competition  will revolve around tech superiority between The outcome will determine whether a free and open system will remain Russia and China seeks to reestablish global power to weaken the U S alliances China’s challenging the U S in every region of the world. the mission is to deter a great-power war and, if deterrence fails, to prevent escalation An important key is military–tech superiority . the conventional overmatch the U S has relied upon is eroding If this continues deterrence will fail, leaving the U S to face armed conflict


Question: US military tech superiority

Technology is critical to retaining deterrence in an uncertain military era.

Jim Talent et al 19, Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center, Former U.S. Senator (R-MO), Robert O. Work, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, 12/3/19, "The Contest for Innovation: Strengthening America’s National Security Innovation Base in an Era of Strategic Competition", Report of the Task Force on 21st-Century National Security Technology and Workforce, The Ronald Reagan Institute, https://www.reaganfoundation.org/media/355297/the_contest_for_innovation_report.pdf

U S competition  will revolve around tech superiority between The outcome will determine whether a free and open system will remain Russia and China seeks to reestablish global power to weaken the U S alliances China’s challenging the U S in every region of the world. the mission is to deter a great-power war and, if deterrence fails, to prevent escalation An important key is military–tech superiority . the conventional overmatch the U S has relied upon is eroding If this continues deterrence will fail, leaving the U S to face armed conflict


Question: Deterrence fails without tech

Technology is critical to retaining deterrence in an uncertain military era.

Jim Talent et al 19, Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center, Former U.S. Senator (R-MO), Robert O. Work, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, 12/3/19, "The Contest for Innovation: Strengthening America’s National Security Innovation Base in an Era of Strategic Competition", Report of the Task Force on 21st-Century National Security Technology and Workforce, The Ronald Reagan Institute, https://www.reaganfoundation.org/media/355297/the_contest_for_innovation_report.pdf

U S competition  will revolve around tech superiority between The outcome will determine whether a free and open system will remain Russia and China seeks to reestablish global power to weaken the U S alliances China’s challenging the U S in every region of the world. the mission is to deter a great-power war and, if deterrence fails, to prevent escalation An important key is military–tech superiority . the conventional overmatch the U S has relied upon is eroding If this continues deterrence will fail, leaving the U S to face armed conflict


Question: tech key to US deterrence

Technology is critical to retaining deterrence in an uncertain military era.

Jim Talent et al 19, Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center, Former U.S. Senator (R-MO), Robert O. Work, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, 12/3/19, "The Contest for Innovation: Strengthening America’s National Security Innovation Base in an Era of Strategic Competition", Report of the Task Force on 21st-Century National Security Technology and Workforce, The Ronald Reagan Institute, https://www.reaganfoundation.org/media/355297/the_contest_for_innovation_report.pdf

U S competition  will revolve around tech superiority between The outcome will determine whether a free and open system will remain Russia and China seeks to reestablish global power to weaken the U S alliances China’s challenging the U S in every region of the world. the mission is to deter a great-power war and, if deterrence fails, to prevent escalation An important key is military–tech superiority . the conventional overmatch the U S has relied upon is eroding If this continues deterrence will fail, leaving the U S to face armed conflict


Question: Adopted means in effect

Adopted means in effect

Paul Joseph Kelly Jr. 11, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, “Kerber v. Qwest Group Life Ins. Plan,” 647 F.3d 950, Lexis

because adopt is  not defined we give it common ordinary meaning in  common usage an amendment can be adopted so long as that is put into effect


Question: Paul Joseph Kelly Jr. 11

Adopted means in effect

Paul Joseph Kelly Jr. 11, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, “Kerber v. Qwest Group Life Ins. Plan,” 647 F.3d 950, Lexis

because adopt is  not defined we give it common ordinary meaning in  common usage an amendment can be adopted so long as that is put into effect


Question: Judge Kelly

Adopted means in effect

Paul Joseph Kelly Jr. 11, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, “Kerber v. Qwest Group Life Ins. Plan,” 647 F.3d 950, Lexis

because adopt is  not defined we give it common ordinary meaning in  common usage an amendment can be adopted so long as that is put into effect


Question: adopt ordinary meaning

Adopted means in effect

Paul Joseph Kelly Jr. 11, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, “Kerber v. Qwest Group Life Ins. Plan,” 647 F.3d 950, Lexis

because adopt is  not defined we give it common ordinary meaning in  common usage an amendment can be adopted so long as that is put into effect


Question: definition of adopt

Adopted means in effect

Paul Joseph Kelly Jr. 11, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, “Kerber v. Qwest Group Life Ins. Plan,” 647 F.3d 950, Lexis

because adopt is  not defined we give it common ordinary meaning in  common usage an amendment can be adopted so long as that is put into effect


Question: adopted means in effect

Adopted means in effect

Paul Joseph Kelly Jr. 11, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, “Kerber v. Qwest Group Life Ins. Plan,” 647 F.3d 950, Lexis

because adopt is  not defined we give it common ordinary meaning in  common usage an amendment can be adopted so long as that is put into effect


Question: Vote NEG working class program

Vote NEG for a working class program. Only planning and directing the economy causes significant carbon reductions.

Matthew T Huber 22. Professor of Geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet. 2022.

constructing solidarity  means acknowledging climate crisis requires the working class to seize means of production We have spent decades pretending costs can be priced but it’s clear only social control can guide us toward sustainable path . in light  of climate crisis , the planetary “ planning and directing is what scientists mean when they say we undergo rapid , far-reaching changes we start simply resuscitating public good over profit crisis itself requires public-sector coordination in societies in which working-class power is strong public sector thrives people-centered  programs arise through Mass action  like labor strikes there are encouraging signs Sanders restored lost language of class struggle work stoppages have increased COVID lessened strike actions there were still notable strike essential workers ” there has been militant upsurge including workers in health care ten thousand workers at John Deere tight” labor market enhances  worker leverage the material conditions  for  increased radicalization grow more favorable the U S labor movement was subdued But didn’t take long  for crisis shifts , and upsurge from workers t to dramatically tilt balance of power


Question: Huber 22

Vote NEG for a working class program. Only planning and directing the economy causes significant carbon reductions.

Matthew T Huber 22. Professor of Geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet. 2022.

constructing solidarity  means acknowledging climate crisis requires the working class to seize means of production We have spent decades pretending costs can be priced but it’s clear only social control can guide us toward sustainable path . in light  of climate crisis , the planetary “ planning and directing is what scientists mean when they say we undergo rapid , far-reaching changes we start simply resuscitating public good over profit crisis itself requires public-sector coordination in societies in which working-class power is strong public sector thrives people-centered  programs arise through Mass action  like labor strikes there are encouraging signs Sanders restored lost language of class struggle work stoppages have increased COVID lessened strike actions there were still notable strike essential workers ” there has been militant upsurge including workers in health care ten thousand workers at John Deere tight” labor market enhances  worker leverage the material conditions  for  increased radicalization grow more favorable the U S labor movement was subdued But didn’t take long  for crisis shifts , and upsurge from workers t to dramatically tilt balance of power


Question: Matthew T Huber

Vote NEG for a working class program. Only planning and directing the economy causes significant carbon reductions.

Matthew T Huber 22. Professor of Geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet. 2022.

constructing solidarity  means acknowledging climate crisis requires the working class to seize means of production We have spent decades pretending costs can be priced but it’s clear only social control can guide us toward sustainable path . in light  of climate crisis , the planetary “ planning and directing is what scientists mean when they say we undergo rapid , far-reaching changes we start simply resuscitating public good over profit crisis itself requires public-sector coordination in societies in which working-class power is strong public sector thrives people-centered  programs arise through Mass action  like labor strikes there are encouraging signs Sanders restored lost language of class struggle work stoppages have increased COVID lessened strike actions there were still notable strike essential workers ” there has been militant upsurge including workers in health care ten thousand workers at John Deere tight” labor market enhances  worker leverage the material conditions  for  increased radicalization grow more favorable the U S labor movement was subdued But didn’t take long  for crisis shifts , and upsurge from workers t to dramatically tilt balance of power


Question: socialism on a warming planet

Vote NEG for a working class program. Only planning and directing the economy causes significant carbon reductions.

Matthew T Huber 22. Professor of Geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet. 2022.

constructing solidarity  means acknowledging climate crisis requires the working class to seize means of production We have spent decades pretending costs can be priced but it’s clear only social control can guide us toward sustainable path . in light  of climate crisis , the planetary “ planning and directing is what scientists mean when they say we undergo rapid , far-reaching changes we start simply resuscitating public good over profit crisis itself requires public-sector coordination in societies in which working-class power is strong public sector thrives people-centered  programs arise through Mass action  like labor strikes there are encouraging signs Sanders restored lost language of class struggle work stoppages have increased COVID lessened strike actions there were still notable strike essential workers ” there has been militant upsurge including workers in health care ten thousand workers at John Deere tight” labor market enhances  worker leverage the material conditions  for  increased radicalization grow more favorable the U S labor movement was subdued But didn’t take long  for crisis shifts , and upsurge from workers t to dramatically tilt balance of power


Question: only planning reduces carbon

Vote NEG for a working class program. Only planning and directing the economy causes significant carbon reductions.

Matthew T Huber 22. Professor of Geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet. 2022.

constructing solidarity  means acknowledging climate crisis requires the working class to seize means of production We have spent decades pretending costs can be priced but it’s clear only social control can guide us toward sustainable path . in light  of climate crisis , the planetary “ planning and directing is what scientists mean when they say we undergo rapid , far-reaching changes we start simply resuscitating public good over profit crisis itself requires public-sector coordination in societies in which working-class power is strong public sector thrives people-centered  programs arise through Mass action  like labor strikes there are encouraging signs Sanders restored lost language of class struggle work stoppages have increased COVID lessened strike actions there were still notable strike essential workers ” there has been militant upsurge including workers in health care ten thousand workers at John Deere tight” labor market enhances  worker leverage the material conditions  for  increased radicalization grow more favorable the U S labor movement was subdued But didn’t take long  for crisis shifts , and upsurge from workers t to dramatically tilt balance of power


Question: workers control means of production

Vote NEG for a working class program. Only planning and directing the economy causes significant carbon reductions.

Matthew T Huber 22. Professor of Geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet. 2022.

constructing solidarity  means acknowledging climate crisis requires the working class to seize means of production We have spent decades pretending costs can be priced but it’s clear only social control can guide us toward sustainable path . in light  of climate crisis , the planetary “ planning and directing is what scientists mean when they say we undergo rapid , far-reaching changes we start simply resuscitating public good over profit crisis itself requires public-sector coordination in societies in which working-class power is strong public sector thrives people-centered  programs arise through Mass action  like labor strikes there are encouraging signs Sanders restored lost language of class struggle work stoppages have increased COVID lessened strike actions there were still notable strike essential workers ” there has been militant upsurge including workers in health care ten thousand workers at John Deere tight” labor market enhances  worker leverage the material conditions  for  increased radicalization grow more favorable the U S labor movement was subdued But didn’t take long  for crisis shifts , and upsurge from workers t to dramatically tilt balance of power


Question: climate change requires working class

Vote NEG for a working class program. Only planning and directing the economy causes significant carbon reductions.

Matthew T Huber 22. Professor of Geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet. 2022.

constructing solidarity  means acknowledging climate crisis requires the working class to seize means of production We have spent decades pretending costs can be priced but it’s clear only social control can guide us toward sustainable path . in light  of climate crisis , the planetary “ planning and directing is what scientists mean when they say we undergo rapid , far-reaching changes we start simply resuscitating public good over profit crisis itself requires public-sector coordination in societies in which working-class power is strong public sector thrives people-centered  programs arise through Mass action  like labor strikes there are encouraging signs Sanders restored lost language of class struggle work stoppages have increased COVID lessened strike actions there were still notable strike essential workers ” there has been militant upsurge including workers in health care ten thousand workers at John Deere tight” labor market enhances  worker leverage the material conditions  for  increased radicalization grow more favorable the U S labor movement was subdued But didn’t take long  for crisis shifts , and upsurge from workers t to dramatically tilt balance of power


Question: public sector thrives

Vote NEG for a working class program. Only planning and directing the economy causes significant carbon reductions.

Matthew T Huber 22. Professor of Geography in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet. 2022.

constructing solidarity  means acknowledging climate crisis requires the working class to seize means of production We have spent decades pretending costs can be priced but it’s clear only social control can guide us toward sustainable path . in light  of climate crisis , the planetary “ planning and directing is what scientists mean when they say we undergo rapid , far-reaching changes we start simply resuscitating public good over profit crisis itself requires public-sector coordination in societies in which working-class power is strong public sector thrives people-centered  programs arise through Mass action  like labor strikes there are encouraging signs Sanders restored lost language of class struggle work stoppages have increased COVID lessened strike actions there were still notable strike essential workers ” there has been militant upsurge including workers in health care ten thousand workers at John Deere tight” labor market enhances  worker leverage the material conditions  for  increased radicalization grow more favorable the U S labor movement was subdued But didn’t take long  for crisis shifts , and upsurge from workers t to dramatically tilt balance of power


Question: Literature base energy transition

3 - LITERATURE BASE. Subsidization is the only “substantive debate” about energy transition.

Mills 24, Mark P. Mills, contributing editor of City Journal, executive director of the National Center on Energy Analytics, a strategic partner in the energy fund Montrose Lane, and author of The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s, City Journal, 7-16-2024 ["A Bet Against the “Energy Transition”, available on:  https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-bet-against-the-energy-transition, accessed:  10-23-2024]rrf

energy transition is already underway This is firmly embedded in policies, and rhetoric The only substantive debate about the energy transition concerns how fast it’s happening and what should be subsidized


Question: Mills 24

3 - LITERATURE BASE. Subsidization is the only “substantive debate” about energy transition.

Mills 24, Mark P. Mills, contributing editor of City Journal, executive director of the National Center on Energy Analytics, a strategic partner in the energy fund Montrose Lane, and author of The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s, City Journal, 7-16-2024 ["A Bet Against the “Energy Transition”, available on:  https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-bet-against-the-energy-transition, accessed:  10-23-2024]rrf

energy transition is already underway This is firmly embedded in policies, and rhetoric The only substantive debate about the energy transition concerns how fast it’s happening and what should be subsidized


Question: Mark Mills energy transition

3 - LITERATURE BASE. Subsidization is the only “substantive debate” about energy transition.

Mills 24, Mark P. Mills, contributing editor of City Journal, executive director of the National Center on Energy Analytics, a strategic partner in the energy fund Montrose Lane, and author of The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s, City Journal, 7-16-2024 ["A Bet Against the “Energy Transition”, available on:  https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-bet-against-the-energy-transition, accessed:  10-23-2024]rrf

energy transition is already underway This is firmly embedded in policies, and rhetoric The only substantive debate about the energy transition concerns how fast it’s happening and what should be subsidized


Question: energy transition debate subsidization

3 - LITERATURE BASE. Subsidization is the only “substantive debate” about energy transition.

Mills 24, Mark P. Mills, contributing editor of City Journal, executive director of the National Center on Energy Analytics, a strategic partner in the energy fund Montrose Lane, and author of The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s, City Journal, 7-16-2024 ["A Bet Against the “Energy Transition”, available on:  https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-bet-against-the-energy-transition, accessed:  10-23-2024]rrf

energy transition is already underway This is firmly embedded in policies, and rhetoric The only substantive debate about the energy transition concerns how fast it’s happening and what should be subsidized


Question: energy transition policies and rhetoric

3 - LITERATURE BASE. Subsidization is the only “substantive debate” about energy transition.

Mills 24, Mark P. Mills, contributing editor of City Journal, executive director of the National Center on Energy Analytics, a strategic partner in the energy fund Montrose Lane, and author of The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s, City Journal, 7-16-2024 ["A Bet Against the “Energy Transition”, available on:  https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-bet-against-the-energy-transition, accessed:  10-23-2024]rrf

energy transition is already underway This is firmly embedded in policies, and rhetoric The only substantive debate about the energy transition concerns how fast it’s happening and what should be subsidized


Question: substantive debate energy transition

3 - LITERATURE BASE. Subsidization is the only “substantive debate” about energy transition.

Mills 24, Mark P. Mills, contributing editor of City Journal, executive director of the National Center on Energy Analytics, a strategic partner in the energy fund Montrose Lane, and author of The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s, City Journal, 7-16-2024 ["A Bet Against the “Energy Transition”, available on:  https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-bet-against-the-energy-transition, accessed:  10-23-2024]rrf

energy transition is already underway This is firmly embedded in policies, and rhetoric The only substantive debate about the energy transition concerns how fast it’s happening and what should be subsidized


Question: how fast energy transition happening

3 - LITERATURE BASE. Subsidization is the only “substantive debate” about energy transition.

Mills 24, Mark P. Mills, contributing editor of City Journal, executive director of the National Center on Energy Analytics, a strategic partner in the energy fund Montrose Lane, and author of The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s, City Journal, 7-16-2024 ["A Bet Against the “Energy Transition”, available on:  https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-bet-against-the-energy-transition, accessed:  10-23-2024]rrf

energy transition is already underway This is firmly embedded in policies, and rhetoric The only substantive debate about the energy transition concerns how fast it’s happening and what should be subsidized


Question: what should be subsidized energy

3 - LITERATURE BASE. Subsidization is the only “substantive debate” about energy transition.

Mills 24, Mark P. Mills, contributing editor of City Journal, executive director of the National Center on Energy Analytics, a strategic partner in the energy fund Montrose Lane, and author of The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s, City Journal, 7-16-2024 ["A Bet Against the “Energy Transition”, available on:  https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-bet-against-the-energy-transition, accessed:  10-23-2024]rrf

energy transition is already underway This is firmly embedded in policies, and rhetoric The only substantive debate about the energy transition concerns how fast it’s happening and what should be subsidized


Question: Affect comes first bad

Affect should not come prior---there’s no scientific basis for it and it understates material action

Emily Martin 13—Professor in the Department of Anthropology at New York University, October 2013, “The Potentiality of Ethnography and the Limits of Affect Theory,” Current Anthropology, Volume 54, Supplement 7, Accessed through the Wake Forest Library, language edited change denoted by brackets] AMarb

scholars claim reason and rationality has been overvalued. they adopt the position humans are corporeal with affective resonances There are many points this argument can be criticized . critics have shown in detail how the psychological evidence that is the basis for affect theory is questionable and out of date


Question: Martin 2013

Affect should not come prior---there’s no scientific basis for it and it understates material action

Emily Martin 13—Professor in the Department of Anthropology at New York University, October 2013, “The Potentiality of Ethnography and the Limits of Affect Theory,” Current Anthropology, Volume 54, Supplement 7, Accessed through the Wake Forest Library, language edited change denoted by brackets] AMarb

scholars claim reason and rationality has been overvalued. they adopt the position humans are corporeal with affective resonances There are many points this argument can be criticized . critics have shown in detail how the psychological evidence that is the basis for affect theory is questionable and out of date


Question: Emily Martin

Affect should not come prior---there’s no scientific basis for it and it understates material action

Emily Martin 13—Professor in the Department of Anthropology at New York University, October 2013, “The Potentiality of Ethnography and the Limits of Affect Theory,” Current Anthropology, Volume 54, Supplement 7, Accessed through the Wake Forest Library, language edited change denoted by brackets] AMarb

scholars claim reason and rationality has been overvalued. they adopt the position humans are corporeal with affective resonances There are many points this argument can be criticized . critics have shown in detail how the psychological evidence that is the basis for affect theory is questionable and out of date


Question: Affect theory questionable

Affect should not come prior---there’s no scientific basis for it and it understates material action

Emily Martin 13—Professor in the Department of Anthropology at New York University, October 2013, “The Potentiality of Ethnography and the Limits of Affect Theory,” Current Anthropology, Volume 54, Supplement 7, Accessed through the Wake Forest Library, language edited change denoted by brackets] AMarb

scholars claim reason and rationality has been overvalued. they adopt the position humans are corporeal with affective resonances There are many points this argument can be criticized . critics have shown in detail how the psychological evidence that is the basis for affect theory is questionable and out of date


Question: Affect theory psychological evidence bad

Affect should not come prior---there’s no scientific basis for it and it understates material action

Emily Martin 13—Professor in the Department of Anthropology at New York University, October 2013, “The Potentiality of Ethnography and the Limits of Affect Theory,” Current Anthropology, Volume 54, Supplement 7, Accessed through the Wake Forest Library, language edited change denoted by brackets] AMarb

scholars claim reason and rationality has been overvalued. they adopt the position humans are corporeal with affective resonances There are many points this argument can be criticized . critics have shown in detail how the psychological evidence that is the basis for affect theory is questionable and out of date


Question: Affect theory no scientific basis

Affect should not come prior---there’s no scientific basis for it and it understates material action

Emily Martin 13—Professor in the Department of Anthropology at New York University, October 2013, “The Potentiality of Ethnography and the Limits of Affect Theory,” Current Anthropology, Volume 54, Supplement 7, Accessed through the Wake Forest Library, language edited change denoted by brackets] AMarb

scholars claim reason and rationality has been overvalued. they adopt the position humans are corporeal with affective resonances There are many points this argument can be criticized . critics have shown in detail how the psychological evidence that is the basis for affect theory is questionable and out of date


Question: market participation resolves environmental issues

They treat market participation as the necessary and sufficient condition for resolving <environmental issues, grid etc>. Guarantees corporate capture because regs ALWAYS come after the free-market fundamentalist core.

Jackson 21 – DeOlazarra Fellow at the Program in Political Philosophy, Policy & Law at the University of Virginia. She received her Ph.D. with distinction in political theory at Columbia University.

Citizens must rely on their state without solutions perils may proceed unabated Regulation would be placed at the mercy of an undemocratic judiciary who weaponizes ” the First Amendment in favor of big business 16 a Congress whose already inefficient decision-making is inhibited] by  hyperpolarization 17 and distorted by inequalities this anti-administravist attack stands upon shaky conceptual foundations


Question: Jackson 21

They treat market participation as the necessary and sufficient condition for resolving <environmental issues, grid etc>. Guarantees corporate capture because regs ALWAYS come after the free-market fundamentalist core.

Jackson 21 – DeOlazarra Fellow at the Program in Political Philosophy, Policy & Law at the University of Virginia. She received her Ph.D. with distinction in political theory at Columbia University.

Citizens must rely on their state without solutions perils may proceed unabated Regulation would be placed at the mercy of an undemocratic judiciary who weaponizes ” the First Amendment in favor of big business 16 a Congress whose already inefficient decision-making is inhibited] by  hyperpolarization 17 and distorted by inequalities this anti-administravist attack stands upon shaky conceptual foundations


Question: market participation sufficient condition

They treat market participation as the necessary and sufficient condition for resolving <environmental issues, grid etc>. Guarantees corporate capture because regs ALWAYS come after the free-market fundamentalist core.

Jackson 21 – DeOlazarra Fellow at the Program in Political Philosophy, Policy & Law at the University of Virginia. She received her Ph.D. with distinction in political theory at Columbia University.

Citizens must rely on their state without solutions perils may proceed unabated Regulation would be placed at the mercy of an undemocratic judiciary who weaponizes ” the First Amendment in favor of big business 16 a Congress whose already inefficient decision-making is inhibited] by  hyperpolarization 17 and distorted by inequalities this anti-administravist attack stands upon shaky conceptual foundations


Question: corporate capture inevitable

They treat market participation as the necessary and sufficient condition for resolving <environmental issues, grid etc>. Guarantees corporate capture because regs ALWAYS come after the free-market fundamentalist core.

Jackson 21 – DeOlazarra Fellow at the Program in Political Philosophy, Policy & Law at the University of Virginia. She received her Ph.D. with distinction in political theory at Columbia University.

Citizens must rely on their state without solutions perils may proceed unabated Regulation would be placed at the mercy of an undemocratic judiciary who weaponizes ” the First Amendment in favor of big business 16 a Congress whose already inefficient decision-making is inhibited] by  hyperpolarization 17 and distorted by inequalities this anti-administravist attack stands upon shaky conceptual foundations


Question: regulation after free market fundamentalism

They treat market participation as the necessary and sufficient condition for resolving <environmental issues, grid etc>. Guarantees corporate capture because regs ALWAYS come after the free-market fundamentalist core.

Jackson 21 – DeOlazarra Fellow at the Program in Political Philosophy, Policy & Law at the University of Virginia. She received her Ph.D. with distinction in political theory at Columbia University.

Citizens must rely on their state without solutions perils may proceed unabated Regulation would be placed at the mercy of an undemocratic judiciary who weaponizes ” the First Amendment in favor of big business 16 a Congress whose already inefficient decision-making is inhibited] by  hyperpolarization 17 and distorted by inequalities this anti-administravist attack stands upon shaky conceptual foundations


Question: solve climate maintain regulatory efficiency

That’s sufficient to solve the climate, maintain regulatory efficiency, and avoid the debt ceiling DA.

Stegman 15 (John Stegman, J.D. Santa Clara University School of Law, 2015, “Cooperative State Cap And Trade To Mitigate Climate Change,” Santa Clara Law Review Vo. 55, Rev. 215, https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vol55/iss1/6/ [Accessed 8-10-24])//g6

national cap and trade is unnecessary it could  preempt the state furthering the potential  for legal battles Instead , states should form a broad, multilateral cap and trade program , linking markets to provide stability and prevent leakage retaining flexibility Nine states participate in the RGGI developed a linked market to achieve a ten percent reduction apportions the base cap to each state , allowing the state to issue allowances equivalent to its portion of the cap California's recent linkage with Quebec demonstrates cap and trade was designed to link with others Should the Western Initiative link with Quebec and RGGI markets, a framework would be created for a broad program lead by states International pacts can be  utilized securing foreign commitment While non-binding pact s commit to multilateral cooperation


Question: stegman 15

That’s sufficient to solve the climate, maintain regulatory efficiency, and avoid the debt ceiling DA.

Stegman 15 (John Stegman, J.D. Santa Clara University School of Law, 2015, “Cooperative State Cap And Trade To Mitigate Climate Change,” Santa Clara Law Review Vo. 55, Rev. 215, https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vol55/iss1/6/ [Accessed 8-10-24])//g6

national cap and trade is unnecessary it could  preempt the state furthering the potential  for legal battles Instead , states should form a broad, multilateral cap and trade program , linking markets to provide stability and prevent leakage retaining flexibility Nine states participate in the RGGI developed a linked market to achieve a ten percent reduction apportions the base cap to each state , allowing the state to issue allowances equivalent to its portion of the cap California's recent linkage with Quebec demonstrates cap and trade was designed to link with others Should the Western Initiative link with Quebec and RGGI markets, a framework would be created for a broad program lead by states International pacts can be  utilized securing foreign commitment While non-binding pact s commit to multilateral cooperation


Question: state cap and trade solves

That’s sufficient to solve the climate, maintain regulatory efficiency, and avoid the debt ceiling DA.

Stegman 15 (John Stegman, J.D. Santa Clara University School of Law, 2015, “Cooperative State Cap And Trade To Mitigate Climate Change,” Santa Clara Law Review Vo. 55, Rev. 215, https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vol55/iss1/6/ [Accessed 8-10-24])//g6

national cap and trade is unnecessary it could  preempt the state furthering the potential  for legal battles Instead , states should form a broad, multilateral cap and trade program , linking markets to provide stability and prevent leakage retaining flexibility Nine states participate in the RGGI developed a linked market to achieve a ten percent reduction apportions the base cap to each state , allowing the state to issue allowances equivalent to its portion of the cap California's recent linkage with Quebec demonstrates cap and trade was designed to link with others Should the Western Initiative link with Quebec and RGGI markets, a framework would be created for a broad program lead by states International pacts can be  utilized securing foreign commitment While non-binding pact s commit to multilateral cooperation


Question: national cap and trade unnecessary

That’s sufficient to solve the climate, maintain regulatory efficiency, and avoid the debt ceiling DA.

Stegman 15 (John Stegman, J.D. Santa Clara University School of Law, 2015, “Cooperative State Cap And Trade To Mitigate Climate Change,” Santa Clara Law Review Vo. 55, Rev. 215, https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vol55/iss1/6/ [Accessed 8-10-24])//g6

national cap and trade is unnecessary it could  preempt the state furthering the potential  for legal battles Instead , states should form a broad, multilateral cap and trade program , linking markets to provide stability and prevent leakage retaining flexibility Nine states participate in the RGGI developed a linked market to achieve a ten percent reduction apportions the base cap to each state , allowing the state to issue allowances equivalent to its portion of the cap California's recent linkage with Quebec demonstrates cap and trade was designed to link with others Should the Western Initiative link with Quebec and RGGI markets, a framework would be created for a broad program lead by states International pacts can be  utilized securing foreign commitment While non-binding pact s commit to multilateral cooperation


Question: state cap and trade program

That’s sufficient to solve the climate, maintain regulatory efficiency, and avoid the debt ceiling DA.

Stegman 15 (John Stegman, J.D. Santa Clara University School of Law, 2015, “Cooperative State Cap And Trade To Mitigate Climate Change,” Santa Clara Law Review Vo. 55, Rev. 215, https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vol55/iss1/6/ [Accessed 8-10-24])//g6

national cap and trade is unnecessary it could  preempt the state furthering the potential  for legal battles Instead , states should form a broad, multilateral cap and trade program , linking markets to provide stability and prevent leakage retaining flexibility Nine states participate in the RGGI developed a linked market to achieve a ten percent reduction apportions the base cap to each state , allowing the state to issue allowances equivalent to its portion of the cap California's recent linkage with Quebec demonstrates cap and trade was designed to link with others Should the Western Initiative link with Quebec and RGGI markets, a framework would be created for a broad program lead by states International pacts can be  utilized securing foreign commitment While non-binding pact s commit to multilateral cooperation


Question: climate change state cap and trade

That’s sufficient to solve the climate, maintain regulatory efficiency, and avoid the debt ceiling DA.

Stegman 15 (John Stegman, J.D. Santa Clara University School of Law, 2015, “Cooperative State Cap And Trade To Mitigate Climate Change,” Santa Clara Law Review Vo. 55, Rev. 215, https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vol55/iss1/6/ [Accessed 8-10-24])//g6

national cap and trade is unnecessary it could  preempt the state furthering the potential  for legal battles Instead , states should form a broad, multilateral cap and trade program , linking markets to provide stability and prevent leakage retaining flexibility Nine states participate in the RGGI developed a linked market to achieve a ten percent reduction apportions the base cap to each state , allowing the state to issue allowances equivalent to its portion of the cap California's recent linkage with Quebec demonstrates cap and trade was designed to link with others Should the Western Initiative link with Quebec and RGGI markets, a framework would be created for a broad program lead by states International pacts can be  utilized securing foreign commitment While non-binding pact s commit to multilateral cooperation


Question: cooperative state cap and trade

That’s sufficient to solve the climate, maintain regulatory efficiency, and avoid the debt ceiling DA.

Stegman 15 (John Stegman, J.D. Santa Clara University School of Law, 2015, “Cooperative State Cap And Trade To Mitigate Climate Change,” Santa Clara Law Review Vo. 55, Rev. 215, https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vol55/iss1/6/ [Accessed 8-10-24])//g6

national cap and trade is unnecessary it could  preempt the state furthering the potential  for legal battles Instead , states should form a broad, multilateral cap and trade program , linking markets to provide stability and prevent leakage retaining flexibility Nine states participate in the RGGI developed a linked market to achieve a ten percent reduction apportions the base cap to each state , allowing the state to issue allowances equivalent to its portion of the cap California's recent linkage with Quebec demonstrates cap and trade was designed to link with others Should the Western Initiative link with Quebec and RGGI markets, a framework would be created for a broad program lead by states International pacts can be  utilized securing foreign commitment While non-binding pact s commit to multilateral cooperation


Question: cap and trade legal battles

That’s sufficient to solve the climate, maintain regulatory efficiency, and avoid the debt ceiling DA.

Stegman 15 (John Stegman, J.D. Santa Clara University School of Law, 2015, “Cooperative State Cap And Trade To Mitigate Climate Change,” Santa Clara Law Review Vo. 55, Rev. 215, https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/lawreview/vol55/iss1/6/ [Accessed 8-10-24])//g6

national cap and trade is unnecessary it could  preempt the state furthering the potential  for legal battles Instead , states should form a broad, multilateral cap and trade program , linking markets to provide stability and prevent leakage retaining flexibility Nine states participate in the RGGI developed a linked market to achieve a ten percent reduction apportions the base cap to each state , allowing the state to issue allowances equivalent to its portion of the cap California's recent linkage with Quebec demonstrates cap and trade was designed to link with others Should the Western Initiative link with Quebec and RGGI markets, a framework would be created for a broad program lead by states International pacts can be  utilized securing foreign commitment While non-binding pact s commit to multilateral cooperation


Question: Energy demand inelastic

A. ENERGY DEMAND: It’s inelastic, so consumers won’t shift.

Leah C. Stokes & Matto Mildenberger 20, Stokes is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, the author of Short-Circuiting Policy, Mildenberger is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, “The Trouble with Carbon Pricing”, Boston Review, 9-24-20, https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/trouble-carbon-pricing/

Norway , which has the highest carbon prices emissions in oil rose 78 percent because of demand inelasticity if no easy alternatives high taxes won’t reduce pollution research suggests limited innovation we lack strong ev carbon pricing induced clean tech corporations will not innovate because of minor tweaks EU reduced emissions by 4 percent reductions are nothing compared to what needs to be done pricing is like bringing a stick to a knife fight


Question: Stokes and Mildenberger carbon pricing

A. ENERGY DEMAND: It’s inelastic, so consumers won’t shift.

Leah C. Stokes & Matto Mildenberger 20, Stokes is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, the author of Short-Circuiting Policy, Mildenberger is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, “The Trouble with Carbon Pricing”, Boston Review, 9-24-20, https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/trouble-carbon-pricing/

Norway , which has the highest carbon prices emissions in oil rose 78 percent because of demand inelasticity if no easy alternatives high taxes won’t reduce pollution research suggests limited innovation we lack strong ev carbon pricing induced clean tech corporations will not innovate because of minor tweaks EU reduced emissions by 4 percent reductions are nothing compared to what needs to be done pricing is like bringing a stick to a knife fight


Question: Leah Stokes carbon pricing

A. ENERGY DEMAND: It’s inelastic, so consumers won’t shift.

Leah C. Stokes & Matto Mildenberger 20, Stokes is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, the author of Short-Circuiting Policy, Mildenberger is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, “The Trouble with Carbon Pricing”, Boston Review, 9-24-20, https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/trouble-carbon-pricing/

Norway , which has the highest carbon prices emissions in oil rose 78 percent because of demand inelasticity if no easy alternatives high taxes won’t reduce pollution research suggests limited innovation we lack strong ev carbon pricing induced clean tech corporations will not innovate because of minor tweaks EU reduced emissions by 4 percent reductions are nothing compared to what needs to be done pricing is like bringing a stick to a knife fight


Question: Energy demand inelastic consumers

A. ENERGY DEMAND: It’s inelastic, so consumers won’t shift.

Leah C. Stokes & Matto Mildenberger 20, Stokes is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, the author of Short-Circuiting Policy, Mildenberger is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, “The Trouble with Carbon Pricing”, Boston Review, 9-24-20, https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/trouble-carbon-pricing/

Norway , which has the highest carbon prices emissions in oil rose 78 percent because of demand inelasticity if no easy alternatives high taxes won’t reduce pollution research suggests limited innovation we lack strong ev carbon pricing induced clean tech corporations will not innovate because of minor tweaks EU reduced emissions by 4 percent reductions are nothing compared to what needs to be done pricing is like bringing a stick to a knife fight


Question: Carbon pricing won't shift consumers

A. ENERGY DEMAND: It’s inelastic, so consumers won’t shift.

Leah C. Stokes & Matto Mildenberger 20, Stokes is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, the author of Short-Circuiting Policy, Mildenberger is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, “The Trouble with Carbon Pricing”, Boston Review, 9-24-20, https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/trouble-carbon-pricing/

Norway , which has the highest carbon prices emissions in oil rose 78 percent because of demand inelasticity if no easy alternatives high taxes won’t reduce pollution research suggests limited innovation we lack strong ev carbon pricing induced clean tech corporations will not innovate because of minor tweaks EU reduced emissions by 4 percent reductions are nothing compared to what needs to be done pricing is like bringing a stick to a knife fight


Question: High carbon prices don't reduce pollution

A. ENERGY DEMAND: It’s inelastic, so consumers won’t shift.

Leah C. Stokes & Matto Mildenberger 20, Stokes is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, the author of Short-Circuiting Policy, Mildenberger is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, “The Trouble with Carbon Pricing”, Boston Review, 9-24-20, https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/trouble-carbon-pricing/

Norway , which has the highest carbon prices emissions in oil rose 78 percent because of demand inelasticity if no easy alternatives high taxes won’t reduce pollution research suggests limited innovation we lack strong ev carbon pricing induced clean tech corporations will not innovate because of minor tweaks EU reduced emissions by 4 percent reductions are nothing compared to what needs to be done pricing is like bringing a stick to a knife fight


Question: Carbon pricing stick to a knife fight

A. ENERGY DEMAND: It’s inelastic, so consumers won’t shift.

Leah C. Stokes & Matto Mildenberger 20, Stokes is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, the author of Short-Circuiting Policy, Mildenberger is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, “The Trouble with Carbon Pricing”, Boston Review, 9-24-20, https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/trouble-carbon-pricing/

Norway , which has the highest carbon prices emissions in oil rose 78 percent because of demand inelasticity if no easy alternatives high taxes won’t reduce pollution research suggests limited innovation we lack strong ev carbon pricing induced clean tech corporations will not innovate because of minor tweaks EU reduced emissions by 4 percent reductions are nothing compared to what needs to be done pricing is like bringing a stick to a knife fight


Question: Norway emissions rose 78 percent

A. ENERGY DEMAND: It’s inelastic, so consumers won’t shift.

Leah C. Stokes & Matto Mildenberger 20, Stokes is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, the author of Short-Circuiting Policy, Mildenberger is an assistant professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, “The Trouble with Carbon Pricing”, Boston Review, 9-24-20, https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/trouble-carbon-pricing/

Norway , which has the highest carbon prices emissions in oil rose 78 percent because of demand inelasticity if no easy alternatives high taxes won’t reduce pollution research suggests limited innovation we lack strong ev carbon pricing induced clean tech corporations will not innovate because of minor tweaks EU reduced emissions by 4 percent reductions are nothing compared to what needs to be done pricing is like bringing a stick to a knife fight


Question: US electrical grid resilient

The US electrical grid is resilient.

Rick Cragg 24. Project manager at Fossil Consulting Services. Technical consultant to utility, independent power, and government clients in the areas of fossil/cogeneration/hydropower plant training need assessments, design, development, and implementation, and auditing. “Is the US Electrical Grid Safe?” 1/8/24. https://www.fossilconsulting.com/blog/safety/is-the-us-electrical-grid-safe/.

The US grid is  extremely large comprises over 6,400 power plants over 450,000 miles of transmission Recently attacks in Washington and  North Carolina have become more of a concern It is not feasible  to take down the whole grid infrastructure designed  to stop cascading failures  that take down  the grid size is a  protection . The chance of one event  removing power from country  is very small.


Question: Cragg 24

The US electrical grid is resilient.

Rick Cragg 24. Project manager at Fossil Consulting Services. Technical consultant to utility, independent power, and government clients in the areas of fossil/cogeneration/hydropower plant training need assessments, design, development, and implementation, and auditing. “Is the US Electrical Grid Safe?” 1/8/24. https://www.fossilconsulting.com/blog/safety/is-the-us-electrical-grid-safe/.

The US grid is  extremely large comprises over 6,400 power plants over 450,000 miles of transmission Recently attacks in Washington and  North Carolina have become more of a concern It is not feasible  to take down the whole grid infrastructure designed  to stop cascading failures  that take down  the grid size is a  protection . The chance of one event  removing power from country  is very small.


Question: Rick Cragg US grid

The US electrical grid is resilient.

Rick Cragg 24. Project manager at Fossil Consulting Services. Technical consultant to utility, independent power, and government clients in the areas of fossil/cogeneration/hydropower plant training need assessments, design, development, and implementation, and auditing. “Is the US Electrical Grid Safe?” 1/8/24. https://www.fossilconsulting.com/blog/safety/is-the-us-electrical-grid-safe/.

The US grid is  extremely large comprises over 6,400 power plants over 450,000 miles of transmission Recently attacks in Washington and  North Carolina have become more of a concern It is not feasible  to take down the whole grid infrastructure designed  to stop cascading failures  that take down  the grid size is a  protection . The chance of one event  removing power from country  is very small.


Question: US grid infrastructure

The US electrical grid is resilient.

Rick Cragg 24. Project manager at Fossil Consulting Services. Technical consultant to utility, independent power, and government clients in the areas of fossil/cogeneration/hydropower plant training need assessments, design, development, and implementation, and auditing. “Is the US Electrical Grid Safe?” 1/8/24. https://www.fossilconsulting.com/blog/safety/is-the-us-electrical-grid-safe/.

The US grid is  extremely large comprises over 6,400 power plants over 450,000 miles of transmission Recently attacks in Washington and  North Carolina have become more of a concern It is not feasible  to take down the whole grid infrastructure designed  to stop cascading failures  that take down  the grid size is a  protection . The chance of one event  removing power from country  is very small.


Question: grid is safe

The US electrical grid is resilient.

Rick Cragg 24. Project manager at Fossil Consulting Services. Technical consultant to utility, independent power, and government clients in the areas of fossil/cogeneration/hydropower plant training need assessments, design, development, and implementation, and auditing. “Is the US Electrical Grid Safe?” 1/8/24. https://www.fossilconsulting.com/blog/safety/is-the-us-electrical-grid-safe/.

The US grid is  extremely large comprises over 6,400 power plants over 450,000 miles of transmission Recently attacks in Washington and  North Carolina have become more of a concern It is not feasible  to take down the whole grid infrastructure designed  to stop cascading failures  that take down  the grid size is a  protection . The chance of one event  removing power from country  is very small.


Question: cascading failures grid

The US electrical grid is resilient.

Rick Cragg 24. Project manager at Fossil Consulting Services. Technical consultant to utility, independent power, and government clients in the areas of fossil/cogeneration/hydropower plant training need assessments, design, development, and implementation, and auditing. “Is the US Electrical Grid Safe?” 1/8/24. https://www.fossilconsulting.com/blog/safety/is-the-us-electrical-grid-safe/.

The US grid is  extremely large comprises over 6,400 power plants over 450,000 miles of transmission Recently attacks in Washington and  North Carolina have become more of a concern It is not feasible  to take down the whole grid infrastructure designed  to stop cascading failures  that take down  the grid size is a  protection . The chance of one event  removing power from country  is very small.


Question: US grid large

The US electrical grid is resilient.

Rick Cragg 24. Project manager at Fossil Consulting Services. Technical consultant to utility, independent power, and government clients in the areas of fossil/cogeneration/hydropower plant training need assessments, design, development, and implementation, and auditing. “Is the US Electrical Grid Safe?” 1/8/24. https://www.fossilconsulting.com/blog/safety/is-the-us-electrical-grid-safe/.

The US grid is  extremely large comprises over 6,400 power plants over 450,000 miles of transmission Recently attacks in Washington and  North Carolina have become more of a concern It is not feasible  to take down the whole grid infrastructure designed  to stop cascading failures  that take down  the grid size is a  protection . The chance of one event  removing power from country  is very small.


Question: Israel NC3 attacks escalate to nuclear

4 – Israel will conduct NC3 attacks, causing miscalc by Russia and China – goes nuclear.

Nivedita Raju & Wilfred Wan 24, Nivedita Raju, Researcher at SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction programme; Wilfred Wan, Director of SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, PhD, “Escalation Risks at the Space–Nuclear Nexus,” SIPRI Research Policy Paper, February 2024, https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/2402_rpp_space-nuclear_nexus.pdf

disruption of GNSS is increasing attributed to  Israeli forces  in Gaza designations affect the calculus  for escalation Given competition  and potential to be drawn into confrontation there is high scope for escalation including nuclear use analysis exhibits unprecedented worst-case scenario thinking red lines become blurred  due to uncertainties escalation emerges, including nuclear in cyber with  grave consequences for all


Question: Raju and Wan 24

4 – Israel will conduct NC3 attacks, causing miscalc by Russia and China – goes nuclear.

Nivedita Raju & Wilfred Wan 24, Nivedita Raju, Researcher at SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction programme; Wilfred Wan, Director of SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, PhD, “Escalation Risks at the Space–Nuclear Nexus,” SIPRI Research Policy Paper, February 2024, https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/2402_rpp_space-nuclear_nexus.pdf

disruption of GNSS is increasing attributed to  Israeli forces  in Gaza designations affect the calculus  for escalation Given competition  and potential to be drawn into confrontation there is high scope for escalation including nuclear use analysis exhibits unprecedented worst-case scenario thinking red lines become blurred  due to uncertainties escalation emerges, including nuclear in cyber with  grave consequences for all


Question: Israeli forces GNSS disruption

4 – Israel will conduct NC3 attacks, causing miscalc by Russia and China – goes nuclear.

Nivedita Raju & Wilfred Wan 24, Nivedita Raju, Researcher at SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction programme; Wilfred Wan, Director of SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, PhD, “Escalation Risks at the Space–Nuclear Nexus,” SIPRI Research Policy Paper, February 2024, https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/2402_rpp_space-nuclear_nexus.pdf

disruption of GNSS is increasing attributed to  Israeli forces  in Gaza designations affect the calculus  for escalation Given competition  and potential to be drawn into confrontation there is high scope for escalation including nuclear use analysis exhibits unprecedented worst-case scenario thinking red lines become blurred  due to uncertainties escalation emerges, including nuclear in cyber with  grave consequences for all


Question: Israel nuclear escalation

4 – Israel will conduct NC3 attacks, causing miscalc by Russia and China – goes nuclear.

Nivedita Raju & Wilfred Wan 24, Nivedita Raju, Researcher at SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction programme; Wilfred Wan, Director of SIPRI Weapons of Mass Destruction Programme, PhD, “Escalation Risks at the Space–Nuclear Nexus,” SIPRI Research Policy Paper, February 2024, https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/2402_rpp_space-nuclear_nexus.pdf

disruption of GNSS is increasing attributed to  Israeli forces  in Gaza designations affect the calculus  for escalation Given competition  and potential to be drawn into confrontation there is high scope for escalation including nuclear use analysis exhibits unprecedented worst-case scenario thinking red lines become blurred  due to uncertainties escalation emerges, including nuclear in cyber with  grave consequences for all