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__Aff: OTEC__

** Plan: The United States federal government should demonstrate Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion as a form of development and provide licensing and citing incentives for investors. **
Solvency:
 * Recent technological developments make OTEC feasible, efficient, and economically viable **
 * Huang et al 3 ** —U.S. Department of Energy (Joseph C., Hans J. Krock, Stephen K. Oney, “REVISIT OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM”, rmf)

** And, a U.S. FEDERAL demonstration is necessary to get the market going **

 * Vega ’10 ** (Luis A. PhD, National Marine Renewable Energy Center at the University of Hawaii, ‘Economics of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC): An Update[[file:///C:\Users\eforslund\Dropbox\2015%20Stuff\Camp%20Work\'%20http:\hinmrec.hnei.hawaii.edu\wp-content\uploads\2010\01\OTEC-Economics-2010.pdf|’, http://hinmrec.hnei.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/OTEC-Economics-2010.pdf]]// //, //wcp//)

** Regulatory // Certainty // and // Clarity // is key – No federal action deters investors **

 * Elefant ‘2 **

(Carolyn, November 19th, “Proposed Strategies for Addressing Regulatory Uncertainty in Ocean Energy Development in the United States”, [], //wcp//)

Leadership:

** It’s a race for OTEC now – winning the race to commercialize ensures control of energy industries and locks-in technological leadership and diplomacy **
(Robert Cohen, USA, OTEC consultant and adviser to the company Lockheed Martin, Mathieu Ladouch Renewable Energy Engineer and Energy Expert, Development & execution manager at Marine Energy Times Mechanical Engineer (TIDAL ENERGY) at HYDRO-GEN Project Manager Engineer at Deschamps Mechanical or Industrial Engineering “Ocean Thermal Energy Ocean OTEC could soon be used?,” pg online @ http://www.marineenergytimes.com/could-otec-soon-be-used-partii-in-the-midst-of-international-competition.html //um-ef)
 * Cohen and Ladouch 12 **

** And, U.S. technological leadership is on the brink – it’s an existential risk **

 * Dr. Hummell et al 12 **

(Robert Hummel, PhD1,*, Policy Research Division, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies,, Patrick Cheetham1, Justin Rossi1, Synesis: A Journal of Science, Technology, Ethics, and Policy 2012 “US Science and Technology Leadership, and Technology Grand Challenges,” pg online @ [] //um-ef)

** Failure to maintain U.S. Technological energy primacy through domestic development causes U.S. protectionism against China **

 * Li 2/26/14 ** (Researcher with Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.“pg online @ http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2014-02/26/content_17305240.htm //um-ef)

** U.S.-China Trade Friction escalations to global war **
**Liu ’05** ( Henry C., Chair – New York Private Investment Group, The Coming Trade War Part 6, Asia Times Online, 8-20, http://atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/GH20Dj01.html)

** Extinction **

 * Lieven 12 **

(Anatol, Professor in the War Studies Department – King’s College (London), Senior Fellow – New America Foundation (Washington), “Avoiding US-China War,” New York Times, 6-12, [] )

** Winning the green tech race is key to US primacy, preventing resource wars and climate change – all which cause __extinction__ **
(Louis, Professor at the Center for Global Affairs – New York University, “ [|Securing American Primacy While Tackling Climate Change: Toward a National Strategy of Greengemony] ”, Huffington Post, 12-15, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/louis-klarevas/securing-american-primacy_b_393223.html)
 * Klarevas 9 **

** And, independently, STRONG U.S. Diplomacy prevents conflict and escalation **
( Gen. Michael W. Hagee and Adm. James M. Loy, 3-27-2012, What it takes to keep U.S. safe today, Politico, p. www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74509.html)
 * Hagee and Loy 12 **

** Also, STRONG U.S. Diplomacy is the only way to stop Indo-Pak war – its on the brink now and miscalc is inevitable without U.S. de-escalation ***
Vira 12 ** (Varun Vira writes on Middle Eastern and South Asian security affairs. Most recently, he coauthored Pakistan: Violence vs. Stability with Dr. Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), pg online @ [] //um-ef)

**Indo-Pak war goes nuclear—causes starvation and extinction**
International Business Times 13 (Ghosh, Palash. “India-Pakistan Nuclear War Would Kill 2 Billion People, End Civilization: Report,” International Business Times, December 10, 2013, http://www.ibtimes.com/india-pakistan-nuclear-war-would-kill-2-billion-people-end-civilization-report-1503604//ghs-kw)

** Moreover, U.S. Diplomatic strength is in question – the Administration is in significant need of a boost **

 * Cohen 13 ** (Roger cohen, NY times columnist. “Diplomacy is dead” (pg online @ [] //um-ef)

Energy:

** Warming is anthropogenic – the most comprehensive data-sets are conclusive **
*John Cook – Fellow @ Global Change Institute, produced climate communication resources adopted by organisations such as NOAA and the U.S. Navy **Dana Nuccitelli – MA in Physics @ UC-Davis** (“Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature,” Environmental Research Letters, 8.2)//BB
 * Green 13 ** – Professor of Chemistry @ Michigan Tech
 * Mark Richardson – PhD Candidate in Meteorology, et al.,

** Even if some warming is inevitable, keeping it below 4 degrees avoids the worst impacts **

 * Kim 12 ** – PhD in Anthropology @ Harvard, former president of Dartmouth, Now President of the World Bank

(Jim Yong, “Turn Down the Heat,” p. ix)//BB

** Catastrophic warming risks extinction **
(Jeffrey Mazo, Managing Editor, Survival and Research Fellow for Environmental Security and Science Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, 3-2010, “Climate Conflict: How global warming threatens security and what to do about it,” pg. 122)//BB
 * Mazo 10 ** – PhD in Paleoclimatology from UCLA

** Independently, emissions cause ocean acidification – extinction **
(Joseph J., “Science: Ocean Acidifying so fast that it threatens humanity’s ability to feed itself”, 3/2/12; http://earthlawcenter.org/news/headline/science-ocean-acidifying-so-fast-it-threatens-humanitys-ability-to-feed-itself/)
 * Romm 12 ** – physicist and climate expert, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress


 * Alternative methods of solving warming fail – OTEC is our last stand to reverse climate change **
 * Baird ’14 ** (Jim, B.S. Chemistry, Owner at Global Warming Mitigation Method, “The Existential Imperative: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion II”, The energy collective, Jan 6th, 2014 http://theenergycollective.com/jim-baird/324161/existential-imperative-ocean-thermal-energy-conversion-ii, //wcp//)

** And, it Sequesters Carbon **
**Muralidharan 2012** (Shylesh Master of Science in Engineering and Management at Pondicherry University – Mechanical Engineering school. “Assessment of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion” 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Archives.pdf .accessed 6/29/14 .nt)

(Hans Krock, PhD. professor emeritus in Ocean Engineering at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa and president of OCEES and CTO at DSH. Krock, H. J. Huang, J. C. Oney, S. K. “Revisit Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion System,” Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 171-2. July 2, 2003. [])
 * And, OTEC is k2 solve for the hydrogen economy **
 * Krock et al. 03 **

** That independently solves extinction **

 * Gresser and Cusumano 05 ** (Julian, is an international attorney, negotiator, inventor, and recognized expert on environmental law, a professor at MIT and Harvard Law, a senior consultant to the U.S. State Department, The World Bank, The Prime Minister's Office of Japan, The People's Republic of China, and the European Commission and the founder of the GII, James A, April, PhD in physical chemistry, pursuing business studies at Harvard and Stanford, and receiving a fellowship at Churchill College at Cambridge University, he served as a research scientist and then Director of Catalysis R&D for Exxon, “Hydrogen and the New Energy Economy: Why We Need an Apollo Mission for Clean Energy”, [] ) //CBC

__Neg:__ 1NC: T it's, security K, Midterms, case 2NR: Sec K

1NC: T military, security K, Midterms, case 2NR: Sec K

1NC: HTF, consumption, case 2NR: HTF