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Carbon regulation is coming and CCS technology is advancing – facilitating regulated transportation infrastructure is key to jump-starting the commercial industry
Zarraby 12 - chemical engineer for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, JD expected from GWU in 2012 Cyrus, “Note: Regulating Carbon Capture and Sequestration: A Federal Regulatory Regime to Promote the Construction of a National Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Network,” 80 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 950, Lexis Rising food prices...new CO<2> pipelines.

The entire project depends on a national network for pipeline infrastructure
IRGC 8 International Risk Governance Council, “Regulation of Carbon Capture and Storage,” http://www.irgc.org/IMG/pdf/Policy_Brief_CCS.pdf Large-scale CCS...the CCS industry.

** The federal government is key **
Horne 10 – JD @ U of Utah Jennifer, “Getting from Here to There: Devising an Optimal Regulatory Model for CO<2> Transport in a New Carbon Capture and Sequestration Industry,” 30 J. Land Resources & Envtl. L. 357, Lexis Siting regulations affect...far more workable.
 * -eminent domain, single regulator, encourages broader CCS investment and //__guarantees__// uniformity **

“Building Essential Infrastructure for Carbon Capture and Storage,” Report to the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, http://cdn.globalccsinstitute.com/sites/default/files/publications/13361/development-carbon-capture-and-storage-infrastructure.pdf This has ramifications... the public sector.
 * Significant and immediate government investment is key **
 * Insight Economics 11 **

Absent federal funding, companies will inevitably build point-to-point
Chrysostomidis et al. 9 – Ioannis Chrysostomidis and Paul Zakkour, Environemtal Resources Management; Mark Bohm and Eric Beynon, Suncor Energy; Renato de Filippo, Eni SpA; Arthur Lee, Chevron Corporation (“Assessing issues of financing a CO2 transportation pipeline infrastructure” Energy Procedia Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 1625–1632, February 2009, http://www.sciencedirect.com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/science/article/pii/S1876610209002148)//MR
 * __ For carbon dioxide ... __****__ capacity utilization risk. __**

That drives up costs, delays the project, and doesn’t store enough CO2
National Grid 12 – international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world (“The benefits of a clustered carbon capture and storage system over point-to-point” National Grid, 2012, [|http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/EnergyandServices/NonRegs/CCS/ClusteringBenefits/#header)//MR]


 * __ A shared pipeline... __****__ be too expensive. __**

Carbon sequestration is key to averting negative economic consequences of carbon regulations
EPA 10 – US Environmental Protection Agency “Report of the Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage,” http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/downloads/CCS-Task-Force-Report-2010.pdf While CCS can... technologies for export.

Having coal as a utility option is key – any alternative drastically increases consumer energy costs
Zarraby 12 - chemical engineer for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, JD expected from GWU in 2012 Cyrus, “Note: Regulating Carbon Capture and Sequestration: A Federal Regulatory Regime to Promote the Construction of a National Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Network,” 80 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 950, Lexis In the United... with electricity generation.

This collapses all major sectors of the economy
Rose and Wei 6 - * Professor of Energy, Environmental and Regional Economics, **Graduate Assistant in the Department of Geography at the Pennsylvania State University Adam and Dan, “The Economic Impacts of Coal Utilization and Displacement in the Continental United States, 2015,” http://www.americaspower.org/sites/all/themes/americaspower/images/pdf/penn-state-study.pdf We performed our... the U.S. economy

Nuclear war
Harris and Burrows 9 Mathew, PhD European History @ Cambridge, counselor in the National Intelligence Council (NIC) and Jennifer is a member of the NIC’s Long Range Analysis Unit “Revisiting the Future: Geopolitical Effects of the Financial Crisis” [] Increased Potential for Global Conflict Of course, the... eat-dog world.

Independently, the plan is a key fiscal stimulus
ACCCE 11 American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy, “American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity,” http://www.compasscoal.com/blog/ The United States...the government invests.

Domestic stimulus is key to manufacturing jobs and the economy
Buffenbarger, 11 (Tom Buffenbarger, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, 9/26/11, “Why ‘Buy America’ is integral to the jobs act”, []


 * __ Without a strong... __****__ our __** nation’s **__economy.__**

That’s key to faster growth
Applebaum 12 - *PhD, Professor @ Rutgers, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research

Eileen, 4-27, “Blame Budget Austerity for Poor GDP Growth,” http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2012/04/27/blame-budget-austerity-for-poor-gdp-growth

As the Obama... // not choose // austerity

Slow growth erodes US leadership and causes war
Khalilzad 11 – PhD, Former Professor of Political Science @ Columbia, Former ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan

Zalmay Khalilzad was the United States ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United Nations during the presidency of George W. Bush and the director of policy planning at the Defense Department from 1990 to 1992. "The Economy and National Security" Feb 8 www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/259024

Today, economic and ... in their regions

Investment in renewables are at a 3 year low and are going to get lower – expiring subsidies and waning support
Alex Morales 4/12 /2012 – staff writer for Bloomberg.com (“Renewable-Energy Investment Plunges in Quarter to Three-Year Low,” Bloomberg, []) Global investment in... reports on annually.

All renewables investment is pivoting to Asia – US green energy isn’t attracting investment
Nico P. Arboleda 6/26 /2012– staff writer for ecoseed.org (“Asia shift: R.E. investments look beyond U.S., E.U”, ecoseed.org, []) Venture capital firms... plants in Asia.

Clean tech leadership averts global war and is key to US power projection
Klarevas 9 – Professor of Global Affairs 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 By not addressing... // foes in check //**.**

CCS leads to renewed investment in renewables while streamlining the industry for long-term success
Mills 11 - *MSc in Geological Sciences @ Cambridge Robin, “Capturing Carbon: The New Weapon in the War Against Climate Change,” Google Book There is an...displaced by CCS.

Only CCS can bridge to clean tech while preserving the economy
Harder 10 - energy and environment reporter, National Journal Amy, “'Clean Coal' Is Essential To U.S.,” http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2010/08/how-viable-is-clean-coal.php#1616515 Clean coal technology...America more competitive.

Renewables are only effective if done economically
RNLSE 10 - One of Europe's leading research laboratories in sustainable energy and is a significant player in nuclear technologies(Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, November 16, 2010, “Carbon Dioxide-Free Energy Can Meet the World’s Energy Needs in 2050, Danish Report Finds,” Science Daily, []. H Taken as a... the next decades

CCS is a key bridge to the economic development of renewable energy – a slow transition solves

 * Hall and Kirkham 7 ** – natural resource attorneys with Stoel Rives LLP (Richard R. and John S., “Coal: Like It or Not, It's Here to Stay” The Enterprise Newspaper, June 4 2007, [] )//MR

Thirty years ago... alternative energy sources.

Decline of US power prompts massive transition wars culminating in extinction
Brzezinski ’12 - CSIS counselor and trustee and cochairs the CSIS Advisory Board. He is also the Robert E. Osgood Professor of American Foreign Policy at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, in Washington, D.C. (Zbigniew, “After America,” Foreign Policy Magazine, Jan/Feb, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/03/after_america) Not so long ago, a high-ranking Chinese official, who obviously had concluded that America's decline and China's rise were both inevitable, noted in a burst of candor to a senior U.S. official: "But, please, let America not decline too quickly." Although the inevitability.. into global turmoil.

Global warming is real and human induced – top climate scientists agree
Anderegg et al 10 – PhD Candidate @ Stanford in Biology William, “Expert credibility in climate change,” National Academy of Sciences, p. 12107-12109 Preliminary reviews of scientific literature and surveys of cli- mate scientists indicate striking agreement with the primary conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): anthropogenic greenhouse gases...anthropogenic climate change.

Warming is an existential risk – quickening reductions is key to avoiding extinction
Mazo 10 – PhD in Paleoclimatology from UCLA

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

The best estimates... and political changes.

**Carbon sequestration is key**

 * Mack and Endemann 10 ** - *partner in the Houston office and global Chair of the Environmental Transactional Support Practice, provides over 25 years of experience advising on the transactional, environmental and regulatory issues associated with all sectors of the oil and gas industry, power (including both fossil and renewable energy), mining and chemical industries in the United States and abroad, in addition to the development, financing and entitlements for telecommunications and other industrial and public infrastructure facilities in the United States and offshore, **JD, Faculty @ USD Law, provides comprehensive environmental counseling on energy and infrastructure projects, and represents clients in related litigation

Joel and Buck, “Making carbon dioxide sequestration feasible: Toward federal regulation of CO2 sequestration pipelines,” Energy Policy, http://lw.com/upload/pubContent/_pdf/pub3385_1.pdf

At present, approximately...global climate change.

**CCS solves and immediate action is necessary**
James, “SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE,” http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=96b0a903-32fc-47f8-9a36-b4ddd9805e2b Carbon capture and...attention and resources.
 * Rogers 7 ** - *CEO of Duke Energy

Unmitigated carbon emissions cause extinction **.**


 * Romm 12** – Joe Romm is a Fellow at American Progress and is the editor of Climate Progress, “Science: Ocean Acidifying So Fast It Threatens Humanity’s Ability to Feed Itself,” 3/2/2012, http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/03/02/436193/science-ocean-acidifying-so-fast-it-threatens-humanity-ability-to-feed-itself/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogre

The world’s oceans...and shell-building.

**CCS is a //__critical bridge__// to a broader portfolio of sustainable energy**
Sarah, CCS Guidelines: Guidelines for Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport, and Storage, World Resources Institute, http://pdf.wri.org/ccs_guidelines.pdf Scenarios for stabilizing...sustainable energy future.
 * Forbes et al 8 ** - senior associate at the World Resources Institute, former member of the National Energy Technology Laboratory

That’s modeled internationally
(Interdisciplinary Study, The Future of Coal, http://web.mit.edu/coal/) According to Dr. Deutch, " As the world's...be greatly enhanced.
 * MIT 7 **

**Only the plan is modeled – BRIC countries won’t cut emissions unless they can avoid economic cost**
Jay, “Incentives for Near-Term Carbon Dioxide Geological Sequestration,” Carnegie Mellon, http://wpweb2.tepper.cmu.edu/ceic/pdfs_other/Incentives_for_Near-Term_Carbon_Dioxide_Geological_Sequestration.pdf TheIntergovernmental Panel...figure 28 below
 * Apt et al 7 ** – PhD in Physics @ MIT, Professor of Technology, Tepper School of Business and Engineering and Public Policy

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