Stephanie+and+Linda+(HJPV-CFJMP)

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We run NOPP, OTEC, and Satire. We run NOPP more than OTEC. We run satire when we don't feel like being topical. AFF: steph.coolcat@gmail.com NEG: lindazgong@gmail.com

There’s oil in the oceans – let’s drill! It will boost our AMERICA!
Magnoliazz, 10 a writer living on a tree farm in Wisconsin. She has 5 dogs, a flock of sheep, and operates a cat, guinea pig and rabbit rescue. (“America Has More Oil Than Saudi Arabia,” HubPages.com, [|http://magnoliazz.hubpages.com/hub/America-Has-More-Oil-Than-Saudi-Arabia)//IS]

//We Need To Start Drlling NOW!// ….// We can do it! God Bless America! //

Without oil civilization collapses! We need security!
Connors-Maloney, 12 – Oklahoma 1st Congressional District Coordinator – Oklahoma’s 1st District Coordinator (Annie, 02/16/12 “I Resist Our Dependence on Foreign Oil - Drill Here, Drill Now,” http://patriotaction.net/group/iresistourdependenceonforeignoildrillheredrillnow)//IS

This group was developed to help dispel the myth created by many of our government officials and environmentalists regarding the production of oil within the boundaries of our own country and in it's designated waters… less dependent on foreign oil.

We need oil independence – it’s key to SECURITY, HEGEMONY, and MUH FREEDOMS!
Powers, 10 – some person who wrote for CNN (Jonathan, “Independence from Dependence (on oil),” CNN, http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/2010/07/independence-from-dependence-o.html)//IS//

Oil poses a clear …// have pledge d to free our nation from a long and damaging cycle of dependence.

MUH FREEDOMS ARE A D-RULE

 * __ Petro __**, Wake Forest Professor in Toledo Law Review, 19**__ 74 __**

(Sylvester, Spring, page 480)

However, … __every invasion of freedom must be emphatically identified and resisted with undying spirit__.

Heg is the best ever thing ever!
Khalilzad, 1995 analyst at the RAND Corporation (Zalmay, Washington Quarterly, Spring, lexis)//IS//

// Under the third option, the United States would seek to retain global leadership and to preclude the rise of a global rival or a return to multipolarity for the indefinite future. On balance, this is the best long-term guiding principle and vision. Such a vision is desirable not as an end in itself, but because __a world in which the United States exercises leadership would__ have tremendous advantages. First, the global environment would be more open and more receptive to American values -- democracy, free markets, and the rule of law. Second, such a world would __have a better chance of dealing cooperatively with the world's major problems, such as nuclear proliferation, threats of regional hegemony by renegade states, and low-level conflicts__. Finally, __U.S. leadership would help preclude the rise of another hostile global rival, enabling the United States and the world to avoid another global cold or hot war and all the attendant dangers, including__// // a global nuclear exchange ////**. ** U.S. leadership would therefore be more conducive to global stability than a bipolar or a multipolar balance of power system.

Seriously, it’s key to all the power!
Herschinger **12** – lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of the Armed Forces Munich, Germany

(Eva, “‘Hell Is the Other’: Conceptualising Hegemony and Identity through Discourse Theory”, Millennium - Journal of International Studies September 2012 vol. 41 no. 1 65-90, dml)

Many IR-poststructuralists share with discourse theorists crucial commitments … would be a peaceful and safe place’. .

It’s not like drilling hurts the environment
Unconfirmed Sources, no date (“Sarah Palin To Host Nature Show,” Unconfirmed Sources http://unconfirmedsources.com/?itemid=4327)//IS//

// Nature lover Sarah Palin and Discovery Communications announced today that she will be hosting a new TV series called "… "Polar bears eat people! We don't want nasty bears// eating nice people!"//

Warming isn’t even real – if it was, I’d like it!
Connors-Maloney, 12 – Oklahoma 1st Congressional District Coordinator – Oklahoma’s 1st District Coordinator (Annie, 02/16/12 “I Resist Our Dependence on Foreign Oil - Drill Here, Drill Now,” http://patriotaction.net/group/iresistourdependenceonforeignoildrillheredrillnow)//IS

Science has now proven the following very important points: * CO2 is definitely not a pollutant. It is a friendly trace gas necessary for all life. * Human-produced CO2 is a miniscule fraction of a percentage of greenhouse gases. * 96.5% of all greenhouse gases emit from the oceans, naturally. … The list goes on and on, supported by NASA data, weather satellites, and much of the meteorological and scientific world.

The Russians are coming the Russians are coming! They’re evil and want to kill us
Nyquist no date (J.R., no date, former Russia analyst for the DOD and all around smart guy, “Russia's Disruptive Role,” http://www.jrnyquist.com/Russia_s_Disruptive_Role.html)//RTF

On Sunday I spoke with Polish journalist Tomasz Pompowski, who wanted to give me an update on events in Europe. The picture he painted was not entirely pleasant. Russia, he said, was promoting economic and political … It is an apt three lines which the entire world should commit to memory, especially as the number of those betrayed is bound to grow.

Seriously though, Russians are bullies
Roussel and Fossum 10- Stéphane Roussel is professor in the department of political science at the Université du Québec à Montréal and Canada Research Chair in Canadian foreign and defence policy. John Erik Fossum is professor of political science with the ARENA Centre for European Studies at the University of Oslo and vice president of the Nordic Association for Canadian Studies, (“The Arctic is Hot Again in America and Europe: Introduction to Part I”, December 2010, http://ijx.sagepub.com/content/65/4/799.citation//nemo)

Hønneland’s examination of the Russian-Norwegian pattern of cooperation opens the door for a closer look at Russia’s approach to the Arctic….. a race for Arctic resources.

Specifically Putin is an evil communist
Bikermog 08 (Bikermog, sometime 6 years ago according to yahoo answers, preferred answerer on yahoo answers, “Is Vladimir Putin a communist?,” https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081226134641AAO7a3v)//RTF

Is Vladimir Putin a communist…. Asker's rating & comment 5 out of 5

He’s even trying to over the world, and even worse, AMERICA!

 * Trinko 3/18** (Katarina, 3/18/14, managing editor of The Daily Signal and a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors, “

Putin Is Launching a New Version of the Evil Empire. What the U.S. Needs to Do Now,” http://dailysignal.com/2014/03/18/putin-launching-new-version-evil-empire-u-s-needs-now/)//RTF

Today Russian president …. become increasingly energy dependent on Moscow.

1. Drilling makes Russia mad! That means WAR!
Reuters 12/10 (Reuters, 12/10/13, “New cold war: Russia eyes chilly Arctic in global energy play,” http://www.cnbc.com/id/101262037#.)//RTF

President Vladimir Putin ordered …t he pole under the Arctic Sea, is part of their own landmass

It’s all good because we would totally win
Wolfeyes 08 (Wolfeyes, yahoo answers said they answered 6 years ago, commenter on yahoo answers, “Can America win a war against Russia?,” https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080817101640AAYkVXY)//RTF//

//Can America win a war against Russia … I mean we build new nukes every ten years :D. So in conclusion // we would win // but we would suffer about 25-35% casualties of the total number of forces that we would deploy, because at the end of the day Russia's armed forces are a big threat.

US gas exports are great!
Kasperowicz 3/5 (Pete, 3/5/14, staff writer for The Hill, “Boehner: Weaken Russian influence by exporting US natural gas,” http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/199978-boehner-weaken-russian-influence-by-exporting-us-natural-gas)//RTF

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) …," Barrasso said.

RIP in peace Russia
Aron 6/29 (Leon, 6/29/14, Resident Scholar and Director of Russian Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, “The political economy of Russian oil and gas,” http://www.aei.org/outlook/foreign-and-defense-policy/regional/europe/the-political-economy-of-russian-oil-and-gas/)//RTF

Finally, __among the most destabilizing consequences of the continuing dependence on oil and …__ demographic dynamics, seem to have conspired to leave the Kremlin no good, risk-free choices.

You have a moral obligation to vote aff
Cromstar, Day 982 (Cromstar, day 982, Patriot, “So You Want to Kill Russians?,” http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/so-you-want-to-kill-russians--1471663/1/20)//RTF//

// So You Want to // Kill Russians // … // Now, on to victory! //

Contention #3 are the Stock Issues
====Thus the plan: The United States federal government should/shall/ought to substantially increase its substantial investment, leasing, developmental development, explorational development and/or developmental exploration, in/of the Earth’s oceans.====

Voting neg is for Dave Strauss- vote aff

 * Phiddian 97** (Robert, 1997, lecturer in English at Flinders University of South Australia, “Are Parody and Deconstruction Secretly the Same Thing?,” https://dspace.flinders.edu.au/jspui/bitstream/2328/1032/1/Are%20Parody%20and%20Deconstruction%20Secretly%20the%20Same%20Thing.pdf)//RTF

I'd like to go a step further, and assert that parody is a form of deconstruction. I want to assert this with … a play of différance.

Seriously, Russians are assholes

 * Zizek 2k8** (Slavoj, 2008, Professor of Sociology at University of Ljublajana**, “**In Defense of Lost Causes**,”** [], 342-343)//RTF

Critchley's claim that "[s… This, precisely, is the reasoning one should reject —but why exactly?

Conditionality is a voting issue- skews 2AC strat and time and lets the neg go for the path of least resistance
Cheeseman and Bruce 96 (Graeme Cheeseman ,Snr. Lecturer @ New South Wales, and Robert Bruce, Discourses of Danger & Dread Frontiers, p. 5-9)

This goal is pursued in ways which are still unconventional in the intellectual milieu of international relations in Australia, even though they are gaining influence worldwide as traditional modes of theory and practice are rendered inadequate by global trends that defy comprehension, let alone policy. The inability to give meaning to global changes reflects partly the enclosed, elitist world of professional security analysts and bureaucratic experts, where entry is gained by learning … not to understand them, and why

Everyone dances to her or his own personal boomboom- dance to your boomboom!

 * Disyaka 13** (Ali, 2/1/13, writer for E International Relations Students, “Towards a Critical Securitization Theory: The Copenhagen and Aberystwyth Schools of Security Studies,” http://www.e-ir.info/2013/02/01/towards-a-critical-securitization-theory-the-copenhagen-and-aberystwyth-schools-of-security-studies/)//RTF

According to the Copenhagen … In short, survival is being alive; security is living.

We control uniqueness- CIR isn’t going to pass
Mark Neocleous , Prof. of Government @ Brunel, 2008  [//Critique of Security//, 185-6]

__The only way ____ out __ __of such a dilemma, … __ __ it requires us to be brave enough to return the gift."' __


 * Also, Congress doesn’t get the blame for anything—they’re too adorable**


 * The Onion ’13 ** (The Onion, America’s finest news source Poll Shows Majority Of Americans Can’t Blame Congress For The Shutdown, Not With Those Adorable Faces They Can’t

NEWS IN BRIEF • Politics • Government • Politicians • ISSUE 49•41 • Oct 7, 2013)//gingE

__ WASHINGTON—As the federal government shutdown enters its second week, …., __ __ squeeze him tight, and give him a big, sloppy kiss on the cheek ____. __

We can’t debate if we think euthanasia is a music group!
Ahmed 12 Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed is Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Development (IPRD), an independent think tank focused on the study of violent conflict, he has taught at the Department of International Relations, University of Sussex "The international relations of crisis and the crisis of international relations: from the securitisation of scarcity to the militarisation of society" Global Change, Peace & Security Volume 23, Issue 3, 2011 Taylor Francis

The twenty-first century heralds … the processes of social polarisation that can culminate in violent conflict.

I promise we’re topical!

 * Burke 07** (Anthony, 2007, Australian political theorist and international relations scholar and Associate Professor (Reader) of Politics and International Relations in the University of New South Wales, “Ontologies of War: Violence, Existence and Reason,” Project MUSE)//RTF

Two Ontologies of War … __much as its utilisation.__

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Mclain 12
Assistant Director of Science for the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (Craig, March 15, 2012 "Losing Deep-Sea Science in the United States", []

As the case in 1962 AND contact information is listed below.

Skuce 4/19
a recently-retired geophysical consultant living in British Columbia. He has BSc in geology from Sheffield University and an MSc in geophysics from the University of Leeds. His work experience includes a period at the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh and work for a variety of oil companies based in Calgary, Vienna and Quito (Andrew, "Global Warming: Not Reversible, But Stoppable," Skeptical Science, 2014, []

Bringing human emissions to a AND expression is quite literally true.

Goodwin 9
The Harmon Project, NOAA Goodwin is PhD Marine Biologist and Science Writer at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ("Why Do We Explore", []) zabd

Why Ocean Exploration Is Important AND we also explore to survive.

Young 14
thesis submitted for a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical & Ocean Engineering at MIT (Grace, "Missiles & Misconceptions: Why We Know More About the Dark Side of the Moon than the Depths of the Ocean", 1/17, []DH

The misconceptions that drove spending AND before it is too late.

Dingle 11
Sarah Dingle is a reporter for ABC Radio Current Affairs. ("Ocean heading for mass extinction, scientists warn", ABC News, [], June 21, 2011, Quay)

Scientists are warning of a AND in New York this week.

Avery 13
Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Susan, "Deep Sea Challenge: Innovative Partnerships in Ocean Observation" S. HRG. 113-268, 6/13, gpo.gov)//DH

The importance of the ocean AND will have around the globe.

NRC 3
Committee on Exploration of the Seas, Ocean Studies Board Division on Earth and Life Studies. ("Exploration of the Seas: Voyage into the Unknown", National Research Council, the National Academies Press, [])

Doney 8
Senior Scientist Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Department Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Scott, "The Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act: H.R. 4174" Written testimony presented to the Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, United States House of Representatives 6/5, http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=8916&tid=282&cid=43766)

Major gaps exist in our AND as local-scale mitigation efforts.

Watkins et al 9
Watkins chaired the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, served as the President of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, and founding President of the Consortium for Ocean Research and Education (James, How the Oceanographic Community Created a National Oceanographic Partnership Program" Oceanography Vol. 22, Iss. 2. Published by the NOPP, []

The successes of the ocean AND needs with haste and vigor.

Sielen 14
Alan B. Sielen is Senior Fellow for International Environmental Policy at the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography ("Sea Change: How to Save the Oceans" 4/16, []

The rebirth of the seas AND the world's largest ocean preserve.

NRC 3
(Committee on Exploration of the Seas, National Research Council, "Exploration of the Seas: Voyage into the Unknown", National Academies Press, http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10844)//GY

Justification for a New Ocean AND and physical changes must increase.

Fukuda 14
Assistant Director - General Health Security, World Health Organization, 14 (Keiji, "Antimicrobial resistance: global report on surveillance 2014" April, http://www.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/112642/1/9789241564748_eng.pdf?ua=1)//DH

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within a AND patients and health-care expenditures.

Greger 8
M.D., is Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States (Michael Greger, Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching, http://birdflubook.com/a.php?id=111)

Senate Majority Leader Frist describes AND whistled whilst passing a graveyard."3154

NRC 3
Committee on Exploration of the Seas, Ocean Studies Board Division on Earth and Life Studies. ("Exploration of the Seas: Voyage into the Unknown", http://explore.noaa.gov/sites/OER/Documents/national-research-council-voyage.pdf)

Incorporating a new ocean exploration AND by international groups of scientists.

Pages 4
Media Relations Officer at National Academies (Patrice, "Exploration of the Deep Blue Sea", National Academies In Focus Magazine, Winter/Spring, http://www.infocusmagazine.org/4.1/env_ocean.html)//DH

The oceans cover nearly three-quarters AND in our lives," Orcutt said.

NRC 3
National Research Center (Committee on Exploration of the Seas Ocean Studies Board Division on Earth and Life Studies, "Exploration of the Seas: Voyage into the Unknown (2003)", pp 6-7, http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10844&page=136)//gingE

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR AN OCEAN AND pursue themes of shared interest.

Leutert et al 13
third-year PhD student in the government department at Cornell University, currently based in Beijing from 2013-2014 as a visiting scholar at Peking University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Also authored by Dr. C. Sachi GERBIN, the 2013-2014 US resident Sasakawa Peace Foundation fellow, and Jennifer MCARDLE, program associate at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy at Pacific Forum CSIS (Wendy, "Forging Cooperation over Competition: Opportunities for Practical Security Collaboration in the Asia-Pacific, Issues & Insights Vol. 14 - No. 6 Beijing, People's Republic of China December 2013, [] DOC = Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea

Fishing for Peace? The Need AND in the South China Sea.

Dupont and Baker, 14

 * Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy **Principal Engineer, CSC/ServiceMesh (Alan and Christopher, "East Asia's Maritime Disputes: Fishing in Troubled Waters", March 01, 2014, []

Chinese fishing boats are also AND ally and ultimate security guarantor.

Wittner 11
Emeritus Professor of History at the State University of New York/Albany (Lawrence S. Wittner, 11/28, "Is a Nuclear War With China Possible?", www.huntingtonnews.net/14446)

While nuclear weapons exist, there AND and generating chaos and destruction.

Crosby 7
executive director, National Science Board (Michael, "Improving International Relations Through Marine Science Partnerships", __Laws, Science and Ocean Management__, p. 275-276

There are a number of AND between peoples of different nations.

Pomponi 4
Acting Managing Director, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (Shirley, "U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy: Recommendations for an Updated National Ocean Policy", Congressional Testimony, 5/5, [])//DH

Coordinating ocean and coastal research AND expanded interagency ocean science investments.

Augustine and Lane 4/28

 * member of the American Academy, former Under Secretary of the Army, member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology **member of the American Academy, Senior Fellow in Science and Technology Policy at the Baker Institute, served as Director of the National Science Foundation (Norma R. and Neal F., Inside Sources, "What if America had a plan for scientific research?", www.insidesources.com/what-if-america-had-a-plan-for-scientific-research/)//emchen

Many members of Congress on AND an edge America cannot surrender."

NOPP 12
an innovative collaboration of the U.S. federal government agencies that fund research partnerships (National Oceanographic Partnership Program, "Report to the U.S. Congress on the National Oceanographic Partnership Program: Fiscal Year 2011", www.nopp.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/FY11NOPP_ReportToCongress_FINAL.pdf)//emchen

The National Oceanographic Partnership Program AND with an emphasis on partnerships.

Beattie* & Schubel 13

 * President of Shedd Aquarium, **President of Aquarium of the Pacific (Ted, Jerry "The Report of Ocean Exploration 2020: A National Forum" pg. 32, July 19-21 2013, http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/oceanexploration2020/oe2020_report.pdf)//GY

On the Importance of a AND and mystery of scientific exploration.

Johnson 5/4
senior United States Senator from South Dakota (Tim, "JOHNSON: STEM boosts economy", Rapid City Journal, rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/communities/sturgis/Johnson-stem-boosts-economy/article_43671352-9824-524a-bc36-7f4c9245df65.html)//emchen

The world has become a AND to our future economic prosperity

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, http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/259024/economy-and-national-security-zalmay-khalilzad)//BB

Today, economic and fiscal trends AND aggressive moves in their regions.

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Cohen and Ladouch ’12
(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)

There is currently the possibility AND

their dependence on oil imports.

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 @ [|__http://www.synesisjournal.com/vol3_g/Hummel_2012_G14-39.pdf__] //um-ef)

Taken together, there is no AND a dedicated and coordinated effort.

Li 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)

Facing competitive pressure from the AND

short-sighted trade relief measures.

Liu 5
(Henry C., Chair – New York Private Investment Group, The Coming Trade War Part 6, Asia Times Online, 8-20, [])

US geopolitical hostility toward China AND

a world plagued with overcapacity.

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, [|__http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/opinion/avoiding-a-us-china-war.html__] )

Relations between the United States AND

crumbling states of Central America.

Klarevas 9
(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 climate change AND

keep potential foes in check.

Cohen 13
(pg online @ [|__http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/opinion/global/roger-cohen-diplomacy-is-dead.html?_r=0__] //um-ef)

DIPLOMACY is dead. Effective diplomacy AND

what do we both want

Hagee and Loy 12
(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)

The challenges we face today AND

get our economy rolling again.

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 @ [|__http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/escalating-from-terrorism-to-nuclear-war-on-the-asian-subcontinent__] //um-ef)

Within the next decade, there AND quite simply may not exist.

Celestopea 14
(Celestopea is an organization dedicated to creating a vibrant world of health, peace and prosperity. It is dedicated to helping people from all walks of life and cultures to have the opportunity to live and raise their families in sustainable, eco-friendly communities on both land and sea, where people are friends, united by common goals and principles of living. Celestopea, “Ocean Thermal Energy Converter,” http://www.celestopea.com/OTEC.htm//ghs-kw)

Many minerals and chemicals can AND

mining minerals from seawater feasible.

Hannis 12
(Eric, Senior fellow in defense studies at the American Foreign Policy Council, 11-20-12, US News, “Are We Losing the Race for Rare Earths?”, [])

The U nited States, like most AND

of the China relocation trap.

Hannis 12
Senior fellow in defense studies at the American Foreign Policy Council (Eric, 11-20-12, US News, “Are We Losing the Race for Rare Earths?”, http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/world-report/2012/11/20/the-us-needs-rare-earth-independence-from-china)

This race is also important AND are getting friendlier to America.

O'Hanlon 12
Scholar at the Brookings Institution, (Michael, January 2012, The Brookings Institution, “The Arsenal of Democracy and How to Preserve It: Key Issues in Defense Industrial Policy”, [])

The current wave of defense AND S tates in a globalized marketplace.

The pursuit of hegemony is inevitable, sustainable, and prevents great power war
Ikenberry, Brooks, and Wohlforth 13

Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College and the Albert G. Milbank

Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and

Global Eminence Scholar at Kyung Hee University in Seoul and the Daniel Webster

Professor of Government at Dartmouth College (John Ikenberry, Stephen G. Brooks, William C. Wohlforth, January/February 2013, Foreign Affairs, “Lean Forward: In Defense of American Engagement” http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138468/stephen-g-brooks-g-john-ikenberry-and-william-c-wohlforth/lean-forward)

Of course, even if it AND

results could well be disastrous.

**Prothero 12**
[Donald R. Prothero, Professor of Geology at Occidental College and Lecturer in Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology, 3-1-2012, "How We Know Global Warming is Real and Human Caused," Skeptic, vol 17 no 2, EBSCO]

Converging Lines of Evidence How AND cities would lie deep underwater.

Flournoy 11
Don Flournoy, PhD, University of Texas, Project Manager for University/Industry Experiments for the NASA ACTS Satellite, Professor of Telecommunications, Scripps College of Communications, Ohio University, citing Feng Hsu, PhD in Engingeering Science, NASA scientist at Goddard Space Flight Center, former research fellow of Brookhaven National Laboratory in the fields of risk assessment, risk-based decision making, safety & reliability and mission assurances for nuclear power, space launch, energy infrastructure and other social and engineering systems (Dec. 2011, "Solar Power Satellites," January, Springer Briefs in Space Development, p. 10-1)

In the Online Journal of AND take any chances” (Hsu 2010 ).

OTE 13
(Renewable energy and drinkable water provider with operations in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, The Bahamas and Cayman Islands. - See more at: http://www.otecorporation.com/about.html#sthash.zILGFQL5.dpuf “Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion and the Company Bringing it to Market: A Catalyst for Saving the Environment” Ocean thermal Energy Corporation, Dec 11, 2013 http://www.otecorporation.com/ocean-thermal-energy-conversion-and-the-company-bringing-it-to-market-a-catalyst-for-saving-the-environment/#sthash.qqz0TGEK.dpuf, //wcp//)

The awareness of human induced AND using off the shelf components.

Baird 14
(Jim “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//)

The [|fourth IPCC assessment report] AND

vapour than a heavy liquid.

Krock et al 3
(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. 160. July 2, 2003. [])

The ocean covers more than AND

power through a mechanical system.

Sify 10
Citing Professors @ University of Queensland and North Carolina (Sify News, Citing Ove Hoegh-Gulberg, Professor @ University of Queensland and Director of the Global Change Institute AND Citing John Bruno, Associate Professor of Marine Science @ UNC, “Could unbridled climate changes lead to human extinction?,” June 19th, [])

Sydney: Scientists have sounded alarm AND

beginning to fail', he added.

Elefant 2
(Carolyn, November 19th, “Proposed Strategies for Addressing Regulatory Uncertainty in Ocean Energy Development in the United States”, [], //wcp//)

I. THE REGULATORY BARRIERS TO OCEAN AND

private investors from funding projects.

Paul 10
(Paul, “American Energy Policy V – Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion”, [], //wcp//)

With a slightly different design AND

from multinational corporations and governments.

Vega 10
(Luis A. PhD, National Marine Renewable Energy Center at the University of Hawaii, ‘Economics of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC): An Update,// wcp//)

The major conclusion reached in AND the development program is implemented.

Ruiz et al 10
(Dr. Orlando E. Ruiz is an assistant professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, and a director of Offshore Infrastructure Associates. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and also completed the General Electric Edison Engineering Development Program. He has worked with aerospace and computer companies and maintains a consulting practice. Ruiz, O. E. Laboy, M. A. J. Martí, J. A. “Commercial Implementation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: Using the Ocean for Commercial Generation of Baseload Renewable Energy and Potable Water,” Sea-Technology magazine, April 2010. [|https://www.sea-technology.com/features/2010/0410/thermal_energy_conversion.html//ghs-kw])

Technical Feasibility The nearly 80 AND

fuel combustion would not occur.

Tanner 95
(Dylan, 1995, Pergamon, Renewable Energy, Vol 6, No. 3, pp. 367-373., Elsevier Science Ltd, “OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION: CURRENT OVERVIEW AND FUTURE OUTLOOK”)

The US government does not AND necessary or large scale commercialization.

= = =NEG= Rd 1 vs. OSW 1NC: Consumption, T-its 2NR: T-its

Rd 2 vs. Climate Monitoring 1NC: T-oceans, Ptx-ex im, China CP, Climate Apok 2NR: China CP

Rd 3 vs. OTEC 1NC: Politics-ex im, Military CP, T-military, Cap K 2NR: Politics

Rd 4 vs. Aquaculture 1NC: Heidegger, T-its, Land CP, NOAA t/o, case turns (disease, food sec, bio-d) 2NR: case turns + case

Rd 5 vs. Ocean Drones 1NC: Heidegger, China CP, China REMs DA, 2NR: China REMs

Rd 6 vs. Satire 1NC: FW, Cap, PIC out of Phiddian 2NR: FW

Rd 7 vs. Seaborgs 1NC: FW, Baudrillard 2NR: FW

Rd 8 vs. Icebreakers 1NC: Sec, Coast Guard t/o, T-military, case turns (BioD, dedev) 2NR: dedev + case

Rd 9 vs. OTEC 1NC: Heidegger, Russia Oil, Politics-ex im, Case turns (warming, food security, $ heg) 2NR: Russia Oil, case turns

