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	1	+===Framework===
	2	+
	3	+
	4	+====I affirm. ====
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	6	+
	7	+====Definitions:====
	8	+
	9	+
	10	+====Dictionary.com and Oxford Dictionary agree:====
	11	+**"Definition of Nuclear Power." Oxford Dictionary, n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2016. ~~Note: Dictionary.com cites Oxford Dictionary in this definition, see Oxford Dictionary definition below.~~ CR**
	12	+Nuclear power: NOUN 1. Electric or motive power generated by a nuclear reactor.
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	14	+
	15	+====The resolution is a question of how governments ought to act, thus the value is morality and the actor is governments.====
	16	+
	17	+
	18	+====All governmental actions and inactions are choices that should be judged based on their outcomes, and thus overall good should be how their actions are judged. Sunstein and Vermeule:====
	19	+Cass Sunstein (professor of jurisprudence at U Chicago Law School) and Adrian Vermeule (professor of law at U Chicago Law School). "Is Capital Punishment Morally Required? Acts, Omissions, and Life-Life Tradeoffs." Stanford Law Review, December 2005.
	20	+In our view, any effort to distinguish between acts and omissions goes wrong by
	21	+AND
	22	+the distinction between authorizing murder and failing to prevent it would become thin.
	23	+
	24	+
	25	+====And, the government must always deal with differing individual moral perspectives by promoting general welfare.====
	26	+**Woller 97 ~~Woller, Gary BYU Prof., "An Overview by Gary Woller", A Forum on the Role of Environmental Ethics, June 1997, pg. 10~~**
	27	+Moreover, virtually all public policies entail some redistribution of economic or political resources,
	28	+AND
	29	+perhaps at times a necessary, basis for public policy in a democracy.
	30	+
	31	+
	32	+====Consequences are the only morally relevant determination since they're the only form of value we can experience. ====
	33	+Harris 10 ~~Sam, 2010. CEO Project Reason; PHD UCLA Neuroscience; BA Stanford Philosophy. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values."~~
	34	+Here is my (consequentialist) starting point: all questions of value (right
	35	+AND
	36	+, therefore, consequences and conscious states remain the foundation of all values.
	37	+
	38	+
	39	+====Therefore, the standard for morality is maximizing expected utility====
	40	+
	41	+
	42	+===Contention One: Renewables===
	43	+
	44	+
	45	+====Nuclear energy is becoming increasingly irrelevant as the cost of renewables continues to go down dramatically. Lindon in 15.====
	46	+Henry Lindon, "Study: Wind Energy and Solar Energy Beating Conventional Generation Modalities On Costs Of Production", http://sustainnovate.ae/en/industry-news/detail/study-wind-energy-solar-energy-beating-conventional-generation-modalities-o/ 11/30/15.
	47	+Wind energy and solar energy are notably beating out conventional generation modalities (coal,
	48	+AND
	49	+25 just over the last year, according to the new study.
	50	+
	51	+
	52	+====This also proves that upon a banning of nuclear energy the market would have a natural incentive to switch to renewable energy even before factoring in regulations and subsidies.====
	53	+
	54	+
	55	+====And, advancements in storage energy technology means that renewables really can provide all our energy needs and that nuclear is soon to be completely obsolete. Evans-Pitchard:====
	56	+Ambrose Evans-Pitchard (International Business Editor of The Daily Telegraph). "Holy Grail of energy policy in sight as battery technology smashes the old order." The Telegraph. August 10, 2016. JY.
	57	+The world's next energy revolution is probably no more than five or ten years away
	58	+AND
	59	+be extended periods in the summer when no base-load is needed whatsoever
	60	+
	61	+
	62	+====Although nuclear power may not release C02 during operation. The fuel mining, enrichment and construction of plants is very carbon intensive meaning nuclear energy is in no way a "clean" or "Carbon free" technology. Sovacool Writes,====
	63	+**Sovacool, Benjamin K. "Valuing the greenhouse gas emissions from nuclear power: A critical survey." Energy Policy 36.8 (2008): 2950-2963.**
	64	+The first conclusion is that the mean value of emissions over the course of the
	65	+AND
	66	+kWh/m2 /yr and a performance ratio of 0.8)
	67	+
	68	+
	69	+===Contention Two: Nuclear Lobbying===
	70	+
	71	+
	72	+====First, nuclear energy consumes political attention, which means that renewables and efficiency standards get less political support and intiative, further delaying a move to the radical energy efficiency we need to combat climate change.. Porritt writes,====
	73	+Jonathan Porritt, Director of Forum for the Future, Why the UK must choose renewables over nuclear: an answer to Monbiot", The Guardian, 7/26/11, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2011/jul/26/george-monbiot-renewable-nuclear
	74	+The Sustainable Development Commission's 2006 report commented specifically on this: "Were it to
	75	+AND
	76	+and absolutely nothing to put efficiency at the heart of that reform process.
	77	+
	78	+
	79	+====Furthermore, the nuclear industry engages in lobbying against renewables by portraying themselves as the only "real solution" despite the scientific evidence to the contrary. This means that arguments based on cost of renewables are often based upon a cruel lie by the industry. Cooper writes.====
	80	+Mark Cooper, PhD and Senior Fellow for Economic Analysis Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School, The Economic Failure of Nuclear Power and the Development of a Low Carbon Electricity Future: Why Small Modular Reactors are Part of the Problem, Not the Solution, May 2014, http://216.30.191.148/Cooper20SMRs20are20Part20of20the20Problem,20Not20the20Solution20FINAL2.pdf
	81	+The collapse of nuclear economics has two immediate and important implications for public policy.
	82	+AND
	83	+of nuclear power, it is about the fundamental direction of climate policy.
	84	+
	85	+
	86	+====Impact: If we don't ban nuclear power, not only is it economically wasteful but it threatens the planet at large and our very ability to live here. Auerbach writes in 15.====
	87	+David Auerbach, "A child born today may live to see humanity's end, unless…" Reuters, June 18, 2015, http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/06/18/a-child-born-today-may-live-to-see-humanitys-end-unless/
	88	+Humans will be extinct in 100 years because the planet will be uninhabitable, said
	89	+AND
	90	+multiplier" and is considering its potential disruptive impact across all its planning.
	91	+
	92	+
	93	+===Contention 3: Meltdowns===
	94	+
	95	+
	96	+====Meltdowns are inevitable – other models are flawed ====
	97	+**Max - Planck- Gesselschaft 12** –The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institute (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Major Reactor, 5-22-2012, "Severe nuclear reactor accidents likely every 10 to 20 years, European study suggests," ScienceDaily, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120522134942.htm)
	98	+Fukushima are more likely to happen than previously assumed. Based on the operating hours
	99	+AND
	100	+earthquakes. After all, nobody had anticipated the reactor catastrophe in Japan.
	101	+
	102	+
	103	+====It's the single greatest danger to the environment====
	104	+**Stapleton 9** - Richard M Stapleton Is the author of books such as Lead Is a Silent Hazard, writes for pollution issues ("Disasters: Nuclear Accidents" http://www.pollutionissues.com/Co-Ea/Disasters-Nuclear-Accidents.html)
	105	+Of all the environmental disaster events that humans are capable of causing, nuclear disasters
	106	+AND
	107	+in bones where it may either cause cancer or damage bone marrow cells.
	108	+
	109	+
	110	+====Biod loss causes extinction—-newest ev====
	111	+**Torres 16** – (Apr 11, Phil, is the founding director of the X-Risks Institute, a contributor for the Future of Life Institute, an affiliate scholar at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and the author of The End: What Science and Religion Tell Us About the Apocalypse. His writing focuses on apocalyptic terrorism, emerging technologies, and existential risks. "Biodiversity loss: An existential risk comparable to climate change" http://thebulletin.org/biodiversity-loss-existential-risk-comparable-climate-change9329)
	112	+According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the two greatest existential threats to human
	113	+AND
	114	+as one of the most significant contemporary risks to human prosperity and survival.

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