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	1	+I value morality as per the word ought in the resolution denoting moral obligation.
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	3	+Util allows us to choose in a real world situation between two prima facie.
	4	+Harsanyi 76 (John C. Rule Utilitarianism and Decision Theory. Berkeley: Center for Research in Management Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1976. Print).
	5	+It proposes to exlain our multifarious and seemingly logically rather disconnected moral value judgments in
	6	+AND
	7	+and any alternative moral code we may wish to consider for possible adoption.
	8	+
	9	+Governments have a specific obligation to be utilitarian
	10	+Woller 97 Gary Woller BYU Prof., “An Overview by Gary Woller”, A Forum on the Role of Environmental Ethics, June 1997, pg. 10
	11	+Moreover, virtually all public policies entail some redistribution of economic or political resources,
	12	+AND
	13	+regulatory unreasonableness while failing to adequately address the problem or actually making it worse
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	15	+Death controls the internal link to every moral value and impact
	16	+Jonas 96 (Hans, Former Alvin Johnson Prof. Phil. – New School for Social Research and Former Eric Voegelin Visiting Prof. – U. Munich, “Morality and Mortality: A Search for the Good After Auschwitz”, p. 111-112)
	17	+With this look ahead at an ethics for the future, we are touching at
	18	+AND
	19	+confession of faith we come to the end of our essay on ontology.
	20	+
	21	+Thus, the standard is minimizing death.
	22	+
	23	+Plan Text
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	25	+All countries should prohibit the production of nuclear power. To clarify, I only defend nuclear power as a form of producing energy using nuclear energy (Dictionary.com) with nuclear energy being fuel made from uranium (Gov of AE).
	26	+
	27	+Advantage 1 – Grids
	28	+
	29	+The electrical grid is under stress and on the brink of failing
	30	+Trivella 08 (Anthony J., Executive Vice President at The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company, One of the world's leading equipment breakdown insurers. "Mitigating Equipment Breakdown Risks," June 4, 2008, Industry Week, http://www.industryweek.com/articles/mitigating_equipment_breakdown_risks_16446.aspx Accessed 8/10/2016)
	31	+What's the most vulnerable part of many businesses? For most, it's the equipment
	32	+AND
	33	+sometimes impossible, to restore the information due to rapid changes in technology.
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	35	+Nuclear plants are dependent on the electrical grid.
	36	+Adams 11 (Mike, outspoken consumer health advocate, award-winning investigative journalist, internet activist and science lab director, “Solar flare could unleash nuclear holocaust across planet Earth, forcing hundreds of nuclear power plants into total meltdowns”, 7/13/11, Accessed 8/10/2016)
	37	+Why does all this matter? To understand that, you have to understand how
	38	+AND
	39	+, zirconium-clad rods and sparking fires that would release deadly radiation."
	40	+
	41	+2 internal links:
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	43	+First, Critical infrastructure cyber-attacks specifically threaten grid collapse
	44	+Bennett 16, contributor at The Hill, (Cory, 1/13/16, Critical infrastructure cyberattacks rising, says US official , Critical infrastructure cyberattacks rising, says US official )//kap
	45	+The U.S. government has seen a rise in cyberattacks that penetrate industrial
	46	+AND
	47	+is thought to be behind the digital assault that caused the Ukrainian blackout.
	48	+
	49	+Second, solar flares risk collapsing the grid
	50	+Heyes 14 (J.D., Seasoned writer, journalist and columnist specializing in politics, national security issues, healthcare, healthy living and technology coverage., “FEMA document admits solar flare could collapse U.S. power grid for years”, 12/21/14, Accessed 8/11/2016)
	51	+Tens of millions of Americans face years of loss of electrical power if major solar
	52	+AND
	53	+in comparison to the devastation that an EMP attack could perpetrate on Americans."
	54	+
	55	+Grid collapse causes Blackouts which cause nuclear reactor meltdowns—guarantees extinction
	56	+Hodges 14 Dave, an established award winning psychology, statistics and research professor as he teaches college and university classes at both the undergraduate and graduate level, an established author as his articles are published on many major websites, citing Judy Haar, a recognized expert in nuclear plant failure analyses, "Nuclear Power Plants Will Become America's Extinction Level Event", April 18 2014, www.thelibertybeacon.com/2014/04/18/nuclear-power-plants-will-become-americas-extinction-level-event/
	57	+Fukushima is often spoken of by many, as a possible extinction level event because
	58	+AND
	59	+the Chinese to park right next door to so many nuclear power plants?
	60	+
	61	+Mass nuclear meltdowns cause extinction
	62	+Adams 11 (Mike, outspoken consumer health advocate, award-winning investigative journalist, internet activist and science lab director, “Solar flare could unleash nuclear holocaust across planet Earth, forcing hundreds of nuclear power plants into total meltdowns”, 7/13/11, Accessed 8/10/2016)
	63	+Fukushima was one power plant. Imagine the devastation of 100+ nuclear power plants
	64	+AND
	65	+planet? It's a very, very small fraction of the total population.
	66	+
	67	+Only through the prohibition of plants can we stop meltdown
	68	+
	69	+Advantage 2-Heat Radiation
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	71	+Nuclear Reactors are leaking right now in the US- this is causing mass environmental damage by cutting into biodiversity, polluting groundwater and oceans, warming the oceans and leaking mass amounts of lethal tritium into the environment causing mass death- this has happened consistently over time and regulations have consistently failed
	72	+Awareness Act 16 "Two Nuclear Leaks in the United States, One Is Likely Worse Than Fukushima." Awareness Act. N.p., 26 June 2016. Web. 12 Aug. 2016. Awareness Act is an online news site based in Florida that aims to raise awareness about various societal problems and provide news.
	73	+When a radiation leak happens in Japan the whole world hears about it, but
	74	+AND
	75	+the world is going to begin going downhill faster than it already is.
	76	+
	77	+4 Impacts:
	78	+
	79	+1) Death from elevated tritium exposure- that’s the card above
	80	+
	81	+2) Biodiversity loss causes extinction
	82	+Coyne 7 Jerry Coyne, Professor of Ecology at UChicago and Hopi Hoekstra, Professor of Biology at Harvard (9/24/2007 http://www.truthout.org/article/jerry-coyne-and-hopi-e-hoekstra-the-greatest-dying)
	83	+Aside from the Great Dying, there have been four other mass extinctions, all
	84	+AND
	85	+just another Great Dying, but perhaps the greatest dying of them all.
	86	+
	87	+3) Introducing industrial effluents and using Polluted Water kills agriculture
	88	+Suresh and Nagesh 15 Suresh, K. R., Department of Civil Engineering, BMS College of Engineering and M. A. Nagesh. Department of Construction Technology and Management, Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore "Experimental Studies on Effect of Water and Soil quality on Crop Yield." Aquatic Procedia 4 (2015): 1235-1242. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214241X15001625
	89	+The dawn of the industrial revolution, forced the mankind to introduce numerous hazardous compounds
	90	+AND
	91	+to that of the yield from the red soil with bore well water.
	92	+
	93	+No Ag=Extinction
	94	+Lugar 4 (Richard G., former U.S. Senator – Indiana and Former Chair – Senate Foreign Relations Committee, “Plant Power”, Our Planet, 14(3), http://www.unep.org/ourplanet/imgversn/143/lugar.html)
	95	+In a world confronted by global terrorism, turmoil in the Middle East, burgeoning
	96	+AND
	97	+in the survival of billions of people and the health of our planet.
	98	+
	99	+4) Increased Oceanic Radiation and heat cause algal blooms
	100	+Neill 15 Neill, Peter. Director of the World Ocean Observatory "Radiation in the Ocean." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 01 Sept. 2015. Web. 12 Aug. 2016. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-neill/radiation-in-the-ocean_b_8072914.html
	101	+The West Coast of the United States seems under siege by negative environmental news:
	102	+AND
	103	+that this was surely the cause of these otherwise inexplicable anomalous natural events.
	104	+
	105	+Extinction- most probable scenario
	106	+Rettner 9, 10-29-09 – writer for Live Science: top science website (Rachael, “Recipe for Mass Extinction: Add Algae and Stir Controversy”, http://www.livescience.com/5835-recipe-mass-extinction-add-algae-stir-controversy.html)
	107	+A new hypothesis claims toxins from algae played a major role in all five mass
	108	+AND
	109	+hypothesis was published in the March 2009 issue of the journal Environmental Geosciences.

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