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	4	+===Framing- K ~~1:15~~===
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	6	+
	7	+====1. Extinction scenarios key to genuine power resistance- working within the system is key. ====
	8	+**state inevitable, discourses gets coopted**
	9	+**connecting issues with extinction gains political coverage for them. Threat construction for good purposes**
	10	+**theorizing accelerates oppression, cede the political (turn is that sitting back leads to **
	11	+**AND**
	12	+where multitudes, and not governments, guide the fate of the planet.
	13	+
	14	+
	15	+====2. Non ideal theory good====
	16	+Mills 05** ~~Charles W. Mills, "Ideal Theory" as Ideology, 2005**
	17	+I suggest that this spontaneous reaction, far from being philosophically naïve or jejune
	18	+AND
	19	+that the ideal-as-idealized-model will never be achieved.
	20	+
	21	+
	22	+====3. Pain provides an objective for why oppression is bad. ====
	23	+- anything else is abstraction and can’t be used to convince people for ethics
	24	+Gray 09 **~~Gray, James W. "An Argument for Moral Realism." Ethical Realism. N.p., 07 Oct. 2009. Web. 04 Sept. 2015. https://ethicalrealism.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/an-argument-for-moral-realism/. MA in philosophy from San Jose State University (2008)~~**
	25	+If we have evidence that anything in particular has intrinsic value, then we also
	26	+AND
	27	+attempt to show that the alternatives are less justified in the next section.
	28	+
	29	+
	30	+====4. Humanity has a right to exist— anything else excludes infinite future generations which outweighs their impacts on scope- the 1AC’s discussion is uniquely important ====
	31	+Cerutti 14 ~~**Furio, Professor of Political Philosophy emeritus at the University of Florence and Adjunct Professor at the Scuola superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa. In the last fifteen years, Cerutti has been aVisiting Professor at Harvard, the Universit´e de Paris 8, the Humboldt Universit ¨at zu Berlin, the London School of Economics and Political Science,(China Foreign Affairs University), Beijing, and Stanford University in Florence. Beyond the publications quoted in this article, Cerutti has written widely on the political identity of the Europeans and the legitimacy of the European Union (last publication: Debating Political Identity and Legitimacy in the European Union, ed. with S. Lucarelli and V. Schmidt, Routledge: London 2011), "Humankind’s First Fundamental Right: Survival," Constellations, 2014~~**
	32	+I have explained elsewhere9 why survival rather than justice is the leading category of a
	33	+AND
	34	+everybody, not just to the practitioners of ~~academic philosophy~~ Schulphilosophie.
	35	+
	36	+
	37	+====5. Moral uncertainty means we default to preventing extinction.====
	38	+Bostrom 11 **—¶ (2011) Nick Bostrom, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford Martin School and Faculty of Philosophy**
	39	+These reflections on moral uncertainty suggest an alternative, complementary way of looking at existential
	40	+AND
	41	+of value. To do this, we must prevent any existential catastrophe.
	42	+
	43	+
	44	+===Solvency~~1:45~~===
	45	+
	46	+
	47	+====Plan Text: Resolved- Japan should ban the production of nuclear energy====
	48	+**Plan popular among public**
	49	+**Earthquakes/volcanoes adv built in**
	50	+**Current safety insufficient**
	51	+**Nuclear energy unsustainable**
	52	+Mainichi 15 **~~Japan’s National Daily. **
	53	+**AND**
	54	+not be used as a springboard to revive Japan's dependence on atomic power.
	55	+
	56	+
	57	+====Decommissioning will be issued through four steps ====
	58	+Schmittem 16 **~~Schmittem, Marc (Analyst for EU-Japan Energy Cooperation ). "Nuclear Decomissioning in Japan- Opportunities for European Companies". EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation. Tokyo, March 2016. http://www.eu-japan.eu/sites/default/files/publications/docs/2016-03-nuclear-decommissioning-japan-schmittem-min'0.pdf~~ NB**
	59	+Decommissioning is the responsibility of the operator of a nuclear facility. The NRA defines
	60	+AND
	61	+is not yet known if this strategy will be economically and politically feasible.
	62	+
	63	+
	64	+====Plan would shift into complete renewable energy system—computer models prove very high reliability====
	65	+**- japan is a great env.**
	66	+**Esteban 14** **~~Esteban, Miguel. Portugal-Pereira, Joana. "Post-disaster resilience of a 100 renewable energy system in Japan". 1. Gradutate Program of Sustainability Science- Global Leadership Initiative (GPSS-GLI), Graduate School of Frontier Sciences.The University of Tokyo. Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa City, Japan. 2. Energy Planning Program, Graduate School of Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Tecnologia, Bloco C, Sala 211, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro RJ21941-972, Brazil. Accepted February 13, 2014~~ NB**
	67	+Proposed future 100 renewable energy system. The present paper modifies the methodology proposed
	68	+AND
	69	+the system appears to be very stable (98.4 reliability).
	70	+
	71	+
	72	+====Fiscal changes in Japan indicate a transition to renewables has started====
	73	+Dewit 15 **~~Andrew Dewit (Andrew DeWit is Professor in Rikkyo University’s School of Policy Studies and an editor of The Asia-Pacific Journal. His recent publications include "Climate Change and the Military Role in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response," in Paul Bacon and Christopher Hobson (eds) Human Security and Japan’s Triple Disaster (Routledge, 2014), "Japan’s renewable power prospects," in Jeff Kingston (ed) Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan (Routledge 2013), and (with Kaneko Masaru and Iida Tetsunari) "Fukushima and the Political Economy of Power Policy in Japan" in Jeff Kingston (ed) Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan: Response and Recovery after Japan’s 3/11 (Routledge, 2012). He is lead researcher for a five-year (2010-2015) Japanese-Government funded project on the political economy of the Feed-in Tariff.), 10-7-2015, "Japan’s Bid to Become a World Leader in Renewable Energy," Global Research, http://www.globalresearch.ca/japans-bid-to-become-a-world-leader-in-renewable-energy/5480274. Asia Pacific Journal, Global Resaerch~~ NB**
	74	+Some of the most persuasive evidence of the LDP’s expanding commitment to renewable energy and
	75	+AND
	76	+an additional YEN 126 billion via the 2014 fiscal year’s supplementary budget.19
	77	+
	78	+
	79	+====More business support for renewables now====
	80	+Tsukimori 7-22 **~~Osamu Tsukimori and Aaron Sheldrick, 7-22-2016, "Japan business lobby says Abe government can't rely on nuclear energy," Reuters, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-energy-idUSKCN1020XH~~ NB**
	81	+Japan's use of nuclear power is unlikely to meet a government target of returning to
	82	+AND
	83	+power when it releases an updated energy plan as early as next year.
	84	+
	85	+
	86	+====Japan already relies a ton on import dependence and nuclear is insufficient- nonuniques their DAs====
	87	+Dewit 15 **~~Andrew Dewit (Andrew DeWit is Professor in Rikkyo University’s School of Policy Studies and an editor of The Asia-Pacific Journal. His recent publications include "Climate Change and the Military Role in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response," in Paul Bacon and Christopher Hobson (eds) Human Security and Japan’s Triple Disaster (Routledge, 2014), "Japan’s renewable power prospects," in Jeff Kingston (ed) Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan (Routledge 2013), and (with Kaneko Masaru and Iida Tetsunari) "Fukushima and the Political Economy of Power Policy in Japan" in Jeff Kingston (ed) Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan: Response and Recovery after Japan’s 3/11 (Routledge, 2012). He is lead researcher for a five-year (2010-2015) Japanese-Government funded project on the political economy of the Feed-in Tariff.), 10-7-2015, "Japan’s Bid to Become a World Leader in Renewable Energy," Global Research, http://www.globalresearch.ca/japans-bid-to-become-a-world-leader-in-renewable-energy/5480274. Asia Pacific Journal, Global Resaerch~~ NB**
	88	+So consider where Japan is. The country has just adopted mid-term energy
	89	+AND
	90	+output does not depend on the time of day or the weather.39
	91	+
	92	+
	93	+====FIT tariffs make renewables cost competitive with currently high max imports and promote a renewable Japan====
	94	+**- feed in tarriff**
	95	+Takase 14 **~~Kae Takase, "Renewable Energy Burst in Japan", NAPSNet Special Reports, May 27, 2014, http://nautilus.org/napsnet/napsnet-special-reports/energy'burst'japan/~~ NB**
	96	+After the Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear accident, most Japanese conservative policymakers changed
	97	+AND
	98	+low carbon energy not only domestically, but to other nations as well.
	99	+
	100	+
	101	+====Nuclear power companies block renewables====
	102	+Wingfield-Hayes 15 **Wingfield-Hayes, Rupert 6 May 2015, "Japan's Renewable Revolution At Risk - BBC News". BBC News. N. p., 2016. Web. 12 Sept. 2016. Rupert Anthony Wingfield-Hayes is a British journalist who is the BBC's Tokyo correspondent, having previously served as the BBC's correspondent in Beijing, Moscow and the Middle East KB**
	103	+Higher fuel bills and higher emissions are bad for Japan, bad for the planet
	104	+AND
	105	+the Japanese government's policy on renewables appears to be in such complete disarray.
	106	+
	107	+
	108	+===Adv- Tech Leadership ~~1:50~~===
	109	+
	110	+
	111	+====Japan’s global credibility rides on new climate change efforts====
	112	+Watanbe 3-15 Chisaki Watanbe (contributor). "Japan Signs Off on Climate Change Plan to Meet Paris Targets." Bloomberg News. March 15^^th^^, 2016. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-15/japan-signs-off-on-climate-change-plan-to-meet-paris-targets
	113	+Japan’s government signed off on a set of measures ranging from energy-saving steps
	114	+AND
	115	+, referring to the international accord reached in December to tackle climate change.
	116	+
	117	+
	118	+====Japan needs to take action on emissions - climate leadership makes coop likely====
	119	+Born 15 **~~ Dimsdale, Taylor, Liz Gallagher, and Camilla Born. "**
	120	+**AND**
	121	+to ensure Japan’s industries are competitive in the green markets of the future.
	122	+
	123	+
	124	+====A renewable japan saves the economy, outcompetes oil markets, makes japan a global provider sparking a EU partnership. ====
	125	+Orlando 5-9 **Danuta Slusarska, and Fabio Orlando. 5-9-2016. "Japan’S Energy Policy Shifts Five Years After Fukushima - Friends Of Europe". Friends of Europe. N. p., 2016. Web. 11 Aug. 2016. KB**
	126	+It is estimated that between 2007 and 2014, the country invested roughly €17bn
	127	+AND
	128	+, in particular thanks to efforts to deregulate and liberalise Japan’s energy market.
	129	+
	130	+
	131	+====Japan could become a lead renewables market, but only if they move beyond nuclear power—their tech will get exported and reduce climate change globally as they get modeled.====
	132	+Pollock 15 **~~Simon Pollock (Australia-based climate change writer and journalist. In addition to working on international climate change policy in Australia, he was a member of the start-up team that launched Al Jazeera English Television from its Asia Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur in 2006. Simon’s interest in development and environmental issues stemmed from observation of how the two don’t always mix during six years in Beijing as a Kyodo News reporter). "Japan’s Narrowing Nuclear Path to a Low-Carbon Future." Our World, brought to you by United Nations University. October 20th, 2015. https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/japans-narrowing-nuclear-path-to-a-low-carbon-future~~ KB**
	133	+Izadi-Najafabadi said Japan will eventually follow Europe and the United States in promoting
	134	+AND
	135	+growth curve leading to a low-carbon world based on renewable energy.
	136	+
	137	+
	138	+====Global warming definitively causes extinction====
	139	+Sharp and Kennedy 14** – (Associate Professor Robert (Bob) A. Sharp is the UAE National Defense College Associate Dean for Academic Programs and College Quality Assurance Advisor. He previously served as Assistant Professor of Strategic Security Studies at the College of International Security Affairs (CISA) in the U.S. National Defense University (NDU), Washington D.C. and then as Associate Professor at the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, collocated with NDU. Most recently at NESA, he focused on security sector reform in Yemen and Lebanon, and also supported regional security engagement events into Afghanistan, Turkey, Egypt, Palestine and Qatar; Edward Kennedy is a renewable energy and climate change specialist who has worked for the World Bank and the Spanish Electric Utility ENDESA on carbon policy and markets; 8/22/14, "Climate Change and Implications for National Security," International Policy Digest, http://intpolicydigest.org/2014/08/22/climate-change-implications-national-security/)**
	140	+Our planet is 4.5 billion years old. If that whole time was
	141	+AND
	142	+investment patterns, and political decisions; it will be hard to fix!
	143	+
	144	+
	145	+===Adv- Alliances ~~1:35~~===
	146	+
	147	+
	148	+====The US-Japan alliance is strong now, but it won’t last long-term unless leaders redouble their efforts at cooperation====
	149	+Curtis 5-14 **~~Gerald Curtis (Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University). "The US and Japan in a Turbulent Asia." Keynote speech given to the Columbia Business School. May 14th, 2016. http://weai.columbia.edu/read-gerald-l-curtiss-keynote-speech-the-us-and-japan-in-a-turbulent-asia/~~ NB**
	150	+It is a great honor and a deep personal pleasure to be invited to give
	151	+AND
	152	+in implementing them, and for Japan because power sharing involves taking risks.
	153	+
	154	+
	155	+====A renewable energy focused Japan amplifies US-Japan relationship which bolsters Japanese military readiness, strengthens their economy, and founds a powerful alliance====
	156	+Dewit 14 Andrew Dewit, 5-9-2014, "Could a US-Japan ''Green Alliance'' Transform the Climate-Energy Equation?," Truthout, http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23597-could-a-us-japan-green-alliance-transform-the-climate-energy-equation NB
	157	+US President Barack **AND**
	158	+table at this historic time, when an embryonic green alliance already exists.
	159	+
	160	+
	161	+====The US-Japan alliance is key to the Asia Pivot—that prevents multiple nuclear wars against China, North Korea, and Russia====
	162	+**- China is becoming assertive and modern esp in SCS. **
	163	+**- North Korea is adjusting it's nuclear and missile provocations**
	164	+**- Russia relations getting worse with US i.e. the annexation of crimea **
	165	+**AND**
	166	+order in ways that make it safe for dictators to bully free societies.
	167	+
	168	+
	169	+====Outweighs their impacts: ====
	170	+
	171	+
	172	+====Magnitude- a risk of a war with Asian powers is increasing,deterrence is crucial ====
	173	+
	174	+
	175	+====Timeframe- the impact happens now which means we can always recover other impacts====
	176	+
	177	+
	178	+===UV- NB===
	179	+
	180	+
	181	+====The state is made of policies and can be repurposed ====
	182	+- mindset shifts have failed, so their sequencing argumetns flow aff because we’ve already had the right mindset, we need to focus on reform.
	183	+Ferguson 11,** James, Professor of Anthropology at Stanford, "The Uses of **
	184	+**AND**
	185	+some rather useful little mechanisms may be nearer to hand than we thought.

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