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+====The power grid’s reliable now==== |
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+Kuckro and Klump 8-18 ~~Rod Kuckro and Edward Klump (Energywire reporters). "Power grid hums along during heat wave thanks to upgrades." Energywire. August 18^^th^^, 2016. http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060041763~~ |
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+Despite record-setting temperatures and unprecedented demand for electricity across much of the United |
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+AND |
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+14.1 billion in 2012 — reversing a three-decade decline. |
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+====Shutting down nuclear plants causes blackouts—renewables can’t solve==== |
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+Follett 5-16 ~~Andrew Follett (science reporter). "Nuclear Power’s Decline In New England Could Cause Blackouts." The Daily Caller. May 16^^th^^, 2016. http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/16/nuclear-powers-decline-in-new-england-could-cause-blackouts/~~ |
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+Competition from natural gas and environmental opposition are causing New England’s nuclear power plants to |
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+AND |
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+470 million to the local economy, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute. |
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+====Blackouts spread like wildfire—the grid’s poorly prepared to minimize them if they arise==== |
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+Kennedy 14** ~~Jessica Kennedy (contributor). "Without An Optimized Electric Grid: We Will Be Back In Black." Your Energy Blog. April 29th, 2014. http://www.yourenergyblog.com/without-an-optimized-electric-grid-we-will-be-back-in-black/~~** |
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+THE CURRENT SYSTEM ISN’T WORKING Our aging energy transmission system is poorly prepared to minimize |
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+AND |
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+rare, although it does expose serious weaknesses in our current grid structure. |
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+====Grid failure undermines military readiness—DOD operations would grind to a halt ==== |
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+CNA 15 |
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+**presents the views of a group of retired flag and general officers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps |
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+CNA Military Advisory Board (a not-for-profit company which serves the |
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+AND |
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+believe that the time to fix the issues with our grid is now. |
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+====Military readiness prevents multiple scenarios for nuclear war==== |
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+O’Hanlon and Kagan 7 |
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+Michael O’Hanlon (Senior Fellow and Sydney Stein Jr. Chair in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution) and Frederick Kagan (Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute). "The Case for Larger Ground Forces." Stanley Foundation Report. April 2007. http://stanleyfoundation.org/publications/other/Kagan'OHanlon'07.pdf |
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+We live at a time when wars not only rage in nearly every region but |
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+AND |
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+Such a measure is not only prudent, it is also badly overdue. |