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+===Prohibiting production of nuclear power would mean switching to fossil fuels=== |
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+"Coming Clean about Nuclear Power." Coming Clean about Nuclear Power - Scientific American. **Scientific American**, 1 June 20**11**. Web. 10 Aug. 2016. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coming-clean-about-nuclear-power/. |
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+Ever since Japan’s battered Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex began emitting radiation in March, calls |
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+reach the scale needed to replace the power we get from splitting atoms**. |
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+===Empirics: Japan reverted back to coal after banning nuclear=== |
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+**Follett**, Andrew. "The End Of Nuclear Power In Japan Is Bringing Back Coal." The Daily Caller. N.p., 13 June 20**16**. Web. 11 Aug. 2016. http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/13/the-end-of-nuclear-power-in-japan-is-bringing-back-coal/. |
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+An analysis published Monday by Bloomberg states that **coal power will become the largest |
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+the Fukushima disaster. The country has since transitioned away from nuclear power. |
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+===Coal has severe health impacts – turns case=== |
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+**Stevenson 08**—produces Gaia Health (Heidi, Coal Is the Worst Polluter of All, www.gaia-health.com/articles/000032-Coal-Pollution.shtml) |
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+Image a list of the worst pollutants. Whatever is on your list almost certainly |
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+animals, plants, and Gaia herself. Clean coal is a myth. |
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+===Coal plants are the cause of emissions=== |
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+"Coal Power: Air Pollution." **U**nion of **C**oncerned **S**cientists. N.p., 2016. Web. 25 Sept. 20**16**. http://www.ucsusa.org/clean'energy/coalvswind/c02c.html~~#.V-gZ8qOZM1g. |
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+**Coal plants are the** nation’s **top source of carbon dioxide (CO2 |
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+but most U.S. coal plants have not installed these technologies. |
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+===We are on the brink=== |
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+EarthTalk. "Have We Passed the Point of No Return on Climate Change?" **Scientific American**. N.p., 13 Apr. 20**15**. Web. 18 Aug. 2016. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/have-we-passed-the-point-of-no-return-on-climate-change/. |
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+**While we may not yet have reached the "point of no return"**— |
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+ppm means **we could reach the point of no return by 2042**. |
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+===Emissions cause global warming=== |
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+"A Blanket around the Earth." Climate Change: Vital Sings of the Planet: Causes. **NASA**, 15 Sept. 20**16**. Web. 25 Sept. 2016. http://climate.nasa.gov/causes/. |
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+Most climate scientists agree **the main cause of the current global warming trend is |
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+respond physically or chemically to changes in temperature are seen as "feedbacks." |
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+===Global warming leads to extinction=== |
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+Dan **Flournoy**, PhD and MA from the University of Texas, Former Dean of the University College at Ohio University, Former Associate Dean at State University of New York and Case Institute of Technology, Project Manager for University/Industry Experiments for the NASA ACTS Satellite, Currently Professor of Telecommunications at Scripps College of Communications @ Ohio University, January 20**12**, "Solar Power Satellites," Springer Briefs in Space Development |
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+In the Online Journal of Space Communication , Dr. Feng Hsu, a NASA |
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+-supply" (Hsu 2010 ) (Fig . 2.1 ). |