| ... |
... |
@@ -1,50
+1,0 @@ |
| 1 |
|
-=Desalination DA= |
| 2 |
|
- |
| 3 |
|
- |
| 4 |
|
-====Nuclear power is uniquely key to stable desalination. ==== |
| 5 |
|
-WNA 16 World Nuclear Association. "Nuclear Desalination ". N.p., Aug. 2016. Web. 09 Sept. 2016. http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/non-power-nuclear-applications/industry/nuclear-desalination.aspx |
| 6 |
|
-Small and medium sized nuclear reactors are suitable for desalination, often with cogeneration of |
| 7 |
|
-AND |
| 8 |
|
-cogeneration. The nuclear energy option was very competitive compared with fossil fuels. |
| 9 |
|
- |
| 10 |
|
- |
| 11 |
|
-====Desalination using renewable energy is not viable.==== |
| 12 |
|
-Sood 16 Sood, Aditya. "Desalination Using Renewable Energy – Is It the Answer to Water Scarcity?" Water, Land and Ecosystems. N.p., 03 Mar. 2016. Web. 09 Sept. 2016. |
| 13 |
|
-As the energy prices rise, desalination might seem out of reach but can renewable |
| 14 |
|
-AND |
| 15 |
|
-/W in 1975 to less than $2/W in 2010. |
| 16 |
|
- |
| 17 |
|
- |
| 18 |
|
-====We will isolate two scenarios: First it's the only solution to water shortages. ==== |
| 19 |
|
-IAEA 15 International Atomic Energy Agency~~— widely known as the world's "Atoms for Peace" organization within the United Nations family. Set up in 1957 as the world's centre for cooperation in the nuclear field, the Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies, "New Technologies for Seawater Desalination Using Nuclear Energy," IEAE TecDoc Series, 2015 LEFC~~ |
| 20 |
|
-Addressing water shortages is a difficult challenge for many countries due to population growth and |
| 21 |
|
-AND |
| 22 |
|
-been an important contributor to the RandD effort in nuclear desalination. |
| 23 |
|
- |
| 24 |
|
- |
| 25 |
|
-====Water shortages lead to extinction.==== |
| 26 |
|
-Marlow 1 (Maude, Spring) National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and IFG Committee on the Globalization of Water. "BLUE GOLD: The Global Water Crisis and the Commodification of the World's Water Supply," http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BlueGold.pdf. |
| 27 |
|
-Perhaps the most devastating analysis of the global water crisis comes from hydrological engineer Michal |
| 28 |
|
-AND |
| 29 |
|
-vast territories, massive continental desertification and, eventually, "global collapse." |
| 30 |
|
- |
| 31 |
|
- |
| 32 |
|
-====Second, prohibition of nuclear power leads to fossil fuels which are not sustainable for desalination and leads to increased emissions. ==== |
| 33 |
|
-IAEA 15 International Atomic Energy Agency~~— widely known as the world's "Atoms for Peace" organization within the United Nations family. Set up in 1957 as the world's centre for cooperation in the nuclear field, the Agency works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies, "New Technologies for Seawater Desalination Using Nuclear Energy," IEAE TecDoc Series, 2015 LEFC~~ |
| 34 |
|
-It is anticipated that by 2025, 33 of the world population, or |
| 35 |
|
-AND |
| 36 |
|
-for coupling nuclear reactors and desalination systems for specific sites in the Mediterranean region |
| 37 |
|
- |
| 38 |
|
- |
| 39 |
|
-====Key to combatting emissions and warming.==== |
| 40 |
|
-IEA 15 ~~"Technology Roadmap: Nuclear Energy." IEA Technology Roadmaps (n.d.): n. pag. 2015. Web. 6 Sept. 2016~~ |
| 41 |
|
-Each country must decide what energy mix is optimal for its national circumstances. However |
| 42 |
|
-AND |
| 43 |
|
-in countries that already have the technology as well as in newcomer countries. |
| 44 |
|
- |
| 45 |
|
- |
| 46 |
|
-====Warming means extinction.==== |
| 47 |
|
-Sharp and Kennedy 14. Robert Sharp (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) and Edward Kennedy (renewable energy and climate change specialist who has worked for the World Bank and the Spanish Electric Utility ENDESA on carbon policy and markets). "Climate Change and Implications for National Security." International Policy Digest. August 22^^nd^^, 2014. http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org/2014/08/22/climate-change-implications-national-security/ |
| 48 |
|
-Our planet is 4.5 billion years old. If that whole time was |
| 49 |
|
-AND |
| 50 |
|
-investment patterns, and political decisions; it will be hard to fix! |