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1		-CP Text: All countries except developing countries should ban the production of nuclear power.
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5		-Nuclear energy, not renewables, is the best source of energy for developing countries. Solves intermittency problem and provides energy security.
6		-Chowdhury 12 Navid Chowdhury, “Nuclear Energy For Developing Countries,” Submitted as coursework for PH241, Stanford University, Winter 2012, http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2012/ph241/chowdhury1/
7		-Introduction Access to energy is regarded as the basic requirement for economic growth. And yet 1.5 billion people in the world today don't have access to the basic form of energy, electricity. 1 Almost all of that population lives in the developing countries. As these countries grow (both in population and economically) the demand for energy keeps growing and unless immediate solutions are sought there then the current energy shortage in these countries will turn acute. Under these circumstances, recently 50 non-OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries approached IEA with plans to install nuclear reactors in their own countries. Some of those countries had already started talks with current nuclear-able countries like Japan to purchase the technology required to install their first nuclear reactors. Why Nuclear It is the most reliable and clean source of energy for any emerging economy under current scenario. Although there are other safer and cleaner options like wind and solar but the battery technology is still at a stage which makes the later options less practical on a large scale. Nuclear reactors can provide safe baseload power on a large scale while taking the dependence away from oil and gas. It also does not have the intermittency problem that plagues most of the frontline renewable energy technologies we know of. Besides the technological aspect, it also offers the host country the independence and the energy security that is essential for the economic and political stability of the country. The recent protest in Nigeria is an unfortunate example of how volatility of fuel price could lead to a major political breakdown and subsequently affect the economic growth of the country. 2 Nuclear power could remove that volatility. Energy security would also allow countries to be more sovereign is its decision making. Developing countries like Bangladesh quiet often has to make the very unpopular decision to raise fuel price (by cutting down subsidy) at the request of IMF who holds the key to most forms of aid provided to developing countries. 3 Removing dependence on fossil fuel would remove Bangladesh from such obligations set by IMF.
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9		-Energy demand is only increasing in the developing world and nuclear is uniquely key to stopping catastrophic climate change.
10		-IAEA 15 International Atomic Energy Association, “Climate Change and Nuclear Power 2015,” INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY VIENNA, September 2015
11		-Energy is a fundamental prerequisite for social and economic development. Given the fast growth in the global population and economy, and the need to alleviate energy poverty, especially in developing countries, global primary energy demand is projected to increase to over 18 gigatonnes of oil equivalent (Gtoe) by 2040 according to the New Policies Scenario of the International Energy Agency (IEA) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Without a major transformation of the global energy system, however, the associated GHG emissions would severely affect the Earth’s climate. Even after accounting for announced (but not yet implemented) policy pledges to mitigate climate change, energy related CO2 emissions are projected to increase from their 2012 level by about 20 by 2040. This is in sharp contrast with the requirements of the Copenhagen Accord. The twin challenge over the next 10–20 years will be to keep promoting socioeconomic development by providing safe, reliable and affordable energy while drastically reducing GHG emissions. Nuclear power is among the energy sources and technologies available today that could help meet the climate–energy challenge. GHG emissions from nuclear power plants (NPPs) are negligible, and nuclear power, together with hydropower and wind based electricity, is among the lowest GHG emitters when emissions over the entire life cycle are considered (less than 15 grams CO2-equivalent (g CO2-eq) per kW·h (kilowatt-hour), median value of 60 reviewed sources). Across a large number of stringent mitigation scenarios consistent with the Copenhagen Accord, nuclear electricity is assessed as avoiding approximately 3.3 to 9 Gt CO2/year in 2050, depending on assumptions about the relative costs and performance of low carbon technologies.
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13		-Big energy companies explicitly target developing countries in their marketing and expansions. Expanding use of fossil fuels will have devastating consequences for these countries
14		-Klare 14 Michael Klare, professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, “Big Oil Won't Let the Developing World Kick the Habit,” Mother Jones, May 27, 2014, http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/big-energy-developing-country-oil-exxon-coal
15		-The fossil fuel companies—producers of oil, coal, and natural gas—are similarly expanding their operations in low- and middle-income countries where ensuring the growth of energy supplies is considered more critical than preventing climate catastrophe. "There is a clear long-run shift in energy growth from the OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the club of rich nations to the non-OECD," oil giant BP noted in its Energy Outlook report for 2014. "Virtually all (95 percent) of the projected growth in energy consumption is in the non-OECD," it added, using the polite new term for what used to be called the Third World. As in the case of cigarette sales, the stepped-up delivery of fossil fuels to developing countries is doubly harmful. Their targeting by Big Tobacco has produced a sharp rise in smoking-related illnesses among the poor in places where health systems are particularly ill equipped for those in need. "If current trends continue," the WHO reported in 2011, "by 2030 tobacco will kill more than 8 million people worldwide each year, with 80 percent of these premature deaths among people living in low- and middle-income countries." In a similar fashion, an increase in carbon sales to such nations will help produce more intense storms and longer, more devastating droughts in places that are least prepared to withstand or cope with climate change's perils. The energy industry's growing emphasis on sales to these particularly vulnerable lands is evident in the strategic planning of ExxonMobil, the largest privately owned oil company. "By 2040, the world's population is projected to grow to approximately 8.8 billion people," Exxon noted in its 2013 financial report to stockholders. "As economies and populations grow, and living standards improve for billions of people, the need for energy will continue to rise... This demand increase is expected to be concentrated in developing countries."

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1		-Abbie Chapman

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1		-Yohan Wang

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1		-Strake Jesuit Li Neg

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1		-SO - Developing Countries PIC

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1		-Grapevine

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