Tournament: Loyola | Round: 3 | Opponent: Brentwood RY | Judge: Kris Kaya
Viable in poorer and water-stressed areas—SMRs key
IAEA 7
"Economics of Nuclear Desalination: New Developments and Site Specific Studies", July, http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/te_1561_web.pdf
With technical co-ordination or support of the IAEA, several demonstration programs
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appropriate for remote areas that are not suitable for connections to the grid.
Massive global water shortages are coming now—population growth, climate change, higher standard of living
Specter 15
~Michael Specter—staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998, and has written frequently about AIDS, T.B., and malaria in the developing world, as well as about agricultural biotechnology, avian influenza, the world's diminishing freshwater resources, and synthetic biology; "A Thirsty, Violent World," Feb 24 2015, New Yorkr~ dz
Dozens of other countries face similar situations—not someday, or soon, but
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going to be profound changes in the water cycle due to climate change."
Orts 13
~Eric Orts, Faculty Director, Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership; "The Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water," Jun 2013, Wharton~dz
Once we exhaust the world's supply of fresh water, there isn't any more.
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a Year as World Water Dries Up," declared a recent Bloomberg headline.
IAEA 15 ~— 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 dz
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for coupling nuclear reactors and desalination systems for specific sites in the Mediterranean region
The impact is accelerating water crises—escalate and cause extinction
Gallagher 15
~Brian Gallagher—assistant research editor at Nautilus; "Why A Post-Nuclear World Would Look Nothing Like "Mad Max"," Nautilus, Jun 27 2015~ dz
Mad Max: Fury Road envisions an embarrassing, nightmarish future. Worldwide droughts have
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, there would no longer be billions of people drinking the world dry.