Tournament: Greenhill RR | Round: 2 | Opponent: Greenhill BZ | Judge: david dosch, clement
The standard is mitigating structural violence.
Exclusion drives structural violence.  It is the most acute harm. Winter and Leighton,
Winter and Leighton 99 |Deborah DuNann Winter and Dana C. Leighton. Winter|Psychologist that specializes in Social Psych, Counseling Psych, Historical and Contemporary Issues, Peace Psychology. Leighton: PhD graduate student in the Psychology Department at the University of Arkansas. Knowledgable in the fields of social psychology, peace psychology, and justice and intergroup responses to transgressions of justice “Peace, conflict, and violence: Peace psychology in the 21st century.” Pg 4-5
Finally, to recognize … building lasting peace.

Relying on ideal theories does nothing more than to mask oppression.  We need concrete solutions. Curry,
Curry 14:, Tommy J. “The Cost of a Thing: A Kingian Reformulation of a Living Wage Argument in the 21st Century” (2014) Victory Briefs, p. 55-56 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Texas AandM  MP
Despite the pronouncement …  contemporary moral parameters.

The role of the ballot is to vote for the debater that best presents a tangible action to fight oppression. Giroux 14,
Henry A. Giroux (McMaster University Professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest and The Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy) "Killing Machines and the Madness of Militarism: From Gaza to Afghanistan" 7/24/14 www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/25136-killing-machines-and-the-madness-of-militarism-from-gaza-to-afghanistan MP
Everything we have … and the planet.
Debate is an educational space.  The role of the judge is to be a critical educator, Trifonas

Trifonas, Peter. PEDAGOGIES OF DIFFERENCE: RETHINKING EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. New York, London. 2003.  MP
Domination and subordination…the educational process. 

Plan text: The Republics of Namibia, Niger, Malawi, and South Africa ought to prohibit the production of nuclear power. 

I’m topical. These four countries produce almost 20 of uranium mining and 40 of the world uranium reserves. That’s the core of the topic lit. Dasnois,
Nicolas Dasnois “Uranium Mining in Africa: A Continent at the Centre of a Global Nuclear Renaissance” Governance of Africa's Re sources Programme, OCCASIONAL PAPER NO 122, South African Institute of International Affairs, SEPTEMBER 2012. http://www.saiia.org.za/occasional-papers/26-uranium-mining-in-africa-a-continent-at-the-centre-of-a-global-nuclear-renaissance/file// MP
Today, the position … (at different prices).6
And, prohibiting nuclear power means stopping from the beginning to end. This begins in the mines, thus halting uranium mining solves. Cramer is my advocate.
Engineering News they interviewed Sefan Cramer: science adviser for environmentalist group Safcei “Uranium is the dirty underbelly of nuclear – scientist” Engineering News http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/uranium-is-the-dirty-underbelly-of-nuclear-scientist-2016-07-21/rep_id:4136  MP
Anti-nuclear sentiment … the entire industry.”
Nuclear power production has increased the chance of civil war in the African region.  Tensions are fueled by nuclear power production.
Bill Van Auken politician and activist for the Socialist Equality Party and was a presidential candidate in the U.S. presidential election of 2004, announcing his candidacy on January 27, 2004 “Mali “Resource War” Extends into Niger: France sends Troops to Secure Niger Uranium Mines” Centre for Research on Globalization http://www.globalresearch.ca/mali-resource-war-extends-into-niger-france-sends-troops-to-secure-niger-uranium-mines/5320825   MP
Moreover, the mining … of uranium revenues.
And, civil war causes long-term humanitarian impacts. Russett et al write,
“Civil Wars Kill and Maim People—Long after the Shooting Stops.” Hazem Ghobarah, Harvard University; Paul Huth, University of Michigan; Bruce Russett, Yale University. American Political Science Review, 2003. Google Scholar. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=onlineandaid=152166.
Civil wars kill and … impact on economic growth (Murdoch and Sandler 2002).

War invigorates the very foundation of violence in society, threatening the end of civilization. Also the root cause to all of your impacts, Levy and Sidel
Levy, Barry (Adjunct Prof. Community Health at Tufts U School of Medicine, former medical epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control) and Victor Sidel (Prof. of Social Medicine at the Albert Einstein Medical College, epidemiology and biostatistics at Harvard Medical School). “War and Public Health.” 2007. p. ix.  
War accounts for … of our civilization.
Nuclear power production creates health disasters in the region.
Bill Van Auken politician and activist for the Socialist Equality Party and was a presidential candidate in the U.S. presidential election of 2004, announcing his candidacy on January 27, 2004 “Mali “Resource War” Extends into Niger: France sends Troops to Secure Niger Uranium Mines” Centre for Research on Globalization http://www.globalresearch.ca/mali-resource-war-extends-into-niger-france-sends-troops-to-secure-niger-uranium-mines/5320825   MP
Moreover, the exploitation … the national average.
Also, Nuclear power is steeped in colonization. And the problem is only getting worse.
The Radioactive Racism Behind Nuclear Energy: At every point in the nuclear production chain, the industry has sloughed a disproportionate share of the risk on marginalized communities. Michelle Chen  MAR 23, 2011. http://www.colorlines.com/articles/radioactive-racism-behind-nuclear-energy
When the apocalyptic …, according to Bloomberg.
Nuclear power is intertwined with racism – apartheid in south Africa proves. The West has pillaged and the marginalized are left to die. The message is loud and clear – you’re screwed if you’re poor, black, native:
The Radioactive Racism Behind Nuclear Energy: At every point in the nuclear production chain, the industry has sloughed a disproportionate share of the risk on marginalized communities. Michelle Chen  MAR 23, 2011. http://www.colorlines.com/articles/radioactive-racism-behind-nuclear-energy
Advocates for the …. during the Cold War.
Nuclear power is just a tool for the global elite. No indigenous population is immune. It’s try or die.
The Radioactive Racism Behind Nuclear Energy: At every point in the nuclear production chain, the industry has sloughed a disproportionate share of the risk on marginalized communities. Michelle Chen  MAR 23, 2011. http://www.colorlines.com/articles/radioactive-racism-behind-nuclear-energy
South Africa is … of indigenous peoples."
And, nuclear power production invites terrorism, which is then just more of a tool for imperialism.
Bill Van Auken politician and activist for the Socialist Equality Party and was a presidential candidate in the U.S. presidential election of 2004, announcing his candidacy on January 27, 2004 “Mali “Resource War” Extends into Niger: France sends Troops to Secure Niger Uranium Mines” Centre for Research on Globalization http://www.globalresearch.ca/mali-resource-war-extends-into-niger-france-sends-troops-to-secure-niger-uranium-mines/5320825   MP
In reality, the … the country’s electricity.
And, Nuclear power production destroys biodiversity in Africa.
Nicolas Dasnois “Uranium Mining in Africa: A Continent at the Centre of a Global Nuclear Renaissance” Governance of Africa's Re sources Programme, OCCASIONAL PAPER NO 122, South African Institute of International Affairs, SEPTEMBER 2012. http://www.saiia.org.za/occasional-papers/26-uranium-mining-in-africa-a-continent-at-the-centre-of-a-global-nuclear-renaissance/file// MP
Uranium mining in …  plants and animals’.’58
Biodiversity loss affects everyone and everything. Coyne
Jerry Coyne, Professor of Ecology at University of Chicago and Hopi Hoekstra, Professor of Biology at Harvard, 9/24/’7
(http://www.truthout.org/article/jerry-coyne-and-hopi-e-hoekstra-the-greatest-dying)
Aside from the …dying of them all.

Tournament: local | Round: 1 | Opponent: idk | Judge: idk
Part one is the fw

The standard is mitigating structural violence.
Exclusion drives structural violence.  It is the most acute harm. Winter and Leighton,
Winter and Leighton 99 |Deborah DuNann Winter and Dana C. Leighton. Winter|Psychologist that specializes in Social Psych, Counseling Psych, Historical and Contemporary Issues, Peace Psychology. Leighton: PhD graduate student in the Psychology Department at the University of Arkansas. Knowledgable in the fields of social psychology, peace psychology, and justice and intergroup responses to transgressions of justice “Peace, conflict, and violence: Peace psychology in the 21st century.” Pg 4-5
Finally, to recognize ... building lasting peace.

Relying on ideal theories does nothing more than to mask oppression.  We need concrete solutions. Curry,
Curry 14:, Tommy J. “The Cost of a Thing: A Kingian Reformulation of a Living Wage Argument in the 21st Century” (2014) Victory Briefs, p. 55-56 Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Texas AandM  MP
Despite the pronouncement ... contemporary moral parameters.

The role of the ballot is to vote for the debater who best provides a concrete solution and breaks down colonialism. Endres 09
Endres, Danielle(2009)'The Rhetoric of Nuclear Colonialism: Rhetorical Exclusion of American Indian Arguments in the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Siting Decision',Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies,6:1,39 — 60  MP
This essay is ... to nuclear colonialism.

Part 2 is the Problem:
Nuclear power is steeped in colonization. This happens all around the world.
The Radioactive Racism Behind Nuclear Energy: At every point in the nuclear production chain, the industry has sloughed a disproportionate share of the risk on marginalized communities. Michelle Chen  MAR 23, 2011. http://www.colorlines.com/articles/radioactive-racism-behind-nuclear-energy  MP
When the apocalyptic ..., according to Bloomberg.

The colonial mindset justifies and enforces the nuclear oppression of indigenous people through nuclear mining and testing. Green
Green 7 Jim; “RADIOACTIVE RACISM IN AUSTRALIA”; Jim Green Friends of the Earth; Australia; February 2007; http://www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear/issues/oz/racism. Accessed August 8 2016  MP
Racism and atomic ... Tjarutja and Kokatha. 

Uranium mining causes conflict. Multiple warrants.
Koos, Carlo. “Does Uranium Mining Increase Civil Conflict Risk? Evidence From A Spatiotemporal Analysis Of Africa From 1960 To 2008.” 2013. Web. August 14, 2016. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13698249.2013.842744.  MP
Why could uranium ... is more likely. 

Nuclear power is intertwined with racism – apartheid in south Africa proves. The West has pillaged and the marginalized are left to die. The message is loud and clear – you’re screwed if you’re poor, black, native:
The Radioactive Racism Behind Nuclear Energy: At every point in the nuclear production chain, the industry has sloughed a disproportionate share of the risk on marginalized communities. Michelle Chen  MAR 23, 2011. http://www.colorlines.com/articles/radioactive-racism-behind-nuclear-energy  MP
Advocates for the ... the Cold War.

And, nuclear power is just a tool for the global elite. No indigenous population is immune.
The Radioactive Racism Behind Nuclear Energy: At every point in the nuclear production chain, the industry has sloughed a disproportionate share of the risk on marginalized communities. Michelle Chen  MAR 23, 2011. http://www.colorlines.com/articles/radioactive-racism-behind-nuclear-energy  MP
South Africa is ... of indigenous peoples."

Part three is the solution

We advocate that countries ought to prohibit the production of nuclear power.

Rejecting nuclear power solves – it interrupts the capitalist and colonialist narrative.
The Radioactive Racism Behind Nuclear Energy: At every point in the nuclear production chain, the industry has sloughed a disproportionate share of the risk on marginalized communities. Michelle Chen  MAR 23, 2011. http://www.colorlines.com/articles/radioactive-racism-behind-nuclear-energy
Although the specter ... less worthy of protection.

Debate is an educational space.  The role of the judge is to be a critical educator, Trifonas
Trifonas, Peter. PEDAGOGIES OF DIFFERENCE: RETHINKING EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. New York, London. 2003.  MP
Domination and subordination, I ...the educational process.

Tournament: greenhill | Round: 2 | Opponent: west gg | Judge: adegoke
ADVT: OIL
The oil market is recovering and stabilizing now, but any further reduction in prices can destroy it, Arab Times,
Arab Times 7/4/16 ("Markets make some gains as oil prices rebound," 7/4/16, pg. online @ www.arabtimesonline.com/news/markets-make-gains-oil-prices-rebound/)
Following a weak ... the Saudi market.

Nuclear power drastically reduces oil dependence, Adams,
Adams 13 (Rod Adams is the USS Von Steuben former engineer officer, 12/10/13, “Do oil and gas suppliers worry about nuclear energy development?” ANS Nuclear Cafe, pg. online @ http://ansnuclearcafe.org/2013/12/10/do-oil-and-gas-suppliers-worry-about-nuclear/)
Carol Browner, who ... any other use.

OPEC will flood the market, Rahemtulla,
Rahemtulla, 13 (Karim Rahemtulla, Chief Resource Analyst for Oil and Energy Daily, “Will Saudi Arabia Go Nuclear With An Oil Supply Shock?”, Oil and Energy Daily, 7/30/2013, http://www.oilandenergydaily.com/2013/07/30/saudi-arabia-oil-supply/)
Saudi Arabia is ... U.S. energy independence.

High oil prices are key to the Russian economy — diversification is destructive, Feifer,
Feifer 11 — Gregory, Editor and Senior Correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Russia's Image as Energy Superpower Benefitting from Middle East Crisis, http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Russia-s-Image-as-Energy-Superpower-Benefitting-from-Middle-East-Crisis.html
With U.S.-led fighter ... next 12 years. 

Russian economic decline risks global nuclear conflict, Filger
Filger 9  — Sheldon, Columnist and Founder – Global EconomicCrisis.com, “Russian Economy Faces Disasterous Free Fall Contraction”, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheldon-filger/russian-economy-faces-dis_b_201147.html
In Russia, historically, ... least dangerous consequence.

AVTG: SOLAR FLARES
Solar flares are inevitable —- better forecasting is crucial to effectively adapt power grids to geomagnetic storms
Stone 15 (Maddie, Gizmodo. Citing the Executive National Space Weather Strategy and Action Plan; John Kappenman, Principal Consultant @ Storm Analysis Consultants. "The US is Finally Heeding Warnings About a Monster Solar Storm." October 30, 2015,http://gizmodo.com/the-us-is-finally-heeding-warnings-about-a-monster-sola-1739620903)
We’re all too ... plasma our way.

Grid collapse causes extinction IBT 11
International Business Times, Solar Flare Could Unleash Nuclear Holocaust Across Planet Earth, Forcing Hundreds of Nuclear Power Plants Into Total Meltdowns, http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/213249/20110914/solar-flare-could-unleash-nuclear-holocaust-across-planet-earth-forcing-hundreds-of-nuclear-power-pl.htm   MP
What happens when ... really, really cheap.

Tournament: St Marks | Round: 5 | Opponent: Lynbrook VV | Judge: Scott Phillips
Nuclear power production requires securitization.  Multiple warrants. Martin ‘15
Nuclear Power and Civil Liberties Author: Brian Martin Professor Brian Martin has a PhD in theoretical physics and is Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Wollongong.bmartin@uow.edu.au www.bmartin.cc Date: August 2015 EnergyScience Coalition Briefing Paper No. 23 The EnergyScience Coalition is an independent non-governmental organisation established as a collaboration of concerned scientists, engineers and policy experts. http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/15energyscience.pdf MP
Nuclear power is
weapons-grade uranium.

I advocate the prohibition of nuclear power production in all countries. The risks real and imagined are used to justify repression. The more nuclear power, the more repression. Martin ’15
Nuclear Power and Civil Liberties Author: Brian Martin Professor Brian Martin has a PhD in theoretical physics and is Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Wollongong.bmartin@uow.edu.au www.bmartin.cc Date: August 2015 EnergyScience Coalition Briefing Paper No. 23 The EnergyScience Coalition is an independent non-governmental organisation established as a collaboration of concerned scientists, engineers and policy experts. http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/15energyscience.pdf  MP
 Another important connection
about energy policy.

This is the state of exception - an effort to control the truth, Kaur 11
 (Raminder, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sussex, “A ‘nuclear renaissance’, climate change and the state of exception,” Australian Journal of Anthropological Studies 22.2 p. 273-277, http://www.dianuke.org/a-E28098nuclear-renaissanceE28099-climate-change-and-the-state-of-exception/, DS)
Increasingly, nation-states
 out of mind’.

The impacts are happening right now. It’s try or die. Alternatives don’t solve. Prohibition is the only option. Byrne and Toly 2006
 (John, Noah, *Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at the University of Delaware, Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, Associate professor of urban studies and politics and international relations at Wheaton College, “Energy as a Social Project: Recovering a Discourse,” in Transforming Power: Energy, Environment, and Society in Conflict ed. John Byrne, Noah Toly, Leigh Glover, available online at http://seedconsortium.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/45925604/Byrne_etal.pdf, DS)
A second mega-energy
systems in wide use.

And, it’s empirically verified.  Over and over again, governments crack down on nuclear protestors. Martin ‘15
Nuclear Power and Civil Liberties Author: Brian Martin Professor Brian Martin has a PhD in theoretical physics and is Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Wollongong.bmartin@uow.edu.au www.bmartin.cc Date: August 2015 EnergyScience Coalition Briefing Paper No. 23 The EnergyScience Coalition is an independent non-governmental organisation established as a collaboration of concerned scientists, engineers and policy experts. http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/15energyscience.pdf
There have been
renewable energy sources

Part 2 is framing:
Treating security as an a priori – ie we must protect nuclear plants - legitimizes billions of deaths. Derian,
Der Derian 1998 James, prof of political science at Brown, “The Value of Security: Hobbes, Marx, Nietzsche, and Baudrillard On Security,” ed. Ronnie Lipschutz, http://www.ciaonet.org/book/lipschutz/index.html
No other concept
permanently electioneering elite.

Other starting points try to aggregate, but in doing so justify repression, annihilation.
Dillon 1996 (Michael is a professor of politics at the University of Lancaster, Politics of Security, p. 26)
Everything, for example
details have changed. 

And, morality reflects real conditions of real people. Concrete solutions are necessary.
Gregory Fernando Pappas 16 Texas AandM University “The Pragmatists’ Approach to Injustice”, The Pluralist Volume 11, Number 1, Spring 2016
,
In Experience and Nature
specific to each patient.

The role of the ballot is to vote for the debater that best presents a tangible action to fight oppression. Giroux 14,
Henry A. Giroux (McMaster University Professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest and The Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy) "Killing Machines and the Madness of Militarism: From Gaza to Afghanistan" 7/24/14 www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/25136-killing-machines-and-the-madness-of-militarism-from-gaza-to-afghanistan MP
Everything we have
and the planet.

Debate is an educational space.  The role of the judge is to be a critical educator, Trifonas

Trifonas, Peter. PEDAGOGIES OF DIFFERENCE: RETHINKING EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. New York, London. 2003.  MP
Domination and subordination
the educational process.

Tournament: Grapevine | Round: 1 | Opponent: Strake Jesuit MC | Judge: Abbey Chapman
The value is morality and the standard is maximizing wellbeing. 

The actor is governments because they are the only thing that can prohibit production.  Ignore framework justifications that don’t speak to the actor.

And, the government is util. 2 reasons. 

First is Actor obligations.

A. Policy-making must be ends-based since side constraints make it impossible to weigh the tradeoffs inherent to decisions involving opportunity costs, as some constraint will always be violated. Even if there exists a way to differentiate violations, when these methods conflict, there exists no way to differentiate between them- any possible method without appealing to a higher set of principles, leading to infinite regress.  Thus, there is no act-omission distinction for governments.

B. Government's ontology is based on survival. Ogbunwzeh,
“The Ontology of Government.” January 4, 2009. Franklyne Ogbunwezeh was born in Nigeria and currently lives in Germany. He also attended seminary in Italy for 4 years. Mr. Ogbunwezeh is currently working on a Ph.D. in Social Ethics and Economics. http://ogbunwezeh.blogspot.com/2009/01/ontology-of-government.html
Governance is the ordinance … subsistence in being.¶ 

C. Public policy-makers must look at util first because they act on behalf of a collective body, Goodin,
Goodin 1995 Robert E. Goodin. Philosopher of Political Theory, Public Policy, and Applied Ethics. Utilitarianism as a Public Philosophy. Cambridge University Press, 1995. p. 26-7  MP 1.12.15
The great advantage …, as Chapter 3 shows.

Second is Policy making

A. Judges have an obligation to endorse the most educational practices. Just like a teacher would not accept a paper that was plagiarized or had lots of spelling errors, judges shouldn’t accept things that don’t maximize education. 

B. And, role playing policy makers is the most educational. Shaw,
 Carolyn M. Shaw, “Pedagogy in International Studies: Using Role-Play Scenarios in the IR Classroom: An Examination of Exercises on Peacekeeping Operations and Foreign Policy Decision Making.” Wichita State University. 2001.  MP 1.12.15
The use of … our ‘‘national interest.’’

Advantage 1: Water Wars
Nuclear power gulps water faster than any other power producer. The impacts are loss of biodiversity, armed conflict, and genocide.  Wareham,
Nuclear power and water scarcity
SUE WAREHAM AND JIM GREEN 28 OCT 2007 http://www.sciencealert.com/nuclear-power-and-water-scarcity  MP
The connections between …one, nuclear power.

Nuclear power increases water scarcity – prohibiting nuclear power solves.
Sovacool and Cooper, 7 – Senior Research Fellow for the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, and founder of the Network for New Energy Choices (Ben and Chris, June. “Renewing America: The Case for Federal Leadership on a National Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)”, http://www.newenergychoices.org/dev/uploads/Renewing20America_NNEC_Final.pdf)  MP
 If projected electricity … consumption in 1995
Looming global water shortages will trigger nuclear war and extinction
NASCA 04 “Water shortages – only a matter of time,” National Association for Scientific and Cultural Appreciation, http://www.nasca.org.uk/Strange_relics_/water/water.html  MP
Water is one…no obvious answer.
Biodiversity loss will cause extinction-this cycle is unique. Coyne
Jerry Coyne, Professor of Ecology at University of Chicago and Hopi Hoekstra, Professor of Biology at Harvard, 9/24/’7
(http://www.truthout.org/article/jerry-coyne-and-hopi-e-hoekstra-the-greatest-dying)
Aside from the … of them all.

Advantage 2: Meltdowns
First, Nuclear power is a safety concern. NIRS 14,
Nuclear Information and Resource Service "NUCLEAR POWER AND CLIMATE: WHY NUKES CAN’T SAVE THE PLANET" June 2014 ML
Odds of a … potential terrorist targets.
And, Nuclear power reactors are waiting for accidents to happen. Garwin 01,
Richard L. Garwin (Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for Science and Technology Council on Foreign Relations, New York) April 9, 2001 “Can the World Do Without Nuclear Power? Can the World Live With Nuclear Power?” ML
Next is the … to think about.
And, Radiation poses short and long term health consequences. Forrest 16,
John P. Christodouleas, M.D., M.P.H., Robert D. Forrest, C.H.P., Christopher G. Ainsley, Ph.D., Zelig Tochner, M.D., Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., and Eli Glatstein, M.D. The New England Journal of Medicine "Short-Term and Long-Term Health Risks of Nuclear-Power-Plant Accidents" 6/11/16 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1103676 ML
At a molecular …long-term cancer risks.
And, Nuclear power accidents cause health to environmental consequences. Ross 11,
Timothy J. Ross (Ph.D, Stanford University Professor, Dept. Of civil engineering, University of New Mexico) Dec. 14, 2011 "Avoiding Apocalypse: Congress Should Ban Nuclear Power." www.law.buffalo.edu/content/dam/law/restricted-assets/pdf/environmental/papers/ross12.pdf
Despite proponents’ claims … nuclear power reactors.(3)