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The House on Wednesday approved a bill to extend….. ExxonMobil is hardly the first oil com­ pany to …. **__ PLAN TEXT __** **__ ADV 1 GLOBAL WARMING __** ** A. Fossil fuel consumption will increase in the future, sending billions tons more of CO2 into the atmosphere.** **McCracken 2005** ( http://www.ncrlc.com/Michael-MacCracken-GCC.html ) For the future, the world population looks likely to increase…. **ABC Technology and Science News 2006 (**http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2182824&page=1**)** But many experts confide privately what….. The consensus among biologists is that…. **Gagosian 2003 (**http://www.whoi.edu/home/about/whatsnew_abruptclimate.html**)** Global __warming could__  actually  __lead to a big chill__  in some parts **….** The move from solid to liquid to gas fuels …. **__ ADV 2 OIL DEPENDENCE __** The United States is in a long war. Islamic fundamentalists… ** Nuclear Control Institute 2003 ( ** http://www.nci.org/nuketerror.htm ** ) ** The Task Force warned that the "probability of nuclear…. ** C. Terrorism causes extinction**   The United States retaliates: 'End of the world' scenarios….  ** The American Recycler 2004 ( ** http://www.americanrecycler.com/0104department.shtml**)**   The use of hydrogen to power vehicles eliminates….   **__ ADV 3 CHINESE ENERGY SECURITY __**  In the  United States and Europe….   It must be made clear that China is not a small regional…...   China is another matter. No sane figure in the Pentagon…..  Cass R. Sunstein mentioned only one way…...  **Wenzhong 2004** (http://china-japan21.org/eng/zxxx/t64286.htm)  Terrorism, cross-boundary crime, proliferation of advanced…..  **__ SOLVENCY __**   So, what we have then, around the world….   **Rose 2003** http://www.fuelcells.org/info/pathforward.pdf  A growing number of fuel cell manufacturers….  **C. Hydrogen fueling stations are within the reach and cost of the American government ** ** Blencoe ** **2008**, (http://hydrogendiscoveries.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/) Although there are currently around 170,000 gasoline.… ** D. Hydrogen Tax Incentive Act will ensure solvency ** ** Fuel Cells Works 2007 ** (http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage6828.html) This legislation would extend the current federal … **Good News Network 2008** (http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/earth/science/hydrogen-from-sewage.html) Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered …
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 * A//.// Status Quo continues to block alternative energy **
 * NYT 2008 **
 * B//.// Oil companies have no incentive to produce alternative technology **
 * Provenzano 2007 **
 * The United States federal government should substantially increase alternative energy incentives in the United States through the permanent implementation of H.R. 5746 the Hydrogen Tax Incentives Act of 2008. **
 * B. Global warming melts Siberian permafrost, emits 75 times more CO2 a year than burning fossil fuels **
 * C. The impact is extinction – we must act now to avert the catastrophic consequences of warming **
 * Larsen 2004 ( ** http://www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/Update35.htm ** ) **
 * D. Warming leads to ice age within a decade **
 * E. Hydrogen can free the energy system from fossil fuels and CO2, solving for global warming, ice age, and extinction **
 * Dunn 2002 **
 * A. US dependence on oil assures an increase in Terrorism. **
 * Sandalow 2005 **
 * B. The threat of nuclear terrorism is real and increasing. **
 * Corsi 2005 **
 * D. Hydrogen decreases oil dependence, solving for terrorism and extinction **
 * A. Competition for oil makes conflict with China inevitable **
 * Times Union 2004 **
 * B. These conflicts escalates to war – only strengthening energy security offers common ground for China-US cooperation **
 * Wu and Shen 2006 **
 * C. US-Sino war escalates and causes nuclear holocaust **
 * Johnson 2001 **
 * D. Only way to encourage cooperation and tackle climate change is through economic benefits like the plan provides **
 * Price 2006 **
 * E. Strong U.S. – Sino relations and cooperation prevents extinction. Cooperation is the only way to solve economic stability, terrorism, crime, prolif, and disease spread. **
 * A. Hydrogen will be a long-lasting source of economic growth **
 * Provenzano 2007 **
 * B. Federal support is key to successful launch of hydrogen technology – wind power proves **
 * E. Hydrogen can easily be produced from renewables, such as biowaste **