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The words in the topic ("Resolved: that the federal governmentshould establish a policy to substantially increase renewableenergy use in the United States") are fairly clear. While there areareas of potential argumentation on other terms (policy vs.program, for example), the critical term seems to be "renewable"energy.
There seem to be at least three schools of thought on what"renewable" energy is.1. "It doesn't runs out." Renewable energy is energy which iseasily replaced, reproduces itself, or "doesn't run out." By thisapproach sources such as solar and wind would be clearly
renewable energy, but other energy forms such as geothermalenergy and energy efficiency would not be.2. "It comes from natural forces." The shining of the sun, themotion of the wind, the cycle of the tides, the power in plants, allof these are basic energy inputs which come from the solarsystem and our planet and the movement of both. Once again,
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