T- Nuclear Is Alternative Energy

1. Nuclear is the core of the topic, nuclear energy is the only

alternative that can be a base load supplier

Fred Bosselman, Professor of law @ Chicago-Kent College of Law, 2007, New

York University Environmental Law Journal, 15 N.Y.U. Envtl. L.J. 1, “The New Power
Generation: Environmental Law And Electricity Innovation: Colloquium Article: The
Ecological Advantages Of Nuclear Power,” [LexisNexis Academic].

I have argued that the next decade's need for reliable base-load electrical generation in the United States will
be solved by building either nuclear power plants or coal-fired power plants; the unreliability of natural gas
supplies and prices, and the intermittent nature of current renewable resources, make them unsuitable for
base-load needs. The extent to which a significant share of this new generation will be nuclear depends on a
wide range of factors, only one of which - ecological impact - is discussed in this article. Insofar as that factor is
concerned, however, the evidence overwhelmingly favors nuclear power over coal, and I hope that this will
be recognized and taken into consideration. But I am making no prediction as to how important nuclear power
will become, because any student of the history of energy knows that all forecasts always seem to be wrong.

2. Counter definition – alternative energy is not fossil fuels

Random House, 06 (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=alternative+energy&r=66

–noun

energy,as solar, wind, or nuclear energy, that can replace or supplement traditional
fossil-fuel sources, as coal, oil, and natural gas.

3. we allow for one more case, the nuclear AFF, the NEG will find
time to cut a NEG

4. Under the NEG interpretation it leads to a race to the bottom, in

which only one case become topical
A. this kills all education, we only get to run one set of
arguments each year

B. AFF flex outweighs neg predictability, the NEG has the

block, AFF needs some element of surprise

5. Nuclear is good for the topic, it allows us to learn about the most
viable alternative to fossil fuels.

6. the Negative can still run their fossil fuels Disads,

7. the NEG can also run nuclear specific CP and DA, which are way
better than the crappy renewables DA
8. Nuclear is the most predictable case, everyone is running it and it
has a huge literature bases with equal amount of args on both
sides.

9. Nuclear energy is alternative energy

Geocities ‘04
www.geocities.com/Area51/Labyrinth/2985/diction.html

Alternative energy comes from nuclear reactors and renewable

energy sources.

10. Their definition limits out all forms of energy including

government funded energies and slightly environmentally
dangerous alternatives

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration (EIA)

(2007) Annual Energy Review 2006.Center for Sustainable Systems

While energy is essential to modern society, most primary

sources used today are unsustainable. Over 85% of the
nation’s energy comes from fossil fuels; another 8% is derived
from nuclear, while less than 7% comes from renewable sources.