Gonzaga Debate Institute 2008
1ScholarsPermits Aff
Cap and Trade Aff – Version 1
Cap and Trade Aff – Version 1 .......................................................................................................................................1File Notes .......................................................................................................................................................................4***Inherency...................................................................................................................................................................5Inherency – No Cap and Trade/Federal Emissions Limits.............................................................................................6Inherency – Federal Climate Policy Incoherent..............................................................................................................7Inherency – Lack of Climate Action – General .............................................................................................................8***Oil Dependence.........................................................................................................................................................9Cap and Trade Reduces Oil Demand ...........................................................................................................................10Cap and Trade Solves Wars from Warming and Peak Oil ............................................................................................11Cap and Trade Solves Wars from Warming and Peak Oil.............................................................................................12***Climate Advantage..................................................................................................................................................13Yes Warming.................................................................................................................................................................14Yes Warming/Rate Increasing .....................................................................................................................................15U.S. Key to Warming ...................................................................................................................................................16Reducing Emissions Now Key.....................................................................................................................................17Cap and Trade Solves Climate Change.........................................................................................................................18Cap and Trade Solves Climate Change – Economy-Wide Key ...................................................................................19Cap and Trade Solves Climate Change – Innovation/Renewables...............................................................................20Cap and Trade Solves Climate Change – Spillover......................................................................................................21Cap and Trade Now Solves Wars from Warming.........................................................................................................22AT: Warming Good.......................................................................................................................................................23***Trade Wars Advantage............................................................................................................................................24Trade Wars Advantage – 1AC ......................................................................................................................................25Trade Wars Advantage – 1AC ......................................................................................................................................26Trade Wars Advantage – 1AC ......................................................................................................................................27Trade Wars Advantage – Internal Link ........................................................................................................................28***Economy.................................................................................................................................................................29Cap and Trade Good – Economy .................................................................................................................................30Cap and Trade Popular with Businesses ......................................................................................................................31Cap Phase-In Solves Economy Links...........................................................................................................................32AT: Cap and Trade Kills GDP ......................................................................................................................................33AT: Economy Links – Delay Makes it Worse ..............................................................................................................34AT: Cap and Trade Hurts Competitiveness ..................................................................................................................35***Solvency..................................................................................................................................................................36Cap and Trade Solves – General ..................................................................................................................................37Cap and Trade Solves – Empirics ................................................................................................................................38Cap and Trade Works – Empirics – Acid Rain .............................................................................................................39Cap and Trade Solves – Economic Growth, Warming, Oil..........................................................................................40AT: Alt Causes/Cap and Trade Not Enough .................................................................................................................41AT: Cap and Trade Diverts Attention/Masks Problems................................................................................................42AT: California Proves Command Control Better..........................................................................................................43AT: Clean Air Act proves Emissions trading doesn’t work...........................................................................................44AT: Cap and Trade Doesn’t Solve Transportation Sector ............................................................................................45AT: Entry Barriers/Bad for Competition ......................................................................................................................46***Mechanisms............................................................................................................................................................47FYI: Plan Ideas .............................................................................................................................................................48FYI: Upstream vs. Downstream....................................................................................................................................49FYI: Explanation of Upstream .....................................................................................................................................50FYI: Who Would/Should Get Permits...........................................................................................................................51Upstream Better than Downstream – Coverage ...........................................................................................................52Upstream Key – Coverage – With Impact ...................................................................................................................53Upstream Better than Downstream – Admin ...............................................................................................................54Upstream Key to Solve Climate ...................................................................................................................................55Upstream Key to Feasibility.........................................................................................................................................56Downstream Fails – Monitoring/Efficiency .................................................................................................................57
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AT: Upstream Fails/Downstream Better.......................................................................................................................58 No Cost Difference for Consumers between Up and Downstream..............................................................................59*Auctioning...................................................................................................................................................................60Auctions Good – Key to Economy ..............................................................................................................................61Auctioning Good – Key to Economy ...........................................................................................................................62Auctioning Good – Lowers Energy Prices....................................................................................................................63Auctioning Good- Taxes/Economy...............................................................................................................................64Auctioning Good- Innovation.......................................................................................................................................65Auctions Good – Revenue ...........................................................................................................................................66Auction Better than Giveaways – Empirics .................................................................................................................67100% Auction Good .....................................................................................................................................................68100% Auction Good......................................................................................................................................................69A2: Auctioning Bad – Costs .........................................................................................................................................70A2: Auctioning Bad- Monopoly...................................................................................................................................71Grandfathering Bad/Auctioning Good..........................................................................................................................72A2: Grandfathering Good- Economy............................................................................................................................73A2: Grandfathering Good/Auctioning Bad- Economy.................................................................................................74A2: Grandfathering Decreases Energy Prices...............................................................................................................75***AT: Disads...............................................................................................................................................................76AT: Elections ................................................................................................................................................................77AT: Natural Gas DA .....................................................................................................................................................78AT: Hotspots of Pollution .............................................................................................................................................79***AT: Counterplans.....................................................................................................................................................80*AT: States....................................................................................................................................................................81States Don’t Solve – Balkanization ..............................................................................................................................82States Don’t Solve – Long Term Budget Problems .....................................................................................................83States Don’t Solve – International Harmonization ......................................................................................................84State Cap and Trade Gets Struck Down – General ......................................................................................................85State Cap and Trade Gets Struck Down – Supremacy Clause .....................................................................................86State Cap and Trade Gets Struck Down – Foreign Affairs ..........................................................................................87State Cap and Trade Gets Struck Down – Commerce Clause .....................................................................................88Federal Cap and Trade Supercedes States ....................................................................................................................89Federal Government Will Supercede State Efforts ......................................................................................................90*AT: Carbon Tax...........................................................................................................................................................91Cap and Trade Better than Carbon Tax – Climate Change ..........................................................................................92Carbon Tax Bad - Economy .........................................................................................................................................93Carbon Tax Bad - Competitiveness ..............................................................................................................................94Cap and Trade Solves Net Benefits to Carbon Tax ......................................................................................................95 No Politics Link Differential Between Cap-and-Trade and Tax...................................................................................96*AT: Misc CPs..............................................................................................................................................................97Command and Control Fails – Climate Change/Costs ................................................................................................98Cap Exemptions Bad – Innovation/Climate Change ..................................................................................................99Cap Exemptions Fail – Economy ...............................................................................................................................100Cap Exemptions Fail – Costs/Climate Change ..........................................................................................................101Opt-In Programs Bad – Climate Change....................................................................................................................102Voluntary Action Fails – Climate Change ..................................................................................................................103Safety Valves Don’t Solve – Climate Change ............................................................................................................104Safety Valves Bad – Undermine International Linkage .............................................................................................105Banking Emissions Credits Bad – Climate Change ...................................................................................................106Efficiency/Tech Standards Fail – Climate Change ....................................................................................................107Air Quality Regulations Don’t Solve – Climate Change ...........................................................................................108EPA Regulations of Auto Emissions Don’t Solve – Climate .....................................................................................109***AT: Ks....................................................................................................................................................................110Framework Impact – Small Differences in Climate Policy Key.................................................................................111AT: Commodification K .............................................................................................................................................112AT: Market/Neolib K ..................................................................................................................................................113***Topicality...............................................................................................................................................................114
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Cap and Trade Distinct from Command and Control.................................................................................................115Cap and Trade is an Incentive ....................................................................................................................................116Cap and Trade is an Incentive.....................................................................................................................................117AT: Effects-T...............................................................................................................................................................118AT: Extra-T..................................................................................................................................................................119
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