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    T UpdatesT Updates.................................................................................................................................................................1Synthetic Fuel = Alternative Fuel............................................................................................................................2Fuel =/= Energy.......................................................................................................................................................3Alternative Energy = Stuff Other Than Fossil Fuels...............................................................................................4Alternative Energy = Naturally Renewable.............................................................................................................5Substantial = 60%....................................................................................................................................................7Natives AT: In the United States........................................................................................................................8Reprocessing / Recycling Increases Energy............................................................................................................9Incentives Must Directly Affect Its An Exchange..........................................................................................10Incentives Must Directly Affect Specific Intent..............................................................................................11Incentives Can Be Indirect.....................................................................................................................................12Nuclear Power = Alternative..................................................................................................................................13Efficiency = Alternative Energy............................................................................................................................14 Nuclear =/= Alternative.........................................................................................................................................15Incentives =/= Regulations....................................................................................................................................16Incentives Include Finance / Regulations..............................................................................................................17Incentives Include Regulations To Encourage.......................................................................................................18Nuclear Power = Alternative; Alternative =/= Renewable....................................................................................19Nuclear Power = Renewable..................................................................................................................................20Incentive = Positive...............................................................................................................................................21Incentives = Positive OR Negative........................................................................................................................22

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    Synthetic Fuel = Alternative Fuel

    (coal-based) Synthetic fuel is alternative energy.

    Amanda Ferrell, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force, 2007, Global Air Chiefs Conference Public Affairs, Air Force energy initiatives focus on fuel, beyond,http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123069617

    9/26/2007 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Leaders of Air Force energy policy and programs convened here Sept. 25 to discuss the Air Force'direction and initiatives in the realm of renewable and alternative energy sources. William C. Anderson, the assistant secretary of the Air Force foInstallations, Environment and Logistics and senior energy executive, and his deputy, Kevin W. Billings, presented the latest Air Force energy initiatives during sessionsat the Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition hosted by the Air Force Association. "Energy conservation and developing energy technology is a majoDepartment of Defense effort," Mr. Anderson said. "As the largest consumer of energy in the federal government, the Air Force is in a great position to look for,

    promote and utilize alternative energy sources." We are working to incorporate new energy initiatives and programs at every installation, and we want to incorporate

    alternative energy and energy conservation everywhere it makes sense -- for the military and the civilian community, Mr. Billings said. The Air Force iscommitted to working with agencies in the private sector, experts in academia and throughout the DOD to generate viable sources of energythat are both domestically sourced and more environmentally friendly than current petroleum-based sources , MrAnderson said. While energy programs cover installation power, ground vehicles and other requirements, the current focus of energy technology in the Air Force is

    aviation fuel, which makes up 82 percent of all energy consumed in the Air Force, Mr. Billings said. In August, the B-52 Stratofortress was certified to usea blend of the current petroleum-based fuel, JP-8, and a synthetic fuel derived from coal, natural gas and feedstocks. "This synthetic fuel blend is currently the only viable alternative to jet fuel , and the United States holds one of thelargest coal reserves in the world," Mr. Anderson said. "Alternative energy holds tremendous potential to produce environmentaland ecological benefits, so our search for alternative energy sources in the Air Force must lead to domestic sourced fuels with greener footprints than currentalternatives." "Synthetic fuel performs comparably to JP-8 and is being tested to prove its compatibility with all current aircraft engine types," Mr. Anderson said. TheAir Force has scheduled synthetic fuel testing for each aircraft in the inventory and has set a timeline for the transition. "Our goais to have every aircraft in the Air Force inventory certified to use synthetic fuel by early 2011," Mr. Anderson said. Two factors regarding synthetic fuel that willdetermine its viability for Air Force consumption are that it be domestically-sourced and processed in an environmentally friendly way. It is also important the fuel be

    produced on a commercial scale and be efficient in both military and commercial aircraft, Mr. Billings said. "Converting coal into liquid fuel through the Fischer-Tropsch process creates 1.8 times more carbon (than refining petroleum)," Mr. Billings said. The Air Force is participating is research of carbon capture and reusemethods, which will actually reduce the carbon output below that of JP-8, making coal-derived fuels cleaner than current jet fuel." Accomplishing the Air Force missionis primary, but energy efficiency and reducing our carbon footprint while doing so is our goal, Mr. Billings said. "We are now working with the private sector togenerate ideas for increasing our energy supply," Mr. Billings said. Underutilized land on many military installations maybe a prime location for projects such as solaarray technology, geothermal systems and other alternative energy projects. While the Air Force explores a variety of options for creating green, domestically-sourcedand more efficient fuel sources, one message remains clear.

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    Fuel =/= Energy

    Alternative energy is distinct from alternative fuel.

    Christopher A. Simon, Prof PoliSci @ UNevada, 2007(Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility)

    In this chapter, the book focuses on the scope of alternative energy, a concept that is often discussed but rarely defined. It is difficult todefine because the term is value laden. The term alternative energy was the subject of a recent gathering of scientists in Canada, but by the end othe conference, the definition remained a work in progress; no definitive meaning was assigned (see CEA-NRCAn 2002). By defining the term, it is not my purpose to

    intentionally exclude or include any particular form of energy. An understanding of the concept is necessary to better understand theenergy future in relation to technological, economic, and policy feasibility of energy sources. Understanding the difference betweenalternative energy and alternative fuels is an important distinction that must be made at this point.

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    Alternative Energy = Stuff Other Than Fossil Fuels

    Alternative energy is renewable energy not derived from fossil fuels

    Encarta 7(Encarta, http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861685359)

    alternative energynounDefinition:

    naturally generated energy source: any form of energy obtained from the Sun, wind, waves, or another naturalrenewable source, in contrast to energy generated from fossil fuels

    Alt energy is that not from fossil fuels

    US Department of the Interior 08(Minerals Management Service, 3/27, http://www.mms.gov/offshore/AlternativeEnergy/Definitions.htm )

    Alternative energy: Fuel sources that are other than those derived from fossil fuels. Typically usedinterchangeably for renewable energy. Examples include: wind, solar, biomass, wave and tidal energy.

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    Alternative Energy = Naturally Renewable

    Alternative energy must be naturally renewable.

    SOE 1(Saving our environment, ThinkQuest site, http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111401/alternative_energy.htm)

    The term alternative energy refers to energy sources that are naturally renewable and do not pollute.

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    Substantial = 15%

    Substantial energy increase is 15% of total output

    Stephen Tully, Postdoc Fellow, ESRC Centre for Risk Analysis and Regulation, Law Department, LondonSchool PoliSci, 2006The human right to access electricity, SciDirect (no url because scidirect urls are path-dependent search the article title)

    The final noteworthy illustration originates from Johannesburg during 2002 where the Renewable Energy Coalition of 23 like-minded states, the EC andthe Alliance of Small Island States declared their commitment to increasing the share of renewable energy sources in the global total primary energysupply. With a sense of urgency, paragraph 20(e) ofthe WSSD Plan ofImplementation consequently calls upon governments and other actorsto substantially increase the global share of renewable energy sources with the objective of increasing its contribution to totalenergy supply. By way of following up that commitment, the EC has ambitiously proposed that renewableenergy sources contribute 12 percent to gross inland energy consumption by 2010. However, such a target may not be attainable given current

    progress by government.22 A 1997 White Paper for a Community Strategy and Action Plan initially proposed that the European Com- mission should promoterenewable energy sources so that customers can choose the most appropriate European product and source at the least price. The European strategy for secure energysupplies, outlined in a Green Paper of 2000, is to manage consumer demand through taxation and consumer levies. Most importantly, it is also envisaged that electricity

    produced from renewable energy sources will enjoy priority access to electrical grids.23

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    Substantial = 60%

    A substantial increase in renewable energy incentives is 60%.

    Edie News 4(Government must fund more renewables, says business group, http://www.climatebiz.com/news/2004/04/14/government-must-fund-more-renewables-says-business-group)

    NEW YORK, N.Y. -- A coalition ofU.S. business and energy policy organisations have united in attacking official sponsoring ofrenewable energies in the U.S. as "lukewarm" and have called for a 60% increase in funding of this sector.The Sustainable Energy Coalition has addressed a letterto the Energy and Water Subcommittees of the Senate and House of Representatives Committeeson Appropriations requesting a substantial increase in federal support forthe cross-section ofrenewable energy technologies.The group, made up of 25 businesses, has asked that the Department of Energy's renewable energy programme budget be increased to $598.5 million for the fiscal yearof 2005 -- that is 60% above the White House's proposal and two thirds greater than the amount actually allocated in 2004.

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    Natives AT: In the United States

    There are over 700 tribes considered in the United States.

    Department of Energy 4/10/08http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windpoweringamerica/native_americans.asp

    There are more than 700 American Indian tribes and Native Alaskan villages and corporations located on 96

    million acres in the United States. Many of these tribes and villages have excellent wind resources that could becommercially developed to meet their electricity needs or for electricity export.

    United States includes territories and possessions

    US Code 07(6 USCS 1111, Lexis_Nexis)

    (6) United states. The term "United States" means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin IslandsGuam, American Samoa, and any otherterritory or possession of the United States.

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    Reprocessing / Recycling Increases Energy

    Reprocessing increases energy

    Gabe Collins, Princeton graduate '05, 2002 November 25(American Foreign Policy Vol II issue no. 5 "Northeast Asia's Nuclear Nightmare: Dangerous Consequences of North Koreas Nuclear Gamble"http://webscript.princeton.edu/~afp/article.php?issid=30&artid=6)

    Japans large nuclear power complex coupled with its highly developed industrial and scientific base would allow rapid production of both nuclear weapons anddelivery systems. Indeed, it already possesses the H-II, a space launch vehicle capable of lofting a multi-ton payload. Thus, the latent technological capability to build

    an ICBM already exists. Moreover, as part of a program aimed at reducing dependency on Persian Gulf oil, Japan ispressing ahead with the construction ofbreeder reactors and reprocessing facilities which extract plutonium from used nuclear fuel rodand recycle it to fuel further power generation. However, while reprocessing increases energy independence, it also producesurplus plutoniumnuclear weapons designers material of choice. Estimates place Japans current plutonium inventory at greater than 13 tonnes. Of this total, around4352 kg are domestically held, an amount sufficient to construct at least 450 nuclear devices.

    Reprocessing nuclear fuel increases energy

    FrankMunger, senior writer, June 12, 2008("Nuclear recycling offers promise" http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jun/12/nuclear-recycling-offers-promise/)

    Reprocessing nuclear fuel is at the heart of the Bush administration's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, a program designed toproduce moreenergy while curbing the generation of nuclear waste and reducing the risk of weapons proliferation. The goal is to safely share technologiesand services for energy security with partner nations.

    Recycling increases energy

    Steve Kidd, head of Strategy & Research at the World Nuclear Association, 22 March 2008(Nuclear Engineering International "Recycling uranium and plutonium: where's it heading?" http://www.neimagazine.com/storyprint.asp?sc=2049163)

    The availability of recyclable fissile and fertile materials able to provide fresh fuel for existing and future

    nuclear power plants is a key characteristic of nuclear energy

    Recycling increases energy

    Steve Kidd, head of Strategy & Research at the World Nuclear Association, 22 March 2008(Nuclear Engineering International "Recycling uranium and plutonium: where's it heading?" http://www.neimagazine.com/storyprint.asp?sc=2049163)

    The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) programme, announced by the US Department of Energy in early 2006, fits in closely with this. A major issue

    addressed is the efficiency of the current nuclear fuel cycle. The once through cycle only uses part of the potential energy in thefuel, while effectively wasting substantial amounts of useable energy that could be tapped through recycling.While European countries and Japan have recycled some of the residual uranium and plutonium recovered from the spent fuel in light water reactors through MOXutilisation, no one has yet employed a comprehensive technology that includes full actinide recycle. In the USA this question is pressing since significant amounts of

    used nuclear fuel are stored in different locations around the country awaiting shipment to the planned geological repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. This projectis much-delayed, and in any case will fill very rapidly if it is used simply for used fuel rather than the separated wastes after reprocessing.

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    Incentives Must Directly Affect Its An Exchange

    Incentives involve an offer and a response within an exchange alternative energy must be part of the

    exchange for it to be an alternative energy incentive

    GeoffThale is the associate for El Salvador at the Washington Office on Latin America. 1998(ch 7 Incentives and the Salvadoran Peace Process THE PRICE OF PEACE Edited by David Cortright http://wwics.si.edu/subsites/ccpdc/pubs/price/frame.htm)

    The Nature of IncentivesIt is useful, in thinking about the effectiveness of various forms of incentives, to define more precisely the kinds of incentives that are being offered and the context in

    which they are offered. In its simplest form, an incentive is an offer by a sender to provide a good that the recipient desires, ifthe recipient engages in some specified behavior. Another more complicated form of incentive exists when the sender government offers agood directly related to the desired outcomewhen, for example, a sender offers to fund postwar reconstruction programs on the condition that the recipient design andimplement such programs. In this case, the recipient government may not desire, or at least not strongly desire, the good being offered, but may engage in the desired

    behavior because it is relatively costfree to the recipient. This will greatly influence the strength of the recipients commitment to carry out the desired behavior whenthe inevitable problems and complications occur.

    Incentives involve an offer and a response within an exchange alternative energy must be part of the

    exchange for it to be an alternative energy incentive

    Virginia I. Foran and Leonard S. Spector, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1998(Ch 2 "The Application of Incentives to Nuclear Proliferation" THE PRICE OF PEACE Edited by David Cortrighthttp://wwics.si.edu/subsites/ccpdc/pubs/price/frame.htm)

    Finally, an incentive, with respect to proliferation, is defined as: any benefit or promise of benefits offered by senders to a state thought to beconsidering the acquisition or development of nuclear weapons, orto a state that already has nuclear weapons, in exchange for that statesdecision to halt its progress toward proliferation or for its dismantling or elimination of the weapons it already possesses.

    Alternative energy must be part of the quid pro quo for it to be an alternative energy incentive

    John DeLaHunt, Assistant Director for Environmental Health & Safety Services in Colorado College'sFacilities Services department , July-August 2006

    ( Journal of Chemical Health and Safety Volume 13, Issue 4, , Page 42 sciencedirect)

    Incentives work on a quid pro quo basis this for that. If you change your behavior, Ill give you a reward. Onecould say that coercion is an incentive program do as I say and Ill let you live. However, I define an incentive as getting something you didnt have before inexchange for new behavior, so that pretty much puts coercion in its own box, one separate from incentives. But fundamental problems plague the incentive approach.Like coercion, incentives are poor motivators in the long run, for at least two reasons unintended consequences and perverse incentives.

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    Incentives Must Directly Affect Specific Intent

    Incentives must be intended to achieve a specific change random incentives may eventually cause

    change in energy use, but only directed policies are alternative energy incentives.

    Vern Hicks and Orvill Adams, Health Services Organization(Pay and Non-Pay Incentives, Performance and Motivation, http://www.itg.be/itg/GeneralSite/InfServices/Downloads/shsop21.pdf)

    The World Health Report 2000, Health Systems: Improving Performance, defines incentives as all the rewards and punishments that providers face as aconsequence of the organizations in which they work, the institutions under which they operate and the specific interventions they provide This definitionsuggests that the organization, the work that is done and the setting in which work takes place will determine the incentive used and its resulting impact. Buchan et al

    add another dimension by defining an incentive in terms of its objective: An incentive refers to one particular form of payment that isintended to achieve some specific change in behavior (2).

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    Incentives Can Be Indirect

    Incentives are both direct and indirect.

    Enters et al. 4 FAO(Thomas, The role of incentives in forest plantation development, google)

    The distinction between direct and indirect incentives is somewhat blurred. Direct incentives are designed to have animmediate impact on resource users and influence returns to investment directly. Indirect incentives on the otherhand have an indirect effect through setting or changing the overall framework conditions within and outside theforestry sector. There are some overlaps. For example, tax concessions for plantation investors are a direct incentive, whereas generatax reductions for fuel are considered indirect incentives, because they lower production and transport costs within - as well asoutside - the plantation sector.

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    Nuclear Power = Alternative

    Nuclear is an alternative energy

    Alternative Energy News 7-19-08http://www.topix.com/tech/alt-energy

    Energy Policy: Imagine an energy plan that does it all - from allowing more oil drilling to spending billions on alternativeenergy sources such as wind, solar and nuclear.

    Nuclear powers alternative

    Brant McLaughlin, writer, published Apr 20, 2007("Developing Nuclear Power as Alternative Energy; Nuclear Power Would Be a Boon, Not Go Boom")

    Many researchers feel that developing nuclear power, harnessing the power of the atom in fission reactions, is the most importantalternative energy resource that is available to us, due to the fact of the incredible power that it can produce. Nuclear power does not have to bedestructive, and it is much safer than most people think.

    Nuclear powers an incentive for hydrogen

    Christopher A. Simon, Prof PoliSci @ UNevada, 2007(Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility)

    There was a strong commitment to alternative energy in the presidents Hydrogen Initiative. Incentives are in place for the development of alternative fuel production

    sites. Production of fuels such as hydrogen will be accelerated by the development of next-generation nuclearpower, resulting in cheaper hydrogen as compared to hydrogen produced using renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.

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    Efficiency = Alternative Energy

    Efficiency is alternative energy

    New Alternatives Fund Inc. 2004http://www.newalternativesfund.com/invest/invest_alternative.html

    Alternative Energy includes three main groups:Renewable Energy (Solar, Wind, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass)Fuel Cells & HydrogenEnergy Conservation and Enabling Technologies

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    Nuclear =/= Alternative

    Nuclear isnt alternative

    New Alternatives Fund Inc. 2004http://www.newalternativesfund.com/invest/invest_alternative.html

    Alternative Energy does not includeCoalOilAtomic energy

    Nuclear power isnt alternative energy this is the federal definition and is most predictable

    Christopher A. Simon, Prof PoliSci @ UNevada, 2007(Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility)

    The federal defition of alternative energy is best summarized by Title 26, chapter 79, 7701 of the revised U.S. Code: theterm alternative energy facility means a facility for producing electrical or thermal energy if the primary energy source for the facility is notoil, natural gas, coal, or nuclear power. The primary purpose of this definition relates to the issuance of tax credits to alternative energyfacility[ies], which meet certain standards as defined in Title 26, chapter 1, 48 Energy Credit. Tax credits are one method by which the federalgovernment encouges the private sector to make certain economic choices; in the case of energy policy, this definition of alternative energy willheve a definitive impact on how alternative energy will be defined by those individual\s and corporate bodiesseeking federal recognition (and benefit) by adopting a particular definition of alternatie energy. Many state definitions of alternativeenergy closely follow federal definitions. Case law confirms that federal guidelines supercede state-levelguidelines. Federal standards also impact the state and local rec\eipt of alternative energy grants, subsidies, and tax exemptions. It is reas\zonable, therefore thatstate and local definitions would be consistent with federal policy. Consistency between federal and state definitions does not mean there are not a few variations. Inmany ways, variation at the state level illustrates the dynamic and evolving alternative energy paradigm, which is by no means unique to the U.S. policy process.

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    Incentives =/= Regulations

    Incentives arent regulations.

    DOE (Department of Energy) 3-11-08 (last update)( "United States (Federal) Incentives and Laws" http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/progs/fed_summary.php/afdc/US/0)

    Our federal incentives and laws are categorized here as either Incentives, Laws and Regulations, or Programs,which could be funding opportunities or other federal initiatives related to alternative fuels and vehicles,advanced technologies, or air quality. To sort information by sponsoring agency instead of category, click the Agency radio button below. Additionalincentives may also be available on the Clean Cities Financial OpportunitiesWeb page.

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    Incentives Include Finance / Regulations

    Incentives include money and regulations

    DSIRE 7(Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy and Efficiency, North Carolina State University)http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/map2.cfm?state=US&currentpageid=1

    Federal Incentives for Renewable EnergyS ee Federal Incentives See All Summaries See Homeowner Incentive Summaries OnlyFinancial Incentives Corporate Depreciation Modified Accelerated Cost-Recovery System (MACRS) + Bonus Depreciation Corporate Exemption ResidentialEnergy Conservation Subsidy Exclusion (Corporate)Corporate Tax Credit Business Energy Tax Credit Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit (PTC)Federal GranProgram Tribal Energy Program Grant USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) - Grants Federal Loan ProgramClean Renewable Energy Bonds(CREBs)Energy Efficient Mortgage USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) - Loans Personal Exemption Residential Energy Conservation SubsidyExclusion (Personal)Personal Tax Credit Residential Energy Efficiency Tax Credit Residential Solar and Fuel Cell Tax Credit Production Incentive Renewable EnergyProduction Incentive (REPI) Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Incentives U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center Rules,

    Regulations & Policies Energy Standards for Public Buildings Energy Goals and Standards for Federal Buildings Energy Reduction Goals for FederalAgencies Green Power Purchasing/Aggregation U.S. Federal Government - Green Power Purchasing Goal Interconnection Interconnection Standards for SmallGenerators Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Policies U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center Related Programs & Initiatives Green Power Network:Buying Green Power in Your State The U.S. Department of Energy's Green Power Network provides news and information on green power markets and relatedactivities. This site provides state-by-state information on Green Power Marketing in Competitive Electricity Markets and Utility Green Pricing Programs. In addition,the site lists marketers ofRenewable Energy Certificates (RECs) (also known as green tags or tradable renewable certificates), which represent the environmentalattributes of the power produced from a renewable energy project. Whether or not consumers have access to green power through their local utility or a competitive

    electricity marketer, consumers can purchase RECs without having to switch electricity suppliers.

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    Incentives Include Regulations To Encourage

    Incentives include regulations to encourage

    Mike Lobash, August 2005, Building Operating Management(Alternative Energy: Green Incentives and Options Are On the Rise http://www.facilitiesnet.com/bom/article.asp?id=3177)

    Alternative Energy IncentivesState and local governments, as well as utilities, offer incentives to encourage the use of alternative energysources. Heres a look at where incentives are available and where regulations exists to encourage the use of on-site power systems and the purchase of green power.

    Financial Regulatory

    Corporate Tax Sales Tax Property Tax Rebates Grants Loans Net Metering Inter-connection Green Power Purchase

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    Nuclear Power = Alternative; Alternative =/= Renewable

    Nuclear power is alternative energy, which is distinct from renewable energy.

    Pfafflin and Ziegler 6(James Pfafflin and Edward Ziegler, Encyclopedia of Environmental Science and Engineering: Volumes 1 and 2, p. 199, Google Books)

    Alternative energy sources include geothermal energy when and where is available, all kinds of waste heat and waste heat fromnuclear plants. Renewable energy sources include wind energy, tidal energy, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)and, above all, the abundant solar energy.

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    Nuclear power is renewable when efficiency is increased this is the most overqualified piece of evidence

    in the round.

    Lightfoot et al 6(Douglas Lightfoot, Global Environmental Climate Change Centre, McGill University; Mechanical Engineer, B App. Sc. (UBC), MBA.(Concordia) Experience: Standard Chemical Ltd

    chlor/alkali electrochemical plant project engineering,12 years; Dupont of Canadadesigning, building, starting up chemical plants, 5 years; Domtar Researchresearch and economicanalyses for pulp and paper, chemicals and construction materials, 18 years. Retired member: Order of Engineers of Quebec, Professional Engineers of Ontario. Life Member: AmericanSociety of Mechanical Engineers. Member: Global Environmental and Climate Change Centre (GEC3), McGill University. Wallace Manheimer Ph.D. (MIT). Retired from the Naval ResearchLaboratory, 33 years, Senior Scientist for Fundamental Plasma Processes involved in plasma processing, inertial fusion, microwave tube development, radar systems, and magnetic fusionNow, part time consultant to NRL on plasma science. Daniel A. Meneley Civil Engineer, BE, DIC, PhD (Imperial College, London) Experience: Argonne Lab., Fast reactor physics researchand design, 9 years. Ontario Hydro, CANDU power plant design, analysis, safety, & waste management, 12 years. UNB Professor of Nuclear Engineering, 7 years. AECL CANDU desigmanagement, 10 years. Emeritus Chief Engineer, AECL. Member Professional Engineers of Ontario. Fellow, American Nuclear Society and Canadian Nuclear Society. Member InternationaSafety Advisory Group, IAEA, 85-88. Chair, Defence Science Advisory Board, 97-03. Duane Pendergast Mechanical Engineer, B.Sc. (U of A), M.Sc. and Ph.D. (New Mexico StateUniversity) Experience: Industry manufacturing and design engineer pressure vessels and transportation, 3 years. Educationuniversity engineering subjects, 4 years. AECLCANDUpower plant safety analysis, design and environmental assessment, 26 years. Computare, Principal Scientist, consulting and website (www.computare.org) on energy and greenhouse gasmanagement, 5 years. Retired member of Professional Engineers of Ontario. Life member of The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta. Member othe Canadian Nuclear Society. George S. Stanford Physicist, retired from Argonne National Laboratory. Past member, National Council, Federation of American Scientists. Co-author: BornSecret: The H=Bomb, the Progressive Case, and National Security [Pergamon, 1981], and Nuclear Shadowboxing: Contemporary Threats from Cold-War Weaponry [Fidlar Doubleday, 2004]B.Sc. with Honours, Acadia University; M.A., Wesleyan University; Ph.D. in experimental nuclear physics, Yale University. Technical publications pertaining mainly to experiments in nucleaphysics, reactor physics, and fast-reactor safety. Member, American Nuclear Society. Past member, American Physical Society,http://www.computare.org/Support%20documents/Fora%20Input/CCC2006/Nuclear%20Paper%2006_05.htm)

    n 1983, Bernard L. Cohen [Cohen, 1983] showed quantitatively that uranium as nuclear fission fuel is, for all practical purposes,

    inexhaustible, given the use of fuel efficient breederreactors. This idea had also been suggested earlier by others [Lewis, 1968]. The aim of this paperis to support this claim and show that technology is close at hand to take full advantage of this endless resource . Whenenergy sources such as hydro, wind, solar, biomass and geothermal are termed renewable, what is reallymeant is that they are inexhaustible. If, for all practical purposes, nuclear fission fuel is inexhaustible, then it toois one of the renewables. Moreover, nuclear fission has much greater capacity to provide energy than all of theother "renewable" energies put together. The paper in Track 1 of this conference, A Strategy for Adequate Future World Energy Supply and CarbonEmission Control [Lightfoot, 2006], makes the case that nuclear fission is the only source of energy large enough to replace fossil fuels on the scale required that isavailable now.

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    Incentive = Positive

    Incentives are positive only negative incentives are disincentives.

    Harris 89(Ora Fred Harris,Professor of Law, University of Illinois, Fred, 49 La. L. Rev. 1315, Automobile Emissions Control Inspection and Maintenance Program: Making ItMore Palatable to Coerced Participants, Lexis-Nexis)

    53. The term "incentives," for purposes of this Article, means those devices that induce one into doing something because oftheprospect ofreward and, therefore, engender a positive feeling within the actor. An example of incentives in this sense would betax incentives like credits and/or deductions. But it appears that Congress, some courts and a few commentators have taken a broader viewof incentives and have categorized items such as extensions to compliance deadlines and, most notably, sanctions in the Act-denials of federal grants and bans on

    construction in the event of noncompliance-as incentives to compliance. To be sure, these latter items may induce compliance but surely notbecause of the extension of a "carrot." Instead, they epitomizethe "stick" or "disincentive" approach tobehavioral modification.

    Incentives are positive; negative incentives are separately classed as penalties.

    Irish Times 6(The Irish Times, June 7, 2006, Lexis-Nexis)

    The proposals, which have not been made public but include incentives and penalties, seek topersuade Iran to give up enrichinguranium, which the West fears will be used to build atomic bombs. Tehran says its nuclear aims are purely civilian. European Union foreign policy chiefJavierSolanapresented Iran's chief negotiatorAli Larijani with the package, agreed by the United States, Russia, China and the "EU Three" - Britain, France and Germany.

    "The proposals had somepositive steps in them and some ambiguities which should be removed," Mr Larijani said.

    Incentives are positive.

    Financial Post 88(December 20, 1988, Green Line offers incentives, Lexis-Nexis)The 1987 market crash discouraged investors who were not heavy traders, and their trading has dropped by about 30% to 40%, Bates said. But such investors are not

    likely to base decisions on a limited cut in fees, he added. ''An extra discount I don't think is going to give them the incentive to trade. They'relooking for some otherkind of positive indicatorthat it's the right time to trade.''

    Incentives are positive the recipient is better off afterwards.

    John DeLaHunt, Assistant Director for Environmental Health & Safety Services in Colorado College'sFacilities Services department , July-August 2006( Journal of Chemical Health and Safety Volume 13, Issue 4, , Page 42.sciencedirect)

    Incentives work on a quid pro quo basis this for that. If you change your behavior, Ill give you a reward. One could say that

    coercion is an incentive program do as I say and Ill let you live. However, I define an incentive as gettingsomething you didnt have before in exchange for new behavior, so that pretty much puts coercion in its ownbox, one separate from incentives. But fundamental problems plague the incentive approach. Like coercion, incentives are poormotivators in the long run, for at least two reasons unintended consequences and perverse incentives.

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    Incentives = Positive OR Negative

    Incentives are punishment OR reward

    American Heritage Dictionary, Fourth Edition, 2K(http://www.bartleby.com/61/98/I0079800.html)

    incentivenoun Something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward, that induces action or motivateseffort.

    Incentives are punishment OR reward

    A Dictionary of Economics. John Black. Oxford University Press, 2002. Oxford Reference Online. OxfordUniversity Press. Dartmouth College.(19 July 2008 http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t19.e1517)

    incentives Rewards or penalties designed to induce one set of people to act in such as way as to produce results

    that another set of people want.As rewards for good results, incentives can include higher pay, better working conditions, better job security, betterpromotion prospects, or simply prestige. As penalties for poor results, incentives may take the form of lower pay, worse working conditions, poorer promotionprospects, demotion or sacking, or simply loss of reputation. Incentives may be applied in response to actual results, such as output or profits, or to management'sperceptions of inputs, such as attendance and disciplinary record. Incentives cannot be based on inputs or outputs which cannot be observed by management: tomotivate these it is necessary to rely on self-respect or team spirit. See also export incentives, andinvestment incentives.

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