Algae Biofuels: King College Prep

Algae Biofuels: King College Prep

Exact Plan Text: The United States federal government and the People’s Republic of China should substantially increase their economic and diplomatic engagement by participating in a bi-lateral investment to increase the production of Algae-based biofuels

Food insecurity- food crisis will collapse civilization

Economy- economic decline goes nuclear

Relations- diminishing relationships between US and China go nuclear

-USFG and PRC key to Algae biofuels

-Algae allows other food sectors to grow

-Algae is cheap, easy to manage and effective

-cooperation over algae is key to improving us-china relations

1AC Cite List:

Ramanujan 13|By Krishna Ramanujan “Work needed to make algal biofuel viable, study suggests” (http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/01/work-needed-make-algal-biofuel-viable-study-says)
Deibel 7 [Terry L. Professor of IR at National War College, 2007 “Foreign Affairs Strategy: Logic for American Statecraft”, Conclusion: American Foreign Affairs Strategy Today]

Kassebaum 11 (William R. Kassebaum, P.E., is president and CEO of Algaeon, Inc., a company developing algae cultivation methods and biofuel production. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and serves as chair of the Central Indiana Section (2006-present), co-chair of the Central Indiana Engineering Consultants’ Network, and chair of the coordinating committee of the IEEE-USA Alliance of IEEE Consultants’ Networks (AICN). “Biofuel — A Viable Solution Engineered from Algae“[http://www.todaysengineer.org/2011/Jul/biofuel.asp] July,11, 2011- M.V.)
Hansen 12 — James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Iowa, 2012 (“Game Over for the Climate,” New York Times, May 12, Available Online athttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/opinion/game-over-for-the-climate.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print, Accessed 7/18/14, Miriam)
Rappler 14 (Rappler is a news organization based in the Philippines “The 2013 Global Hunger Index” 03/01/2014 http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/hunger/specials/rich-media/44898-2013-global-hunger-index)

Bernardo V. Lopez September 10 1998 “Global recession phase two: Catastrophic (Private sector views)”, BusinessWorld

[http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5391] 2013- M.V.)

Auslin 9 (Michael, Resident Scholar at American Enterprise Institute, and Desmond Lachman, Resident Fellow at American Enterprise Institute, “The Global Economy Unravels”, Forbes, , http://www.aei.org/article/100187, 3/6/09, 7/15/14, MEM)

Feeding America [Foundation fighting Hunger in the United States and Canada]: “Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics” by Feeding America 2016

WorldWide Watch Institute: Better Than Corn? Algae Set to Beat Out Other Biofuel Feedstocks: by Alana Herro. Account Supervisor at Antenna Group. 2016

New York Times: This Time, Cheaper Oil Does Little for the U.S. Economy By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM JAN [Binyamin Appelbaum is a Washington correspondent for The New York Times. He covers the Federal Reserve and other aspects of economic policy]. 21, 2016

Forbes: China's Market Plunge: “It's All About Oil” Brad McMillan , contributor of current news and investing. JAN 6, 2016

Future Directions International: “Food and Water Security China’s Most Significant National Challenge” John Boulter, FDI Research Analyst, 2/13/22013

USDS 16’

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/18902.htm

U.S. Department of State [Department of State of the United States of America]: “U.S. Relations With China” December 6, 2016
NREL 16’

http://www.nrel.gov/bioenergy/algal-biofuels-techno-economic-analysis.html

National Renewable Energy Laboratory: “Algal Biofuels Techno-Economic Analysis”

by Ryan Davis SENIOR ENGINEER at NREL. 2016
Renewable Energy world 09’

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2009/06/blooming-biofuel-how-algae-could-provide-the-solution.html

Renewable Energy World: “Blooming Biofuel: How Algae Could Provide the Solution” Jeffrery Decker [freelance journalist covering energy and aviation and living in Oshkosh, Wisconsin] .june 22, 2009

Ethics in Science: “Algae: The Next Generation of Green Energy: Coal industry should consider funding algal-based biofuel research to aid in greenhouse gas reduction and carbon sequestration” : Steven Le and Christopher Johns with Julie M. Fagan, Ph.D, group of academics under Fagan with a Ph.D in animal sciences. Spring 2012

Asia Specific Foundation of Canada: “Microalgae Biofuel Could be a Game Changer in China’s Quest for Zero-Emissions Energy” by MATHIEU BARTHELEMY “Bachelor Candidate at Commerce in International Management at McGill University” PUBLISHED: Feb. 3, 2014