High Speed Rail Affirmative 1
**1AC** 2
Inherency 3
Advantage: Economic Growth 5
Advantage: Warming 10
Advantage: Oil Dependence 14
Plan 17
Solvency 18
**Status Quo Extensions** 23
Inherency – FY 2011-12 Cuts 24
AT: Obama Plan 26
AT: PRIIA/HISPR 27
AT: California 28
AT: Northeast Corridor 29
AT: Florida 31
**Economic Growth Extensions** 32
Solvency – HSR Solves Growth 33
Solvency – HSR Solves Growth 35
Solvency – HSR Solves Jobs 37
Solvency – HSR Solves Mid-Size Cities 38
Solvency – Jobs Key 39
Solvency – Infrastructure Investment Key 40
Solvency – Infrastructure Investment Key 41
Impact – Growth Good – War 42
AT: External Factors Control Growth 43
AT: Overseas Jobs 44
AT: Overbudget 45
AT: Freight Tradeoff 46
AT: Deficit 47
**Global Warming Extensions** 48
Solvency – HSR Solves Emissions 49
Solvency – HSR Solves Emissions 50
Solvency – Transportation Key 51
Solvency – Reducing Autos Key 52
Solvency – Reducing Airlines Key 53
Solvency – Renewable Transition 55
Solvency – Renewable Transition 56
AT: Construction Emissions 57
AT: Construction Emissions 57
Yes Warming 59
Yes Warming – Satellites 60
Yes Warming – AT: IPCC Wrong 61
Yes Warming – AT: Idso 62
Impact – Warming Bad – Extinction 63
Impact – Warming Bad – Species Loss 64
Impact – Warming Bad – Timeframe 2020 65
**Oil Dependence Extensions** 66
Solvency – HSR Solves Dependence 67
Solvency – HSR Solves Dependence 68
Yes Peak Oil 69
Impact – Dependence Bad – Extinction 70
Impact – Dependence Bad – Terrorism 71
Impact – Dependence Bad – Economy 72
**Solvency Extensions** 73
Solvency – Fed Key 74
Solvency – Fed Key 75
Solvency – Fed Key – Centralization 76
Solvency – Fed Key – Congress 77
Solvency – Fed Key – Legal 79
Solvency – Fed Key – Legal 80
Solvency – Megaregions Key – NEC, California, Midwest 81
Solvency – Megaregions Key – NEC, California 82
Solvency – Megaregions Key – California 83
Solvency – Megaregions Key – California 85
Solvency – Megaregions Key – NEC 86
Solvency – Megaregions Key – NEC 88
Solvency – City Center Key 89
Solvency – Dedicated Rails Key 90
Solvency – Concentrated Investment Key 92
AT: Improve Incrementally 94
AT: Improve “Emerging HSR” 96
AT: Improve Freight Rails 97
AT: Improve Highways 98
AT: Improve Buses 99
AT: People Wont Use 100
AT: Industry says no 101
AT: New Rails Necessary 102
AT: Unsafe 103
**AddOns** 104
*Land-Use Add-On 105
2AC Land Use Addon 106
Solvency – HSR Solves Land-Use 107
Solvency – Transit Oriented Development 108
*Green Leadership Add-On 109
2AC Green Leadership Addon 110
Solvency – Green Key Hegemony 111
Solvency – US Leadership Key 113
**2AC Answers** 114
AT: States CP – Fed Key 115
AT: States CP – Fed Sets Priorities 117
AT: States CP – Congress Rollback (1/2) 118
AT: States CP – Congress Rollback (2/2) 119
AT: States CP – Fed Oversight Key 120
AT: States CP – No Mechanism 121
AT: Privates CP 122
AT: Privates CP 124
AT: Politics DA 125
AT: Budget DA 127
AT: Budget DA 128