Oil Dependency Solvency Press
Thomas P.M. Barnett is a great strategic thinker and the writer of two great books. His Blog is here and would be a great read for all parli and nfa-ld debaters.
I read this post and tried to work it into an NFA-LD position. Basically, the idea is that the US and the global economy are highly tied into the Indian and Chinese economies. Those economies are dependent on fossil fuel and will become more dependent in the future. If the AFF plan decreases US fossil fuel consumption and claims a advantage to decreasing the risk of fossil fuel dependency this position argues the risk still exists – it’s just transferred from one country to anther in the global game of dominoes that we are playing. I wrote the position back in February so there may be more recent stuff to add – especially perhaps the Chinese stock market troubles that hurt the US stock markets – to show how connected the global economy is in the 21st century.
Anyhow, I think it’s an interesting position that may work if you are looking for something new to argue =) Good luck at NFA for all the teams going!
oil-dependency-solvency-press.pdf
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