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==Topic Brainstorm== | ==Topic Brainstorm== | ||
Resolved: Nuclear energy production should not be a part of the US energy supply. | <b>Resolved: Nuclear energy production should not be a part of the US energy supply.</b> | ||
* | <b><u>*Format:</u></b> | ||
:Introduction - Moderator - 3 minutes | |||
:Opening Arguments - 5 minutes | |||
:First Rebuttals - 3 minutes | |||
:Back and Forth - Max 1 minute per team | |||
:At 25 Minute Mark.... | |||
::Closing Statements- 2 minutes | |||
:Wrap Up - Moderator - 1 minute | |||
:: Each round keeps the same A->B order decided by coin at the beginning of the debate | |||
Critical readings & resources | <b><u>*Affirmative:</u></b> | ||
<i>Critical readings & resources</i> | |||
--From [http://www.ieer.org/ The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research • IEER] | --From [http://www.ieer.org/ The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research • IEER] | ||
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[http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/plants/contents.asp] | [http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/plants/contents.asp] | ||
[[Media:ThermoLimits.pdf| Thermodynamic limitations to nuclear energy]] | |||
<b><u>*Negative:</u></b> | |||
<i>Critical Readings and Resources:</i> | |||
[http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/application/pdf/unitedstatescphaccord_app.1.pdf US Pledge to Copenhagen Accord] | |||
[http://sites.nationalacademies.org/Energy/Energy_043338 National Academy of Sciences: America's Energy Future] | |||
[http://web.mit.edu/nuclearpower/ MIT's The Future of Nuclear Power] | |||
[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TXN-4XGBG60-2&_user=56761&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2010&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1403052854&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000059541&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=56761&md5=bf1816498a73a33710e3398d61127b17 Role of nuclear energy to a future society of shortage of energy resources and global warming] | [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TXN-4XGBG60-2&_user=56761&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2010&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1403052854&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000059541&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=56761&md5=bf1816498a73a33710e3398d61127b17 Role of nuclear energy to a future society of shortage of energy resources and global warming] | ||
[http://globalchange.mit.edu/files/document/MITJPSPGC_Reprint_10-3.pdf Potential climatic impacts and reliability of very large-scale wind farms] | [http://globalchange.mit.edu/files/document/MITJPSPGC_Reprint_10-3.pdf Potential climatic impacts and reliability of very large-scale wind farms] | ||
[http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es801747c Net Radiative Forcing from Widespread Deployment of Photovoltaics] | |||
[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/liquid-fluoride-thorium-reactors Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors: An old idea in nuclear power gets reexamined] | [http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/liquid-fluoride-thorium-reactors Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors: An old idea in nuclear power gets reexamined] | ||
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[http://www.nei.org/filefolder/Infographic_-_Land_Needed_by_Wind_and_Solar.jpg Land Needed by Wind and Solar] | |||
[http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/gl0613/2006GL026780/ Three Gorges Dam affects regional precipitation] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:20, 21 July 2010
| 2010 Global Sustainability Summer School |
Topic Brainstorm
Resolved: Nuclear energy production should not be a part of the US energy supply.
*Format:
- Introduction - Moderator - 3 minutes
- Opening Arguments - 5 minutes
- First Rebuttals - 3 minutes
- Back and Forth - Max 1 minute per team
- At 25 Minute Mark....
- Closing Statements- 2 minutes
- Wrap Up - Moderator - 1 minute
- Each round keeps the same A->B order decided by coin at the beginning of the debate
*Affirmative:
Critical readings & resources
--From The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research • IEER
Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy [WARNING: link is to full text, 257 pgs.]
Nuclear isn't necessary, from Nature Reports Climate Change
--From Caldicott, H.
Nuclear energy: money can't buy love by David Noonan, ABC (Aus), 3 March 2010]
--From Union of Concerned Scientists: A Resurgence of Nuclear Power Poses Significant Challenges [1]
--Natural Resources Defense Council: New Nuclear Power Plants Are Not a Solution for America's Energy Needs [2]
Thermodynamic limitations to nuclear energy
*Negative:
Critical Readings and Resources:
US Pledge to Copenhagen Accord
National Academy of Sciences: America's Energy Future
MIT's The Future of Nuclear Power
Role of nuclear energy to a future society of shortage of energy resources and global warming
Potential climatic impacts and reliability of very large-scale wind farms
Net Radiative Forcing from Widespread Deployment of Photovoltaics
Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors: An old idea in nuclear power gets reexamined
