1. In the status quo Mexico is dependent on Pemex for income.
Wood, 10(Duncan Wood, , Duncan Wood is director of the Mexico Institute at the Wood- row Wilson Center for Scholars and a professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico(ITAM) in Mexico City, “Growing Potential for US- Mexico Energy Cooperation,” Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars Mexico Institute, http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/wood_energy.pdf;)(THE ADMINISTRATION OF DECLINE: MEXICO’S LOOMING OIL CRISIS Duncan Woodhttps://mail attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=cabb262fde&view=att&th=1409c83f3bcc794b&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_hkk83zdt0&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P_WGBoLfas0yTZw35UEwIlD&sadet=1377017473284&sads=_0D7YbM32-Z31kYTQpLjeMfnCHs)
2. Mexico has renewable energy potential, no polices pursuing
Zachary j lee 2010
(Zachary J. Lee is the Executive Editor of the Houston Journal of International Law “THE SILVER LINING TO A CLOUDY SITUATION: HOW MEXICO’S BUMBLING MODERNIZATION OF PEMEX IS SPURRING DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY”pg.503 http://www.hjil.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Lee-Final.pdf)¶
Plan: The United State Federal Government should increase its investment in Mexico’s wind mill and solar power infrastructure.
Contention 1: US Energy Security
1. Energy dependence on unstable regions is growing
2. Energy dependence causes Iranian proliferation
John Deutch 2006 John Deutch, Institute Professor at MIT, Undersecretary of Energy, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Director of Central Intelligence, 2006, “national security consequences of u.s. oil dependency,” Council on Foreign Relations, Independent Task Force Report no. 58.
3. Iranian proliferation cause nuke war
4.Any use of nuclear weapons will escalate and cause extinction
1. Through Mexican dependence PEMEX is becoming unsustainable
Wood, 10(Duncan Wood, , Duncan Wood is director of the Mexico Institute at the Wood- row Wilson Center for Scholars and a professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico(ITAM) in Mexico City, “Growing Potential for US- Mexico Energy Cooperation,” Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars Mexico Institute, http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/wood_energy.pdf;)
4. Cartels increase in strength, capitalize on lack of enforcement
David A. Shirk 2011(David A. Shirk is the director of the Trans-Border Institute and assistant professor of political science at the University of San Diego. “The Drug War in Mexco: Confronting the Shared Threat” Council on Foreign Relations. Council Special Report No. 60. March 2011
5. Violence will spillover to the United States
Joe Purser, 2008 (JOE, Joint Operating Environment is intended to inform joint concept development
3 Exposure to particulate causes bronchitis, premature death, cardiac disease
Office of Environmental Quality, 09 (Office of Environmental Quality Transportation and Environmental Services City of Alexandria. "Alexandria's State of the Air Report: Past, Present and Future" in April 2009 from alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/tes/oeq/State%20of%20Air%20Report.pdf AK)
Contention 4: Solvency
1. High potential for Solar power in Mexico, could fuel alone
Tina Casey May 31, 2013(Tina Casey specializes in military and corporate sustainability, advanced technology, emerging materials, biofuels, and water and wastewater issues. currently a Senior Reporter at Cleantechnica.com and a Staff Writer at TriplePundit.com “Latin America’s Largest Solar Energy Plant In The Works” http://theenergycollective.com/tinacasey/230651/latin-america-s-largest-pv-solar-plant-works-mexico)
2. Renewable energy can compete with oil Mexico has potential
Zachary j lee 2010(Zachary J. Lee is the Executive Editor of the Houston Journal of International Law “THE SILVER LINING TO A CLOUDY SITUATION: HOW MEXICO’S BUMBLING MODERNIZATION OF PEMEX IS SPURRING DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY”pg.506-507 http://www.hjil.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Lee-Final.pdf)
Inherency
1. In the status quo Mexico is dependent on Pemex for income.
Wood, 10(Duncan Wood, , Duncan Wood is director of the Mexico Institute at the Wood- row Wilson Center for Scholars and a professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico(ITAM) in Mexico City, “Growing Potential for US- Mexico Energy Cooperation,” Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars Mexico Institute, http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/wood_energy.pdf;)(THE ADMINISTRATION OF DECLINE: MEXICO’S LOOMING OIL CRISIS Duncan Wood https://mail attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=cabb262fde&view=att&th=1409c83f3bcc794b&attid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_hkk83zdt0&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P_WGBoLfas0yTZw35UEwIlD&sadet=1377017473284&sads=_0D7YbM32-Z31kYTQpLjeMfnCHs)2. Mexico has renewable energy potential, no polices pursuing
Zachary j lee 2010
(Zachary J. Lee is the Executive Editor of the Houston Journal of International Law “THE SILVER LINING TO A CLOUDY SITUATION: HOW MEXICO’S BUMBLING MODERNIZATION OF PEMEX IS SPURRING DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY”pg.503 http://www.hjil.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Lee-Final.pdf)¶
Plan: The United State Federal Government should increase its investment in Mexico’s wind mill and solar power infrastructure.
Contention 1: US Energy Security
1. Energy dependence on unstable regions is growing
2. Energy dependence causes Iranian proliferation
John Deutch 2006 John Deutch, Institute Professor at MIT, Undersecretary of Energy, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Director of Central Intelligence, 2006, “national security consequences of u.s. oil dependency,” Council on Foreign Relations, Independent Task Force Report no. 58.3. Iranian proliferation cause nuke war
4.Any use of nuclear weapons will escalate and cause extinction
Ross 03– Founder of NZ Nuclear-Free Peacemaking Association ¶ [Larry, “RACING TOWARD EXTINCTION,” Dec 10, http://nuclearfree.lynx.co.nz/racing.htm]
Contention 2: Mexico Failed States
1. Through Mexican dependence PEMEX is becoming unsustainable
Wood, 10(Duncan Wood, , Duncan Wood is director of the Mexico Institute at the Wood- row Wilson Center for Scholars and a professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico(ITAM) in Mexico City, “Growing Potential for US- Mexico Energy Cooperation,” Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars Mexico Institute, http://wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/wood_energy.pdf;)
2. Pemex collapse leads to Mexican state collapse
Pasdirtz 07(https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/pasdirtz/web/topics/MEX_oil.pdf, Causes and Consequences of Peak Oil in Mexico, George W. Pasdirtz Ph.D., December 21, 2007)3. Cartel violence will increase without Mexican government
Economist 2012 (Economist, newspaper, “Waves of Violence”, November 22 2012, http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/11/mexican-drug-war)
4. Cartels increase in strength, capitalize on lack of enforcement
David A. Shirk 2011(David A. Shirk is the director of the Trans-Border Institute and assistant professor of political science at the University of San Diego. “The Drug War in Mexco: Confronting the Shared Threat” Council on Foreign Relations. Council Special Report No. 60. March 2011
5. Violence will spillover to the United States
Joe Purser, 2008 (JOE, Joint Operating Environment is intended to inform joint concept development
and experimentation throughout the Department of Defense, November 28, 2008,http://www.jfcom.mil/newslink/storyarchive/2008/JOE2008.pdf, pg 4)
Contention 3: Ecology
1. PEMEX ecological impact is devastating
Campos, 2013(Campos, Secretary of the Interior Francisco Blake Mora in Mexico, “PEMEX Ecological Impact is Devastating” 2013 Published on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 09:29 http://thenews.com.mx/index.php/home-articulos/9800-pemexs-ecological-impact-devastating)
2. Deforestation negatively impacts climate
National Geographic no date
(National Geographic is now the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational institution. No date , http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation-overview/ )
3 Exposure to particulate causes bronchitis, premature death, cardiac disease
Office of Environmental Quality, 09 (Office of Environmental Quality Transportation and Environmental Services City of Alexandria. "Alexandria's State of the Air Report: Past, Present and Future" in April 2009 from alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/tes/oeq/State%20of%20Air%20Report.pdf AK)
Contention 4: Solvency
1. High potential for Solar power in Mexico, could fuel alone
Tina Casey May 31, 2013(Tina Casey specializes in military and corporate sustainability, advanced technology, emerging materials, biofuels, and water and wastewater issues. currently a Senior Reporter at Cleantechnica.com and a Staff Writer at TriplePundit.com “Latin America’s Largest Solar Energy Plant In The Works” http://theenergycollective.com/tinacasey/230651/latin-america-s-largest-pv-solar-plant-works-mexico)2. Renewable energy can compete with oil Mexico has potential
Zachary j lee 2010(Zachary J. Lee is the Executive Editor of the Houston Journal of International Law “THE SILVER LINING TO A CLOUDY SITUATION: HOW MEXICO’S BUMBLING MODERNIZATION OF PEMEX IS SPURRING DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY”pg.506-507 http://www.hjil.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Lee-Final.pdf)