Hendrickson Debate 12-13 Locks 1AC

Eastview Local 1
1AC Inherency
Contention 1 is Inherency
Adoption o a !i" when ail# policy ens$res delays and collapse o inland waterways
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Hendrickson Debate 12-13 Locks 1AC
Eastview Local 2
1AC *lan
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on inland waterways0
Hendrickson Debate 12-13 Locks 1AC
Eastview Local 3
1AC A'ric$lt$re
Contention 2 is A'ric$lt$re
Lock collapse deci(ates a'ric$lt$re e"ports shippin' costs destroy co(petitiveness
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4onsu8ers@at@risG/3
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,he brink is hi'h econo(ic recessions and recent ood crises have p$t response capacity
on the ed'e
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ana57st, founder of the :or5dwat4h #nstitute, and founder and president of the arth Po5i47 #nstitute, a nonprofit resear4h organiQation based
in :ashington, )0'03hhs@ps
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Hendrickson Debate 12-13 Locks 1AC
Eastview Local ;
1AC A'ric$lt$re &a(ine
.cenario 1 is &a(ine
Developin' co$ntries are (ore and (ore dependent on -. ood i(ports
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)eve5oping 4ountries are be4o8ing 8ore 6 4ountries in4reasing57 dependent on i8ports
/ood pri4es wre4G pur4hasing power in deve5oping 4ountries M 4auses 8ass starvation
%rown 11 (L&T- -0 .-$:!, The !ew ,eopo5iti4s of /ood,2 *a7/Pune 2011, foreign Po5i47, +nited &tates environ8enta5
ana57st, founder of the :or5dwat4h #nstitute, and founder and president of the arth Po5i47 #nstitute, a nonprofit resear4h organiQation based
in :ashington, )0'03hhs@ps
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,hat kills billions
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There are 8ore peop5e in 6 on a do55ar a da7 or 5ess0S
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thi4s, ed0 -a7 /re7 and 'hristopher Heath :e558an, .5a4Gwe55 2003, http=//www0stpt0usf0edu/hh5/papers/:or5d0Hunger0ht8U
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Hendrickson Debate 12-13 Locks 1AC
Eastview Local <
1AC A'ric$lt$re China
.cenario 2 is China
Do(estic prod$ction shortalls (eans China is shitin' heavily to ood i(ports price
hikes tank ood sec$rity and ca$se do(estic instability
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.e4ause the &outhern He8isphere%s p5anting 6 prett7 good shape,S *r0 Thin said0
,hat escalates to $ll political $pheaval in China
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Chinese instability ca$ses e"tinction
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+niversit7, and #an &tore7, Le4turer in )efen4e &tudies at )eaGin +niversit7, 2002 (The 'hina Threat= Per4eptions,
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Hendrickson Debate 12-13 Locks 1AC
Eastview Local R
1AC Deorestation
Contention 3 is Deorestation
=isin' ood prices will orce arable land increases that will co(e at the cost o 'lobal
biodiversity
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(arket
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>rowth o %ra/ilian soybean e"ports tri''ers deorestation o the A(a/on rainorest that is
key or biodiversity
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degrees, a *a4"rthur /e55owship, the 1N8L +nited !ations% nviron8ent PriQe, #n 2012, he was indu4ted into the arth Ha55 of /a8e (7oto,
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po5i470org/p5anIbIupdates/200N/update8R3
The "8aQon rainforest sustains 6 wor5dwide as soon as possib5e0
A'ric$lt$re 'rowth is the bi''est internal link to rapid irreversible biodiversity loss
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o44asiona557, s4ar7 diseases0 /eb0 L 2011, http=//s4ien4e0ti8e04o8/2011/02/0L/forests@vs@food/3hhs@ps
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Hendrickson Debate 12-13 Locks 1AC
Eastview Local L
1AC Econo(y
Contention ? is the Econo(y
Lack o invest(ent in lock (oderni/ation is stilin' econo(ic recovery the plan is key to
prevent the collapse o ($ltiple econo(ic sectors
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and Pub5i4ations, House Transportation and #nfrastru4ture &ub4o88ittee on :ater -esour4es and nviron8ent Hearing @ SThe 4ono8i4
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,hat $ncertainty over the $ndin' o inland waterways ens$res econo(ic disaster
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Hendrickson Debate 12-13 Locks 1AC
Eastview Local 8
1AC .olvency
Contention 8 is .olvency
Ar(y Corp key e"pertise2 coordination with a'encies2 en'ineerin'2 e(pirics
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*ittsb$r'h *ost->a/ette 3/2</2312 (Pittsburgh Post@,aQette, :ater torture= 'ongress needs to a4t on de4a7ing 5o4Gs and
da8s,2 *ar4h 2<, 2012, http=//o5d0post@gaQette04o8/pg/1208</121N0<2@1N20st8 3hhs@ps
'ongress bears the pri8e responsibi5it70 6 that begins, S:e to5d 7ou so0S
Inland waterway (oderni/ation accesses new (arkets post-*ana(a Canal e"pansion
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