Ethanol

Ethanol __ USFG should farther promote the use of ethanol. __ (Bryan Fabert 10/30/07) Definitions: depend on resolution text Criteria: Cost benefit analysis: emphasize quality of life __ HI Rising fuel prices __ Link: Fossil fuel is becoming scarcer and more expensive Brink: rising oil prices is increasing the cost of transportation to work, shipping goods and incr the cost of living Impacts: incr cost of living means, people less able to afford food, clothing, furniture, which incr poverty rate and crime, violence, etc __ H2 Global warming __ Link: burning fuel releases carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas that warms the earth Brink: warming of the earth more severe floods and droughts, increasing prevalence of insects, sea levels rising, and Earth's precipitation may be redistributed. Impacts: POVERTY because people displaced from rising sea levels, famine in arid countries with no rain, flood and malaria in countries that get more rain, __ Observation 1: __ Current Renewable Fuels Standard calls for 7.5 billion gallons of renewable fuel per year by 2012. __Observation 2:__ The ethanol industry has received $11.6 billion in tax incentives since 1968, while the oil industry had received over $ 150 billion __ Plan: __ USFG will Expand the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) to require production of 12 billion gallons of ethanol per year by 2012., a 60% increase from SQ Enforcement: USFG would incr ethanol subsidies from $5.5 billion per year to $8.8 billion/year, a 60% increase from SQ __ Solvency 1: __ Incr Ethanol use deer dependence on fossil fuel, having more types of fuel available will drive down the price of transportation and the cost of living __ Solvency 2: **Ethanol is Carbon Neutral** __ because you take Carbon Dioxide out of the atmosphere when you grow plants, then you release the same amount of CO2 when you burn it so no net incr in CO2 in the atmosphere, while fossil fuels are just taken out of the ground and burned. Also Ethanol is produced domestically instead of shipped from other countries, which saves fuel. If the US slows down its CO2 output, than the effects of global warming won't happen as quickly and people will have more time to adapt to the changing environment, lessHarms __ Al Incr Rural Development __ Link: Ethanol is produced from crops such as corn Brink: Incr use of Ethanol Incr farming jobs in Rural sectors which have a smaller job market than cities Impact: Decrease Unemployment in poor rural areas, deer poverty, deer crime, deer violence, SAVE LIVES __ A2 Less Pollution __ Link: Ethanol is biodegradable, fossil fuel is not Brink: Spills of ethanol are not toxic, don't and poison water like oil tanker spills and oil pipeline leaks do Impact: decrease costs of cleanups, deer toxic chemicals in fish we eat and water we drink. Deer cost of medical bills, save lives (use in response to a starvation DA) __A3 Increase Agricultural Development in Less Developed Countries__ Link: US uses unfair agricultural subsidies to make US food exports cheap and drive local farmers out of business in other countries such as Jamaica, India, Indonesia Brink: Incr Ethanol use Increases US food prices would allow local farmers to compete and create jobs in those countries Impact: Incr jobs in impoverished areas of other countries, incr local food security for poor nations, deer poverty, deer crime, incr stability '.