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Reforestation as a solution to global warming | Insufficient nitrogen levels will limit plant growth | CON |
Reforestation as a solution to global warming | Reforestation can immediately reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases | PRO |
Reforestation as a solution to global warming | Reforestation, while not a silver bullet, can help solve global warming | PRO |
Reforestation as a solution to global warming | Aerial reforestation cuts costs of reforestation | PRO |
Reforestation as a solution to global warming | Reforestation creates financial interest in sustaining forests | PRO |
Geoengineering, iron fertilization of algae blooms | Global warming grows phytoplankton; growing more is reckless | CON |
Geoengineering, iron fertilization of algae blooms | Sinking organic blooms can render the deep sea anoxic. | CON |
Geoengineering, iron fertilization of algae blooms | A global iron fertilization plan would cost only around $20 billion. | PRO |
Geoengineering, iron fertilization of algae blooms | Global warming kills algae, worsens warming; iron fertilization helps | PRO |
Geoengineering, solar shading | Geoengineering concepts dampen public will to cut emissions | CON |
Geoengineering, solar shading | Solar shading reduces sunlight energy available to solar panels | CON |
Geoengineering, solar shading | Solar shading would reduce sunlight received by plants | CON |
Geoengineering, solar shading | Solar shading may warm the tropopause and lower stratosphere. | CON |
Geoengineering, solar shading | Solar shading can effectively and rapidly reverse global warming | PRO |
Wind energy | The installation of windmills can be relatively expensive. | CON |
Wind energy | Wind energy production is inconsistent relative to demand | CON |
Wind energy | Litigation to clear land (scenery) for windmills can be costly. | CON |
Wind energy | Wind energy surges can strain electricity grids | CON |
Wind energy | Heavy land-use of wind farms can jeopardize forests/ecosystems. | CON |
Wind energy | Negative effects of wind energy on birds can be minimized | PRO |
Wind energy | Carbon emission greater threat to birds than wind energy | PRO |
Wind energy | Wind fuel does not require transporting to the generator. | PRO |
Carbon emissions trading | Companies will pollute excessively before starting carbon trading. | CON |
Carbon emissions trading | Cap-and-trade schemes cause job loss | CON |
Carbon emissions trading | Cap-and-trade systems are susceptible to distortion by lobby groups | CON |
Carbon emissions trading | Carbon trading wrongly turns atmosphere into tradeable property | CON |
Carbon emissions trading | Cap-and-trade systems ensure emissions reductions to the set cap | PRO |
Carbon emissions trading | Carbon trading incentivizes companies to cut emissions | PRO |
Carbon emissions trading | Emissions trading encourages investments in best technologies | PRO |
Natural gas vehicles | Natural gas leaks are a fire and explosion risk | CON |
Natural gas vehicles | Odorless natural gas can escape detection risking fire/explosion. | CON |
Natural gas vehicles | Natural gas burns more cleanly than gasoline in general | PRO |
Natural gas vehicles | Natural gas is less flammable and explosive than other fuels | PRO |
Random sobriety tests for drivers | Random sobriety tests amount to unreasonable searches | CON |
Random sobriety tests for drivers | Random sobriety stops set-up unjust detection of other crimes | CON |
Random sobriety tests for drivers | Random breath tests create slippery slope to expanding police powers | CON |
Random sobriety tests for drivers | Police will use breath tests as excuse for unreasonable searches | CON |
Random sobriety tests for drivers | Random breath testing doesn't necessarily lower drunk driving | CON |
Hybrid vehicles | Hybrid cars are too mild a solution to global warming | CON |
Hybrid vehicles | Hybrids are more complicated, which has has costs | CON |
Hybrid vehicles | Electric vehicles combat global warming more aggressively than hybrids. | CON |
Hybrid vehicles | Hybrids significantly reduce emissions, fight global warming | PRO |
Hybrid vehicles | Hybrids increase efficiency by shutting engines down while idling. | PRO |
Hybrid vehicles | Higher gasoline prices favor fuel-efficient hybrids | PRO |
Hybrid vehicles | Hybrid vehicles reduce noise pollution | PRO |
Hydrogen vehicles | Too much energy is required in producing hydrogen fuel | CON |
Hydrogen vehicles | Hydrogen cars will help end foreign oil dependencies | PRO |
Hydrogen vehicles | Hydrogen can decrease tensions over oil and promote peace | PRO |
Electric vehicles | It takes too long to recharge electric vehicles. | CON |
Electric vehicles | Not safe to let citizens do electric car quick-charging | CON |
Electric vehicles | Electric vehicles would place great strain on electric grids. | CON |
Electric vehicles | Electric cars will get cleaner with more renewable sources | PRO |
Tidal energy | Tidal turbines can kill marine wildlife. | CON |
Tidal energy | Tidal energy disrupts marine ecosystems like a dam. | CON |
Tidal energy | Tidal energy can lead to prolonged and undesirable winter icing. | CON |
Tidal energy | Anchors of tidal energy systems can damage ecosystems | CON |
Tidal energy | Repairing tidal energy is difficult and expensive. | CON |
Tidal energy | Tidal energy burns no fossil fuels and releases no emissions. | PRO |
Tidal energy | Potential energy-production of tidal power is immense | PRO |
Natural gas | Natural gas drilling leaves a large environmental footprint | CON |
Natural gas | Natural gas can be harmful and even poisonous to ingest | CON |
Natural gas | NGV's may reduce emissions, but still contribute to global warming | CON |
Natural gas | Natural gas greenhouse emissions outweigh its utility at home. | CON |
Natural gas | Natural gas vehicles reduce emissions, fight global warming | PRO |
Hydroelectric dams | Dams eliminate forests that absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. | CON |
Hydroelectric dams | The world's rivers are covered with dams; room for expansion is limited. | CON |
Hydroelectric dams | Dams can destroy marine fisheries | CON |
Hydroelectric dams | Dams can burst at great cost to human life. | CON |
Hydroelectric dams | Many aquatic species have no problem adapting to impounded waters. | PRO |
Hydroelectric dams | Dams are economically viable and often highly profitable. | PRO |
Hydroelectric dams | Dams last over a hundred years; good return on investment | PRO |
Solar energy | Solar panels are hard to move when a person moves homes. | CON |
Solar energy | Solar panels contain cadmium, which is environmentally hazardous. | CON |
Solar energy | Solar energy does not damage air quality. | PRO |
Solar energy | Decentralized solar power does not take up much land. | PRO |
Solar energy | The recovery/payback period can be very short. | PRO |
Obama, meeting with hostile foreign leaders without preconditions | Unconditional meetings wrongly legitimize hostile leaders | CON |
Obama, meeting with hostile foreign leaders without preconditions | Talking with all Muslim leaders shows Muslims US is listening | PRO |
EU constitution reform treaty (Lisbon Treaty) | Lisbon Treaty will increase taxes for many EU citizens | CON |
EU constitution reform treaty (Lisbon Treaty) | Lisbon Treaty limits national economic sovereignty | CON |
EU constitution reform treaty (Lisbon Treaty) | Lisbon better reinforces EU sustainable development | PRO |
EU constitution reform treaty (Lisbon Treaty) | Opponents of the Lisbon Treaty often spread misinformation | PRO |
EU constitution reform treaty (Lisbon Treaty) | Lisbon strengthens EU diplomatic representation on the global stage | PRO |
Cluster bomb ban | Cluster bomb ban will put US soldiers at risk | CON |
Cluster bomb ban | Over-armament with cluster bombs is threat to peace | PRO |
Cluster bomb ban | Signing cluster bomb ban enhances international trust | PRO |
Cluster bomb ban | Dud cluster bombs effectively illegal landmines | PRO |
Should Hugo Chávez focus on the private sector more than social spending? | The increase in private sector in the economy causes instability. | CON |
Should Hugo Chávez focus on the private sector more than social spending? | Private farming will make the food problem even worse. | CON |
Should Hugo Chávez focus on the private sector more than social spending? | The lack of support to private sector makes Venezuela unattractive for investments. | PRO |
Should Hugo Chávez focus on the private sector more than social spending? | Private farming is more effective to deal with food problem. | PRO |
Democratic peace theory | Spreading democracy and peace is used as a pretext for war | CON |
Democratic peace theory | Democracy promotes harmonious and cooperative inter-state relations | PRO |
Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Conventional bombs would not kill so many people. | CON |
Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki | US flexibility on Japanese emperor could have produced surrender | CON |
NATO expansion | NATO expansion threatens and antagonizes Russia | CON |
NATO expansion | Russians are feeling betrayed by the expansion of NATO | CON |
NATO expansion | NATO expansion can only lead to the overstretching of the organisation and thus the undermining of stability for the entirety of Europe. | CON |
NATO expansion | The costs of NATO expansion are prohibitive at a time when the Western European members are scaling back their defence budgets and the reducing the size of their conventional forces. | CON |
NATO expansion | NATO expansion helps deter Russian expansionism. | PRO |
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