The Wind Energy Act (removed)

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The Wind Energy Act proposal achieved quorum in August 2006 and would have reached the UN floor for debate as a resolution if the game moderators had not deleted the proposal for two modest violations.

Proposal Text

Category: Environmental
Industry Affected: All Businesses
Proposed by: Ellenburg


Description:
NOTING previous resolutions promote and encourage alternative fuel and energies;


ALSO NOTING the variety of alternative energy options available;


MINDFUL that some nations will not have the capability of producing wind energy;


AWARE that Wind energy is available and economic;


NOTING The environmental benefits of member states adopting this technology.


NOTING concerns with the technology, some unfounded.


NOTING that wind turbines can be large and space consuming, but can be easily located within unpopulated areas.


REQUESTING that member states invest in Wind energy, where possible


REQUESTING that Wind Energy be considered either an alternative or a compliment to nuclear power.

Gameplay Impacts

The Wind Energy Act proposal deleted by the game moderators on the following grounds:

  • The proposal was duplicating previous UN resolutions that encouraged the development and use of alternative energy sources (notably the Sustainable Energy Sources resolution).
  • The proposal's language sounded mild, while its classification was to impact all businesses.

Either of these two considerations alone may not have resulted in the deletion of this proposal, however, together it was felt that the proposal was "double-taxing" UN members for voluntary measures that had been previously promoted. [1], [2]

The moderators involved in the decision were Frisbeeteria and The Most Glorious Hack. They responded to an official "Getting Help Request" (GHR) that was submitted by Gruenberg, questioning the legality of the proposal. Frisbeeteria deleted the proposal shortly before the UN update which would have moved the proposal to the UN floor as a resolution. The Most Glorious Hack approved of Frisbeeteria's action.

The longer term gameplay impact of the deletion of this proposal is that any All Businesses Environmental proposal may be considered a strong proposal type. While the moderators were clear to point out that had this resolution not duplicated previous resolutions, future Environmental category proposals will need to use stronger language when revisiting specific areas that have been covered by previous resolutions.

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