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Andrew Kaye on 01 Feb 12New, Phil. "The Potential of Renewables." The Economist UK Energy Summit. UK. 23 June 2011. Conference Presentation. Phil New, in his unbiased speech, "The Potential of Renewables" (2011), argues that there is no need to worry about the abrupt end of our natural resource supply because our society will be advanced enough to live independently of those resources in the future. New supports his claims by exclaiming that the best fuel will be the one to replace oil in the transportation industry. His purpose for the speech was to persuade scientists to research a renewable fuel that has similar properties to oil, but has a lesser impact on the environment. New speaks in a professional tone for researchers and other professionals in the scientific field who will value the information he presents to them. This resource gives a valuable opinion of the main cause of the energy crisis, which he relates to be transportation. With cars, ships, trains, buses, and airplanes, transportation is the largest business of fuel consumption. The author shows his credibility through the data he relates to the Committee and through his sophisticated tone. He also makes several convincing arguments about bio-fuels being the greatest possible resources for the future. His stand on the matter is that plant based materials will provide the steadiest source of fuel if production was increased onto undeveloped lands owned by governments or large businesses. I foresee myself using this source in an introductory paragraph to support my argument of being an activist in the materials engineering community and taking the initiative to present major findings to a large panel of powerful people. Most importantly, this is a very accommodating piece to my major premise of research.