Is this the week oil hits $100 a Barrel?

They all say oil should not have reached $96 a Barrel - the Saudi oil Minister, the CEO of Shell...

Then at Buckingham Palace last week they sat down to..

"The halal meal started with fillets of sole with salmon mousse to start, followed by venison with stuffed tomatoes and braised lettuce, and a raspberry shortbread tartlet.

Menu

Fillets of sole with salmon mousse and butter sauce
Noisettes of venison with stuffed tomatoes and braised lettuce
Chateau potatoes
Broccoli Hollandaise
Panache of root vegetables
Pear, walnut and celery salad
Raspberry shortbread tartlet

Wines list

Puligny-Montrachet, Les Champs Gain 2000
Bouchard Pere et Fils Chateau Pichon Longueville, Comtesse de Lalande 1986
Bollinger Grande Annee 1996
Taylor 1977"

Telegraph.co.uk

Looking good.....

"Gordon Brown, accompanied by his wife, Sarah, wore — for the first time — a white tie and tails, adhering to a dress code set by the Queen. He spent £3,000 of public money on the bespoke suit of plain, dark wool from Gieves & Hawkes."

Telegraph.co.uk

And not a word was mentioned about renewable energy - except maybe quietly amongst guests amid polite "titters".

If only Ann Robinson and Jeremy Paxman had been guests...

"Your starter for 10 King Abdullah.... How do uncontrolled use of fossil fuels intensify global warming leading irreversible climate change?

"Um"?

"King Abdullah, You are the weakest link, Goodbye"

Whilst the personal accumulation of sickening amounts of wealth occupy the thoughts of these people,(the very people who make the decisions that affect us all), what real chance is there for implementing any genuine program to reduce the use of fossil fuels?