Oil prices are not relenting in their upsurge. They won't come down any time soon. But that is stating the obvious, isn't it?

Fine. But there is another obvious: The costliness and economic damage the high prices bring and visit on the "poor of the world" - from countries to communities to homes, around the world. As souls freeze in the West, hearts burn in Africa. The poor is POOR everywhere!

Can the G8 plan on ENERGY security kick-start things, please?

No poor anywhere can wait any longer.