Why should oil settle at $40/bbl when the world's demand seems to keep growing (or at least stay flat) at a relatively stable price near $60/bbl?  What do you consider a price that natural gas should "settle" at, since it is selling for $13.00/MMBTU in the US and at upwards of $30.00/MMBTU in the UK?

No major (billion barrel - or even close to 1 billion barrels) oil discoveries have been made in West Africa in several years?  Why should one not concluded that this this area fully explored?  If not where will the next area be for likely discoveries of this magnitude?

Excluding natural gas (which is not alternative energy) what renewable/alterntative energy sources is BP betting on and what percent of your total capital budget is going to these investments?

Why hasn't BP agressively pursued a construction of a   pipeline to transport stranded Alaska North Slope gas to the lower 48 where the markets are?

Russia's oil production has stopped it's dramatic growth that was seen in the past 5 years.  Why do you think that they will be larger player in the future in terms of exports to the west?

The concept of Peak Oil is being debated, and written about throughout the world.  Major petroleum trade journals had written extensively about it including the Oil and Gas Journal.  When does BP think that demand will exceed worldwide supply for liquid hydrocarbons, and if they don't see this as a reality, where do they think this extra source of hydrocarbons is going to come from to meet the burgeoning future demand?