well the ice caps might not melt this summer and flood the coast, and My region, and yours, of the globe might not have a hurricane, or drought, or flood, but that is not a reason we shouldn't be good stewards of our planet, on the issue of pollution think about this, you can only pee in the swimming pool soo many times before you can taste your own pee! same goes for the smokers out there be it cigarettes, coal powered steam ships, automobiles or what have you, you can only blow soo much hot air laden with pollutants before you breath some of it in.