Whether we believe global warming theories or not, it is in everyone's interest to be more prudent with the use of the Earths resources. It is accepted by the major players in the Oil Industry that we are already past "Peak Oil" - here's just one random result of a google search which brings up many articles with the same basic message:-
Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash
The separate FACT that the percentage of CO2 in the atmosphere is the highest it's ever been in the history of the planet, and no-one knows how this will affect the world, makes more interesting food for thought.
"Not giving a damn" might be an option but the following song from Flanders & Swan (popular enterainers in late '50s) would sum up this attitude succinctly:
Oh, Ostrich consider how the world we know
Is trembling on the brink.
Have you heard the news, may I hear your views,
Will you tell me what you think.
The Ostrich lifted its head from the sand,
About an inch or so;
'You will please excuse, but disturbing news
I have no wish to know.'
(Chorus)
Peek-a-Boo, I can't see you,
Everything must be grand.
Boo-ka-Pee, they can't see me,
As long as I've got me head in the sand.
Peek-a-Boo, it may be true,
There's something in what you've said,
But we've got enough troubles in everyday life,
I just bury me head.
Then I noticed suddenly where we were,
I saw what time it was.
Make haste, I said, It'll be too late,
We must leave this place because....
He stuffed his wingtips into his ears;
He would not hear me speak,
And back in the soft Saharan sand
He plunged his yellow beak.
Oooh, Peek-a-Boo, I just . . . .etc
....
I just bury me.... (BOOM)
From a sheltered oasis a mile away
I observed that dreadful scene.
And a single plume came floating down
Where my Ostrich friend had been.
Because he could not bear the sound
Of these words I had left unsaid;
'Here in this nuclear testing ground
Is no place to bury your head!' 