I’ve only experienced very minor earthquakes.
This is completely short-sighted. It’s the mindset of “the world won’t be destroyed within our lifetimes, so who cares?”
People don’t do anything about it in their own lives because making little sacrifices like riding the bus won’t make any real difference.
Like you, I am merely making observations. Our demand dictates the use of fossil fuels. Electric cars reduce our reliance a little, but not that much. I am fully convinced we will use most of the fossil fuels on this planet because we want to continue as we have been and other sources of energy are more expensive and less convenient. Nuclear power is obviously one major way of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels. But people are more afraid of that than any minor earthquakes that may result from fracking. The idea of nuclear plants all over the place make me nervous.
Unless we (and the rest of the world) are willing to dramatically alter our way of life, I don’t see an alternative to using our fossil fuels. We can slow down that use but I don’t see it ending.