Yup...scared.

So you can do it. You are just scared you might have to pay for your fun. Nothing fun is free, bucko.

Got it.

Mr Epeen

You can have depleting ice belts and put them in grav sites in order to prevent the "rocks are dead two hours after DT syndrome" that afflicts most of hisec-áa select few systems very close to trade hubs.

There you go. Much better.

My favourite haunts in Genesis have been stripped clean very quickly lately. I've even been mining in hisec islands, only to find ravenous fleets of hulks stripping the belts every other week.

Go out and have a look these days, Tippia and Touval. The recent mining nerf means that there are more people out there looking for ore, so they're spreading further afield to get their stocks.

But its not hot in space.

you miss the key benefit of mining. the fact you can do it, afk, low risk, etc, is for those players who use it to fund fun times.
want to read a book or watch a film? why not earn isk while you do it so when you're done having your out of eve fun, you can use the isk to have some in eve fun.

that's why i mine, i can tab out and browse forums, read books, watch tv, etc while mining.

all games have a portion of it that isn't fun, but you have to do it. in eve, generally speaking, making isk is dull but you gotta do it to fund more interesting ventures. don't get me wrong, i don't think mining is bad enough to open a vein for, but it's hardly the most stimulating activity.