I understand, but I disagree, because you can have carbon emissions, or you can have carbon emissions along with whole areas left uninhabitable due to mining and the need for mining resources will still be there, whether we want it or not. I stand by my opinion. I'd rather have mining happen in space.

And I understand the concern, but if reducing CO2 emissions is the goal, the first targets should be the production of electricity, heat, transport and agriculture. Food gets transported nowadays by airplane and maybe we shouldn't shut down nuclear power plants to replace them with coal plants. Plenty of low hanging fruits if you ask me.