The solar system (and systems beyond it) are the perfect solution to that concern. Massive asteroid belts, lifeless planets and moons, jovian planets, and all o

The solar system (and systems beyond it) are the perfect solution to that concern. Massive asteroid belts, lifeless planets and moons, jovian planets, and all of the rest of space's vast resources are practically limitless compared to what we have here inside the gravity well. There's no need to damage a planet's biosphere for resource extraction or industry when space offers us so much more once we get out there. That won't stop a lot of very stupid people from protesting the one solution that'll actually solve these sorts of environmental problems, but that's going to happen regardless. Interestingly enough, a lot of the engineering work for mining hydrothermal vents might have some interesting cross-applications for asteroid mining once we're outside of the gravity well.