Why do you see climate change and space exploration as orthogonal? It would seem to me that moving energy-intensive processes off the planet surface might ease

Why do you see climate change and space exploration as orthogonal? It would seem to me that moving energy-intensive processes off the planet surface might ease the climate burden. In the early 70's, physicist Gerard K. O'Neil asked the question "Is the surface of a planet really the right place for an expanding technological civilization?" [0] You would seem to answer this question with 'Yes.' Why? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_K._O%27Neill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_K._O%27Neill