Open pit mining (for coal) is literally destructing all landscape, along with forests and villages. And gold mining and co. uses some very nasty chemicals. Etc.

Open pit mining (for coal) is literally destructing all landscape, along with forests and villages. And gold mining and co. uses some very nasty chemicals. Etc. Etc. So sure, burning coal is dirty, but so is extracting it. But since space mining is a really long term project, I would first try to make the processes here on earth a bit better. (With the challenge of raising the standards globally)