Is helium 3 lucrative enough to justify the mining of the moon?

I've been trying to come up with a scenario in which space stations and lunar bases are established but are considered controversial. I sort of figure that if corporations started mining the moon that some people would start freaking out about it having an effect on Earth despite the fact that the moon would have to be extensively mined before it had any real effect on things like the tide.

My question is that given roughly a hundred years to account for improvements in space transportation and nuclear energy would the mining of the moon for helium 3 for use in fusion generators possibly be profitable enough to justify the cost and risk?

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