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Thank you for your timely response.
let me first boil everything down to its simplest terms, then I may dive into a specific case study proposal.
To my way of thinking, this is the marshmallow test of altruism.
If someone said you could invest 6 million usd in the most effective charity, (30 million lives saved?), or invest 6 million usd in a solar energy business model that produces 300,000 usd per year for the same, most currently effective charity, as well as, having at least some level of impact on co2 emissions, which would you choose?
Given the belief that future suffering is as valid as current suffering, I believe it makes sense to go with the solar option. My humble rebuttal to this not being a neglected area would be, no corporation would ever operate this way. The most any corporate solar venture would benefit society, would be the slight reduction in fossil fuel based energy consumption. In this model that is only a side benefit.
Thanks for entertaining my idea and being a gracious forum operator.