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Build enough renewable energy installations to supply every person in the world and replace all fossil fuel generation.
TIL muskrat could buy "end world hunger" for 9 years and with the leftover hire 8500 people at $500k/yr to manage the 9 years of hunger ending logistics
His fortune is a house of cards. He's only wealthy as long as he doesn't spend too much at once. Selling large amounts of stock would crash the price and therefore crash his wealth before he could sell more.
I would love to be able to break the cycle of poverty en masse. For too many people, simply being born poor means they will be poor for life.
The part that bothers me, is the more I noodle on this, the only way I see to correct it also involves mass sterilizations. Hey, I'll pay for your food, clothing, & shelter for life, but in exchange you have to have a vasectomy. I don't think that's a great offer. If someone has a better solution, I'm all ears.
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