But if there has to be surplus calculations those should go towards distributed calculations for identifying planets or tracking weather patterns or something.

This already exists, GRIDCoin. Sadly, it’s not very popular at the moment.

Great news, though this won’t do much against climate change. This is treating a symptom, not a disease

Will this increase shareholder profits??

Our idiocy is killing ourselves for a few people, I just wish more people gave a shit about this.