Carbon IRA & YouTility

CARBON IRA : YOU-TILITY 

the radical idea you’ve never heard of

Big challenges call for big ideas. According to the most recent IPCC report, we have just over a decade before we reach the tipping point of climate catastrophe, potentially displacing tens of millions of people, causing radical changes to food systems, and possibly leading to mass species extinction. Current policy prescriptions are going nowhere. It’s time for radical thinking.


CARBON-FREE ELECTRICITY IS THE KEY

The science is clear: Humans are driving unprecedented climate change. Electricity and transportation represent over half the cause. But electricity is also the solution. We all consume electricity, and we must all be responsible for pushing toward carbon-free sources.

REWARD CARBON REDUCTION

Converting avoided carbon into long-term retirement savings pulls the economy toward solutions that address climate realities, creates new job opportunities, and secures our financial futures.

Jason Makansi

Jason Makansi, author of four non-fiction books relating to business, energy/environmental issues, and mathematical modeling, was a past editor in chief of the leading professional journal on power plant engineering and has spent 40 years in the electricity industry following and analyzing regulatory and technological trends and developments. He earned his BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University, is an alumnus of the Sewanee Writers Conference, and has also published a novel, The Moment Before, and numerous short stories. In his spare time, he plays the viola in community orchestras, plays piano for fun, and rides his bike as often as he can.