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The Greatest Generation Keeps On Giving With Carbon Offsets
Some have compared the effort needed to shift to a clean energy economy to the kind of full-scale societal mobilization not seen since World World II—a time when global warming wasn’t on anyone’s mind.
Not many are left who remember such an effort. But one man who does – an 84-year-old Carbonfund.org donor who worked on the Manhattan Project – believes carbon offsets are a key part of society’s upcoming transformation.
James A. Schoke is a retired physicist-entrepreneur who enlisted in the Army Signal Corps at the age of 19. He was later assigned to the Corps of Engineers to work on radiation measurement instruments on the Manhattan Project during WWII.
Schoke told Carbonfund.org recently that he has been proactive on renewable and nuclear energy to eliminate the country’s dependency on oil and gas since the oil embargo of the early 1970s. “Since our administrations and congresses have done essentially nothing these many years to help our situation, I now see carbon offsets as the most likely way to this end,” he says. “If citizens don’t move strongly and quickly in this direction, we are doomed to become a second-rate nation. I don’t want my grandchildren and great-grandchildren to see that day.”
Schoke was initially drawn to alternative energy for national security reasons. He cites a strong unwillingness for the US to be dependent upon autocratic regimes, like Saudi Arabia, for a basic economic and security need like energy. “Since then,” he says, “the environment and global warming have become added vital issues, and we are still even more dependent on such nations.”
“I owe my country a great deal, and so do my heirs!” says Schoke. To act on his belief that carbon offsets are a powerful tool in hastening our transition to a clean, independent energy future, Schoke made a generous donation to Carbonfund.org—continuing a life of service to his country and his world.
