The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment (42 page)

2.
Donella Meadows,
Limits to Growth
(New York: Signet) 1972.

Chapter 25: Future Scenarios

1.
“Saving Oil in a Hurry,”
International Energy Administration
.
www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2005/SavingOil.pdf
(accessed November 5, 2010).

2.
“Reserve Currency,”
Wikipedia
.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_currency
(accessed October 30, 2010).

Chapter 26: The Good News

1.
H. E. Daly,
Steady-State Economics: The Economics of Biophysical Equilibrium and Moral Growth
. (San Francisco: W. H. Freeman) 1977.

2.
Wissenschaftliche Selbstbiographie. Mit einem Bildnis und der von Max von Laue gehaltenen Traueransprache
., Johann Ambrosius Barth Verlag, (Leipzig 1948), p. 22, as translated in Max Planck,
Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers,
trans. F. Gaynor (New York: Philosophical Library, 1949), pp.33–34 (as cited in T.S. Kuhn,
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962).

3.
“Local Exchange Trading Systems,”
Wikipedia
.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Exchange_Trading_Systems
(accessed November 4, 2010).

4.
“Demurrage (currency),”
Wikipedia
.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demurrage_%28currency%29
(accessed November 7, 2010).

5.
“Ecological Footprint,”
Wikipedia
.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_footprint
(accessed November 4, 2010).

Chapter 28: The Opportunities

1.
“The US Geological Survey Mineral Resource Program Five-Year Plan, 2006–2010,”
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
.
http://minerals.usgs.gov/plan/2006-2010/mrp-plan-2006-2010.pdf
(accessed November 8, 2010), 3.

2.
Bernard Lietaer, “Beyond Greed and Scarcity,”
Yes!
, June 30, 1997.
www.yesmagazine.org/issues/money-print-your-own/beyond-greed-and-scarcity
(accessed October 30, 2010).

Index

Abundance, resilience and

Action, in preparing for the future

Actual wealth

Aging, as predicament

Agricultural revolution, societies before and after

Agricultural systems, in three future scenarios

Agriculture.
See also
Community supported agriculture (CSA)

coming crisis in

“societal role of”

to sustain population growth

water in

Air

degradation in quality of

sources of oxygen in

Airlines, in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Alaska

“Peak Oil” in

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Algae biofuels, transitioning from oil to

Algal biodiesel, oil versus

Alternative energy sources

coal

economic growth and

mathematics of

natural gas

nuclear

solar power, wind power, wave power, and other

time frame, scale, and costs related to

transitioning from oil to

American Dream

American Society of Civil Engineers, on U.S. infrastructure

Ammonia, in fertilizer

Amount of change

in exponential growth

“speeding up” and

Anchoring, inflation and

Ancient sunlight, oil/petroleum and coal as

Animal life, decline in

Anthracite coal, production and consumption of

Anxiety reduction, in preparing for the future

Aquifers

depletion of

energy and

exporting of water and

in relocating for the future

surface water versus

Argentina, economic crisis in

Asia

inflation and deflation cycles in

in Slow Tumble scenario

Asset bubbles

and Great Credit Bubble

characteristics of

Asset prices, bubbles and

Assets

debt and

economic growth and

in preparing for the future

Atmospheric carbon, nuclear energy versus

Australia

oil imports by

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

in Slow Tumble scenario

uranium reserves in

Austrian school of economics, on credit bubbles

Authorities, in problem solving

Auto loans

Automobiles

minerals required to build

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Baby boomers

in foreseeable world economy

as predicament

Bacteria, exponential growth of

Bad debt, good debt versus

Bak, Per

Bank credit, as money

Banking, in future

Banking crises

Banking system, near collapse of

Banks

bubbles and

economic growth and

Federal Reserve and

future growth and

in GDP calculation

money creation by

Barter, money versus

Bartlett, Albert

on economic growth

Base metals, in preparing for the future

Base money

Batteries, new technology for

Beinhocker, Eric D., on complexity of economics

Bernanke, Ben

Bills, in money creation

Bingham Canyon Mine

Biocides, agriculture without

Biodiesel, oil versus

Biofuels

energy use from

oil versus

transitioning from oil to

Biomass, oil versus

Biosphere

Bituminous coal, production and consumption of

Bond markets, in Slow Tumble scenario

Bonds

in foreseeable world economy

future of

in money creation

Borrowing.
See also
Lending

future of

as government revenue source

Boskin Commission, on inflation measurement

Boston University, on United States liabilities

Bottom, in Slow Tumble scenario

Boulding, Kenneth

Boundaries, of complex systems

Brazil

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

in Slow Tumble scenario

Breeder reactors, as nuclear fuel source

Bretton Woods I agreement

Brown coal, production and consumption of

Brown, Jeffrey

Brown, Lester

on fish depletion

on water depletion

Bubbles

characteristics of

in coming economic crisis

described

economic growth and

exponential debt and

future

history of

interest rates and

spotting

Buchanan, Mark

Budget(s).
See also
Energy budgeting

debasement of official statistics on

exclusion of Social Security from

managing of future

Budget deficits, hyperinflation from

Budget statistics, official debasement of

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), inflation statistics reported by

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), inflation statistics reported by

Bush, George W.

Business

economic growth and

future world and

Business loans, as investment debt

California, predicting earthquakes in

Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), on oil production decline

Canada

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

in Slow Tumble scenario

tar sand oil reserves in

uranium reserves in

Capital, future food supplies and

Capital base, in transitioning from oil to alternatives

Capital controls, in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Capitalism, in end of growth

Carbon (C), nuclear energy versus

Career, of author

Carrying capacity, exponential growth and.
See also
Limited resources

Cars.
See
Automobiles

Cash.
See also
Money entries

in quantitative easing

in Undulating Plateau scenario

Catastrophic events, predicting

Central banks

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

in Slow Tumble scenario

Chain reactions, exponential nature of

Challenges, opportunities versus

Change.
See also
Amount of change

future world and

opportunities in

over the next 20 years

Change management, in future

Checking account costs, in GDP calculation

Chemicals, in agriculture

Children, in relocating for the future

Chile, in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

China

coal production and consumption in

energy consumption in

nuclear power use in