The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment (43 page)

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

savings rate in

in Slow Tumble scenario

transitioning from oil to alternatives in

water depletion in

Cigarettes, as “money”

Civilization, soil and

Climate change, in coming economic crisis

Clinton, William J., debasement of inflation statistics under

Clipping, debasing coinage via

Closed system, economy as

Coal

as ancient sunlight

electricity from

energy resources to replace

as energy source

liquefaction of

time frame, scale, and costs of transitioning from oil to

tonnage mined versus energy obtained from

transitioning from oil to

world consumption of

world production of

Coal-to-liquids (CTL) concept

Cobalt, in steel

Coinage, debasing

Colonial scrip

Colorado River, water depleted from

Community

money in future

in preparing for the future

relocating to new

resilience and

Community connections, author and

Community supported agriculture (CSA)

Commuting, in relocating for the future

Competition, in future

Complexity

in economics

in end of growth

energy and

oil shortages and

in open systems

in Undulating Plateau scenario

via surplus energy

Complex societies, surplus energy as creating

Complex systems

energy needs of

inherent unpredictability of

unpredictability of

Compounding

alternative energy sources and

as exponential growth

pension underfunding and

supply and demand of oil and

Computers

in GDP calculation

modeling sand pile behavior with

Concentrated energy, diffuse energy versus.
See also
Energy density

Confederate money

Conflict, future world and

Conflicts of interest, investment and

Congress

entitlement programs and

in money creation

Conservation

future financial services and

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Consultants, future government employment for

Consumer loans

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Consumption

energy for

investment and

in Slow Tumble scenario

Consumptive debt

as non–self-liquidating debt

Convergence, of future risks

Coolant, water as

Cooperative stores (co-ops), in relocating for the future

Copper (Cu)

mining of

ore quality and quantity of

Copper nuggets

Coral reefs, destruction of

Core inflation measure

Corn-based ethanol, oil versus

Corporate bonds

Cost

future increase in food

to replace oil with alternative fuels

Cost of living, cost of survival versus

Cost of living adjustment (COLA), truthful inflation reporting versus

Cost of survival, cost of living versus

Crash Course, The
Internet seminars

Credit

as bubble fuel

cutting off

debt and

decline in personal savings related to

economic growth and

in end of growth

future of

and Great Credit Bubble

money printing and

in money system

peak global oil production and growth of

in preparing for the future

worldwide expansion of

Credit bubbles

Credit card debt

Credit expansion, investment and

Credit market debt

exponential growth of

in United States

total

Credit markets

exponential debt in

Credit systems, in future

Critical insight, foreseeable world economy and

Crop production, required to sustain population growth

Crops, fertilizers required by

Crop varieties, improvements in

Crop yields, optimizing

Cultures, money in

Currencies (currency).
See also
Cash; Money entries

collapse of

fiat

future of

mismanagement of

paper

in preparing for the future

Currency crashes

Currency crisis, future

Current economic predicament

debt and

of United States

“Current rates of consumption” assumption, in mineral depletion

Davis, Donald R., on nutrients in plants

Debasements

of coinage and money

defaults via

economic growth and

of government budget statistics

of official economic statistics

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

of unemployment statistics

Debt

accumulation of

bubbles and

as claim on future money

critical assumptions behind

current economic predicament and

decline in personal savings related to

defaults and other outcomes of large-scale

defined

described

economic growth and

in end of growth

exponential

in foreseeable world economy

getting rid of

good versus bad

in Great Credit Bubble

history of

investment and

levels of

liabilities versus

monetizing

in money creation

peak global oil production and growth of

as predicament

in preparing for the future

quantitative easing and

restructured

settling

in three future scenarios

too much

truthful inflation reporting and

United States national

Debt-based money, in future

Debt-based money system

exponential nature of

“Peak Oil” and

Debt defaults, money creation and

Debt markets, history of

Debt-to-GDP ratio

current economic crisis and