The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment (47 page)

truthful reporting of

U.S. energy consumption and

U.S. entitlement programs versus

Gross national product (GNP), savings rate as fraction of

Groups, in preparing for the future

Growth.
See also
Economic growth; Exponential growth

benefits of

coal consumption and

debt and

defined

economics and

end of

of future debt

future financial services and

future world and

geometric

during Great Credit Bubble

investment and

linear

managing of future

oil shortages and

pension underfunding and

prosperity versus

surplus energy for

in three future scenarios

Gulf Coast, in Peak Oil Recognition scenario.
See also
Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico

oil fields in

“Peak Oil” in

Gut sense/feeling, investment and

Halogen lamps, LED technology versus

Health care, weighting of inflation statistics related to

Heat, conversion of energy into

Heat content, from various grades of coal

Heating, resilience and

Heating oil, energy from

Hedonics, in government inflation statistics

Herbicides, agriculture without

Hierarchy of needs

High grading

Hirsch, Robert

“Hockey stick” pattern

in population growth

Holland, tulip bulb craze in

Home equity line of credit (HELOC)

decline in personal savings related to

Home food storage, future food supplies and

Homeowners, in GDP calculation.
See also
Housing entries

Hospitals, truthful inflation reporting versus

“Hot money”

Households

in preparing for the future

resilience and

House prices, income versus

Housing.
See also
Home entries

economic growth and

future world and

investment in

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

resilience and

Housing bubble

characteristics of

Federal Reserve and

Housing markets

debasement of official statistics on

post-2007 plunge in

Hybrid electrical vehicles, in transitioning from oil to alternatives

Hydrocarbons

energy resources to replace

in foreseeable world economy

Hydroelectricity

energy use from

water consumed in

power production from

Hydrogen economy

fallacy of

oil versus

Hyperdeflation, future

Hyperinflation

future

in Zimbabwe

“Immaculate interest flows”

Imports

of coal by United States

of minerals by U.S.

money printing and

Import sources, of selected elements and metals

Imputation adjustments, to GDP

Income

bubbles and

debasement of official statistics on

debt and

future food supplies and

future of

house prices versus

truthful inflation reporting and

India

irrigation practices in

pilot breeder reactors in

in Slow Tumble scenario

Indonesian palm oil plantations, adverse ecological effects of

Industrial agriculture

to sustain population growth

unsustainability of

Industrialization, minerals consumed in

Industrial Revolution

economic growth and

in England following Napoleonic Wars

Industry, in Slow Tumble scenario

Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil, on oil production decline

Inflation.
See also
Hyperinflation

causes of

debasement of government statistics on

as default

defaults and

destructiveness of

economic growth and

future

future food supplies and

GDP and

gold standard and

indicators that measure

infrastructure maintenance and

management of

measurement of

from poor money-supply management

quantitative easing and

savings and

truthful statistics on

via debt defaults

via printing money

Inflation-adjusted GDP

Inflation protection, in preparing for the future

Information.
See also
Misinformation

foreseeable world economy and

future world and

investment and

Infrastructure

energy for maintaining

for extracting oil

future government employment and

for natural gas use

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

United States versus Europe

Infrastructure changes, in transitioning from oil to alternatives

Inspiration, in preparing for the future

Instincts, investment and

Insufficiency, in preparing for the future

Insulation, future energy supplies and

Insurance

Intel, stock prices of

Intellectual advances, growth due to

Intelligence

future world and

in preparing for future

Interest

debt and

future debt and

and growth in debt

in money creation

Interest rates

Great Credit Bubble and

of Treasury bonds

Internal defaults

International debt crises

International Energy Agency (IEA)

on Chinese energy use

oil demand and

oil production and

world coal consumption projections by

International Water Management Institute, on water depletion

Internet

author’s seminars on

Internet revolution

Intuition

investment and

in problem solving

Inventories

in future

keeping track of

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Investment

author and

in foreseeable world economy

future opportunities in