The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment (51 page)
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Authors: Chris Martenson
Tags: #General, #Economic Conditions, #Business & Economics, #Economics, #Development, #Forecasting, #Sustainable Development, #Economic Development, #Economic Forecasting - United States, #United States, #Sustainable Development - United States, #Economic Forecasting, #United States - Economic Conditions - 2009
Questions, about investment
Rainfall, in relocating for the future
Randomness, universal tendency toward
Range land
Rate of change
in exponential growth
“speeding up” and
Rationing, in Peak Oil Recognition scenario
Real estate, in foreseeable world economy
Real GDP
Realism, in coming economic crisis
Recession, current economic crisis as
Reclamation services, in future
Recycling
in future
of mineral resources
Reduction in use, of mineral resources
Reefs, destruction of
Rees, William
Reflection, in investment
Reinhart, Carmen
Reinvestment, of energy
Relocation, in preparing for the future
Renewable water
Rent, in GDP calculation
Residential water use
Resilience, in preparing for the future
“Reskilling”
in future
in Undulating Plateau scenario
Resource flows, in future
Resource limits
exponential growth and
on minerals
as predicament
quantitative easing and
Resource management, in future
Resources
consequences of limited
economy and
future opportunities in
future uses of existing
in foreseeable world economy
oil/petroleum as
in three future scenarios
Resource use
exponential growth of
future
Restructured debt
Retailers, inventories of
Rethinking, of the future
Retirement, future of
Retirement funds
as savings
underfunding of
Retrofitting, future energy supplies and
Return, net energy
Reuse
in future
of mineral resources
Revenue, sources of government
Rich, the.
See
Wealthy individuals
Risks
insurance against
preparing for
Ritholz, Barry, on debasement of government inflation statistics
Rock phosphate, depletion of
Rogoff, Kenneth
Roman Empire, coinage debased by
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Root cellars, future food supplies and
Rule of 70, in exponential growth
Ruling class
of England
in internal defaults
Rural communities, in relocating for the future
Russia, pilot breeder reactors in
Saltwater resources, declines in
Sand piles, predicting behavior of
Saudi Arabia
exporting of water via food to
oil production by
on oil production decline
oil reserves in
in Peak Oil Recognition scenario
Savings
economic growth and
hyperinflation and
pension and retirement funds as
uses of
Savings rate
historic lows and decline in personal
in United States
Scale
of transitioning from oil to alternatives
turning the corner in exponential growth and
Scarcity
as future of water
future world and
uses of
Schopenhauer, Arthur
Science
author and
generational advance of
Scrip
Seafood, depletion of
Seckler, David, on water depletion
Secondary wealth
future opportunities in accumulating
money and
Second Law of Thermodynamics
violation of
Secured debt
Securities, investment and
Security risks, of nuclear power
Self, trust in
Self-assessment, in preparing for the future
Selfishness, in preparing for the future
Self-liquidating debt, investment debt as
Self-reinforcement, of bubbles
Self-sufficiency, in preparing for the future
“Self-unemployment,” of author
Seminars, author’s economics
Semper Augustus tulip
Services, in Slow Tumble scenario
Setting targets, in preparing for the future
shadowstars.com, on true inflation
Shop skills, future management
Shortages
future
in Peak Oil Recognition scenario
in Undulating Plateau scenario
Silver (Ag)
as money
money backed by
in preparing for the future
Simmons & Company International, on alternative energy sources
Simon, Julian
Skills, in self-sufficiency.
See also
“Reskilling”; Shop skills
Skill sets
in future
future management
in relocating for the future
Slow Tumble scenario, economic future in
Small steps, in preparing for the future
Smith, Adam, on wealth
Sociability, in relocating for the future
Social contract, money as
Social gains
Socialism, in end of growth
Social limitations, on adopting existing technologies
Social movement, toward long-term prosperity
Social order, oil shortages and
Social Security
official debasement of statistics on
truthful inflation reporting and
underfunding of
Social unrest, future
Social upheaval, bursting bubbles in
Society
economic growth of
energy needs of
net energy available to
truthful inflation reporting and
Sociological events, bubbles as
Soil
in coming agricultural crisis
decline in
dependence of civilization on
depletion of
dirt versus
in food production
in relocating for the future
replacing fertility of
Soil erosion
Soil nutrients, depletion of
Soil quality, as wealth
Solar power
fossil fuels versus
future energy supplies and
future opportunities in
oil versus
self-sufficiency in
transitioning from oil to
Solutions, to problems
Sonora, California, farmland and tract housing near
Sources of energy, in foreseeable world economy
South America, in South Sea Bubble
South Sea Bubble
South Sea Company
Spain, in South Sea Bubble
Special Treasury bonds, as accounting fraud
Speculation, inflation and
“Speeding up,” during exponential growth
Sperm whales, toxins in
Spindletop oil field
Spread, in money lending
Stability, of money
Stainless steel, cobalt in