The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment (52 page)

Standard of living

author’s

declining U.S.

economic growth and

world population and

State pensions, underfunding of

States, liabilities of

State services, cuts in

Statistics

government debasement of economic

official debasement of unemployment

Status quo, perpetuating

Steel, cobalt in

Steel-making industry, coal for

Stein, Herbert

“Step Zero,” in preparing for the future

Stockbrokers, reliability of

Stock bubble

Federal Reserve and

Stock keeping units (SKUs)

Stock markets

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

post-2007 plunge in

in Slow Tumble scenario

Stock prices, in South Sea Bubble

Stocks

dumping

in foreseeable world economy

future of

Storage, of electricity

Store of value, money as

Straw in Juice-Box model of oil extraction

Student loans, as investment debt

Subbituminous coal, production and consumption of

Subprime loans

Subscription newsletters, author’s economics

Substitution, in government inflation statistics

Sun, as energy source

Sunlight, oil/petroleum and coal as ancient

Supply and demand, for global oil

Supply chains, future of

Surface water

aquifers versus

depletion of

economic growth and

Surplus

growth due to

prosperity and

Surplus energy

economic growth due to

net energy and

prosperity via

uses of

Surplus-energy-perpetual-motion machine

Surprises, in economic future

Survival, in coming economic crisis

Sustainability, investment and.
See also
Unsustainability

Systems.
See
Agricultural systems; Banking system; Closed system; Complex systems; Credit systems; Debt-based money system; Federal prison system; Financial system; Food systems; Just-in-time delivery systems; Just-in-time food systems; LET systems; Mass transit systems; Money system; Open system

Tang, Chao

Target setting, in preparing for the future

Tar sands, oil reserves in

Taxation

future of

as government revenue source

inflation as

paying off debt via

pension underfunding and

Technological advances, growth due to

Technology

alternative energy sources via

for batteries

energy and

energy creation and

energy transformation and

energy transitions and

in foreseeable world economy

future uses of existing

future world and

limits of

new

to replace oil with alternative fuels

versus laws of energy, thermodynamics, and gravity

Tenant farmers, future food supplies and

Tertiary wealth

economic growth and

future of

future opportunities in accumulating

Thermodynamics

First Law of

laws of

Second Law of

Third World, water supply depletion in

30-year Treasury bonds, yield from

This Time Is Different
(Rogoff & Reinhart)

“This time is different” syndrome

Thorium (Th), as nuclear fuel source

“Three Es.”
See
Economy; Energy; Environment

Thrift, in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Time

money versus

required to replace oil with alternative fuels

Timelines

for coming economic crisis

for three future scenarios

Titusville, Pennsylvania, first oil well drilled in

Total credit market debt

in Great Credit Bubble

in United States

Toxic buildups, in sperm whales

Tract housing, farmland versus

Trade

debt defaults and

post-2007 plunge in global

Trade deficits

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

in United States

Transportation, in relocating for the future

Transportation energy

from natural gas

from oil

from wood, coal, and oil

Treasury bills, in money creation

Treasury bonds

as debts

future world and

in money creation

special

yield from

Treasury Notes, in money creation

Trends, investment and

Truman, Harry S.

Trust, in oneself

Trust fund, Social Security as

Tulip bulb craze (bubble)

Turning the corner, in exponential growth

“Twenty-teens,” outlook for

Ubiquity, Why Catastrophes Happen
(Buchanan)

Understanding, future world and

Understated inflation, overstated GDP versus

Undeveloped economies, in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Undulating Plateau scenario, economic future in

Unemployment

debasement of official statistics on

official debasement of statistics on

in Slow Tumble scenario

Unfunded liabilities

in foreseeable world economy

of United States

Unified budget accounting

Unions, pension underfunding and

United Kingdom.
See
England

United Nations (UN)

on global food production

on population growth

United States.
See also
American entries; U.S. entries

aquifers in

bubbles in

coal consumption by

coal imports by

coal production by

coal reserves of

copper mines in

credit market in

current economic predicament of

debasement of economic statistics by

debt defaults by

debt in

debt versus money in

dollar as unit of account in

economic growth and

economic predicament of

energy consumption in

energy consumption and GDP of

entitlement programs in

entitlement program underfunding by

exporting of water via food by

farmland versus tract housing in

Federal Reserve and

food and energy production in

future money and economy of

future of

future solar power opportunities in

GDP calculation for