The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment (53 page)

gold standard and

Great Credit Bubble in

housing bubble in

inflation calculation for

interest rates in

levels of debt in

liquefaction of coal in

Mexican oil exports to

minerals imported by

money in

nuclear power use in

nutrient exports from

oil demand in

oil imports by

oil production in

“Peak Oil” in

peak oil discoveries in

peak oil production in

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

poor infrastructure in

preparing for the future and

present economic and financial situation of

pure debt obligations of

real versus nominal GDP of

savings rate in

settling debts by printing money

in Slow Tumble scenario

technology in future of

total credit market debt in

total registered motor vehicles in

water depletion in

Unit of account, money as

Universe.
See also
Nature

as closed system

entropy and

violating laws of

Unpredictability

of complex systems

of sand pile behavior

of world economy

Unsecured debt

Unsustainability

of economy

end of growth and

of exponential growth

future world and

of industrial agriculture

investment and

of ocean resource use

Uranium (U), as nuclear reactor fuel

Uranium ore, purity of

Uranium stockpiles

U.S. Department of Agriculture, on soil nutrient depletion

U.S. Department of Defense, on oil production decline

U.S. Department of Energy

on American coal consumption

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

U.S. Senate, on American coal consumption

U.S. Treasury Department

money and

in money creation

Utah, copper mines in

Vallejo, California, pension underfunding in

Value

loss of monetary

of money

of tertiary wealth

Venezuela, in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Video seminars, author’s economics

Viruses, exponential growth of

Volatility, in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

Volta, Alessandro

von Mises, Ludwig, on credit bubbles

Wall Street, investment and

Wall Street Journal, The
, author’s work in

War

future

in Peak Oil Recognition scenario

in Undulating Plateau scenario

War expenditures, in England following Napoleonic Wars

Warheads, as nuclear fuel source

Washington, DC

debasement of economic statistics from

Great Credit Bubble and

Washington Post, The
, author’s work in

Water

depletion of

energy and

energy for pumping uphill

exporting

food and

food bubble and

in relocating for the future

renewable and nonrenewable

resilience and

Water filter

Water refugees

Water shortages, food shortages and

Watt, as unit of power

Watt hour, as unit of energy

Wave power, oil versus

Wealth

actual

at risk through debt

debt as claim on future

defined

destruction by large-scale debt

destruction in bubbles

destruction of

economy and

in end of growth

future of

future opportunities in accumulating

hierarchy of

investment and

measuring

money as claim on

money versus

nature of

no growth/negative growth and

oil shortages and

primary

in societal hierarchies

soil quality as

tertiary wealth as claim on

in three future scenarios

welfare state and protection of

Wealth creation

energy in

in England following Napoleonic Wars

housing bubble and

by the United States

Wealth protection, in preparing for the future

Wealth redistribution

Wealth sources, money and

Wealthy individuals, savings rate among

Weighting, in government inflation statistics

Weisenfeld, Kurt

Welfare state, protection of wealth in

Wheat, water requirements of

Williams, John, on true inflation

Wind power

oil versus

transitioning from oil to

Wood, as energy source

Work.
See also
Energy entries

available in a gallon of gasoline

conversion of energy into heat and

energy and

energy for

entropy and

in relocating for the future

World

coal consumption by

coal production by

creating future opportunities for

debt in

effects of exponential growth in

food harvests in

food requirements of

foreseeing future of

future of water in

land mass suitable for growing crops in

money in

nuclear power use in

oil production of

transitioning from oil to alternative energy sources by

water supply depletion in

World economy

end of growth of

energy and

history of

World Energy Outlook (WEO)

coal production reported in

oil production reported in

World population

recent growth of

stabilizing

World War II, oceanic fish depletion following

World Watch Institute

www.ChrisMartenson.com
web site

Yanomamö economy

Yellow River, water depleted from

Yields, optimizing