The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment (51 page)

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