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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

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