How far can we go? (KARDASHEV Scale)
Human Beings as a civilization have come a long way since its dawn. The question is, how much further can we go? According to a Soviet astronomer Nikolai Kardashev, the level of technological advancements of a civilization could be measured by the amount of energy they consume or harvest. In 1964, Kardashev came up with the KARDASHEV Scale. This scale tells us about 3 types of civilizations based on the order of magnitude of power available to them. Type I: (Planetary Civilization) A civilization capable of harvesting the entire energy of its host planet, in our case the Earth. This includes all the energy that we receive from our host star and the energy produced by our planet, this may be wind, thermal, hydro, etc. We, humans, are currently at 0.73 Kardashev scale, which is considered to be a Type 0 Civilization. Whether we like it or not we are moving towards being type 1, in 100 to 200 years. Michio Kaku, a well-known Physicist thinks such a civilization will be able to ...
