Toward a Type 1 civilization


	Toward a Type 1 civilization

wildcat

7-30-2008 1:59 PM

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michael shermer, civilization, transformation

wildcat says:

Along with energy policy, political and economic systems must also evolve.
Michael Shermer, one of the most trusted voices in todays world.

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7-31-2008 12:40 AM

Imnclady

Type
1 can harness all of the energy of its home planet; Type 2 can harvest
all of the power of its sun; and Type 3 can master the energy from its
entire galaxy.

Based
on our energy efficiency at the time, in 1973 the astronomer Carl Sagan
estimated that Earth represented a Type 0.7 civilization on a Type 0 to
Type 1 scale. (More current assessments put us at 0.72.)

Looks like we are on the bottom of the tottem pole..

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