Humanity heads towards a Type 1 civilization (I hope)


	Humanity heads towards a Type 1 civilization (I hope)

Torley

11-12-2006 4:06 PM

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kardashev, michio, kaku, type, civilization, galactic, humanity, sociology

Torley says:

Here's to advancing humanity and not blowing ourselves up!

Fascinating future forecasting from some of the top scientific minds, including one of my faves, Michio Kaku.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b07c0be4-6985-4845-8a37-6b16cb1b8f6e/92248D60-52B1-451B-95A5-68F2C85A9BF4/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kardashev_scale&oldid=86427347" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kardashev_scale&oldid=86427347" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kardashev_scale&oldid=86427347"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/A963303B-3E3F-4CB8-A24A-621895408DEB" alt="Kardashev scale projections ranging from 1900 to 2100." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kardashev_scale&oldid=86427347"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Type I — A civilization that is able to harness all of the <A title="Power%20%28physics%29" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_%28physics%29">power</A> available on a single <A title="Planet" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet">planet</A>, approximately 10<SUP>16</SUP> W. The actual figure is quite variable; <A title="Earth" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth">Earth</A> specifically has an available power of 1.74×10<SUP>17</SUP> W. Kardashev's original definition was 4×10<SUP>12</SUP> W. (Kardashev had originally defined Type I as a "Technological level close to the level presently attained on earth", "presently" meaning 1964.)</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kardashev_scale&oldid=86427347"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/578EC5CA-0DBA-4A9F-AED7-992936634D1C" alt="Possible Kardashev Scale Expansion of Human Civilization from The Coming Dark Age " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kardashev_scale&oldid=86427347"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Type I
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<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">The <A title="Mars%20trilogy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy">Mars trilogy</A>, by <A title="Kim%20Stanley%20Robinson" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson">Kim Stanley Robinson</A></LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">The Empire of Man from the <A title="CoDominium" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoDominium">CoDominium</A> universe, by <A title="Jerry%20Pournelle" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle">Jerry Pournelle</A></LI>
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