#SCIENCE: David Kirtley on Humanity’s Path Toward a Kardashev Type 1 Civilization Speaking on the Lex Fridman Podcast, fusion entrepreneur David Kirtley explained the Kardashev scale as a roadmap for humanity’s energy future. A Type 1 civilization, he said, is defined by generating or capturing as much power as the total solar energy reaching Earth, while Type 2 represents harnessing energy on the scale of an entire star. Kirtley challenged the common idea of planetary-scale solar collectors, ar

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Elon Musk believes humanity is only at 1% of Type I on the Kardashev scale | Extraterrestrials And Contactees

THE KARDASHEV SCALE. We have no idea what an alien civilization would look like. Humans are evolved primates. What if an alien species is reptilian? Or more like an insect? Or a hybrid of these? Or maybe something completely unique that we couldn't even imagine. There is only one set of universal laws that every species must follow. Physics. Specifically energy. One way to measure a civilization is by its energy consumption. This is done with the Kardashev Scale. By using the Kardashev Scale, we