{"id":152740,"date":"2022-12-13T13:25:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/becoming-a-kardashev-type-i-civilization"},"modified":"2022-12-13T13:25:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:25:38","slug":"becoming-a-kardashev-type-i-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/becoming-a-kardashev-type-i-civilization","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a Kardashev Type I Civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HEpNiOM6lto?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Kardashev Scale has become a standardized way of classifying (hypothetical) advanced civilizations. The lowest rank, Type 1, is still way ahead of us \u2014 but by how much? When will we achieve Type 1 status and exactly how could we plausibly do so? In this video, we go through some estimates of when humanity might become Type 1, and in particular what kind of energy sources we could harness to achieve this feat.<\/p>\n<p>You can now support our research program and the Cool Worlds Lab at Columbia University: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolworldslab.com\/support\">https:\/\/www.coolworldslab.com\/support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba Kardashev (1964), \u201cTransmission of Information by Extraterrestrial Civilizations\u201d, Soviet Astronomy, 8217: <a href=\"http:\/\/adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/1964SvA\">http:\/\/adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/1964SvA<\/a>\u2026<br \/> \u25ba Michio Kaku video clip from BigThink: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7NPC47qMJVg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/7NPC47qMJVg<\/a>.<br \/> \u25ba Wind map movie credit to Rufinoman and earth.nullschool.net: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cj2JHsQUoRs\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/cj2JHsQUoRs<\/a>.<br \/> \u25ba Wind energy calculation based off Smil (2004), \u201cInherent limits of renewable energies\u201c<br \/> \u25ba References for the 3.7TW figure for tidal energy dissipation are: Cartwright 1993 (Theory of ocean tides with application to altimetry, in Satellite Altimetry in Geodesy and Oceanography, edites by R. Rummel and F. Sanso, pp. 99\u2013141, Springer-Verlag, New York), Ray 1994 (Tidal energy dissipation: Observations from astronomy, geodesy, and oceanography, in, The Oceans, edited by S. Majumdaret al., pp. 171\u2013185, Pa. Acad. of Sci., Easton, Pa.), Kagan &amp; Sundermann 1996 (Kagan Dissipation of tidal energy paleotides, and evolution of the Earth-Moon system, Adv. Geophys., 38, pp. 179\u2013266)<br \/> \u25ba Solar video comes from NASA SDO and GSFC: <a href=\"https:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/12706\">https:\/\/svs.gsfc.nasa.gov\/12706<\/a><br \/> \u25ba Learn more about the Carno cycle here: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carnot_cycle\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carnot_cycle<\/a>.<br \/> \u25ba Learn more about the planetary equilibrium calculation here: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planetary_equilibrium_temperature\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Planetary_equilibrium_temperature<\/a>.<br \/> \u25ba Tidal power map comes from Gunn &amp; Stock-Williams (2012): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0960148112001310\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0960148112001310<\/a><br \/> \u25ba Outro music by Thomas Bergersen \u201cFinal Frontier\u201d: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasbergersen.com\">http:\/\/www.thomasbergersen.com<\/a>.<br \/> \u25ba Columbia University Department of Astronomy: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.columbia.edu\">http:\/\/www.astro.columbia.edu<\/a>.<br \/> \u25ba Cool Worlds Lab website: <a href=\"http:\/\/coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu\">http:\/\/coolworlds.astro.columbia.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>::Playlists For Channel::<\/p>\n<p>Latest Cool Worlds Videos \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/NewCoolWorlds\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/NewCoolWorlds<\/a>.<br \/> Cool Worlds Research \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CoolWorldsResearch\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/CoolWorldsResearch<\/a>.<br \/> Guest Videos \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CoolWorldsGuests\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/CoolWorldsGuests<\/a>.<br \/> Q&amp;A Videos \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CoolWorldsQA\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/CoolWorldsQA<\/a><br \/> Tabby\u2019s Star \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/TabbysStar\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/TabbysStar<\/a>.<br \/> Science of TV\/Film \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ScienceMovies\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ScienceMovies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>::Follow us::<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/becoming-a-kardashev-type-i-civilization\">Continue reading \u201cBecoming a Kardashev Type I Civilization\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kardashev Scale has become a standardized way of classifying (hypothetical) advanced civilizations. 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