The Kardashev Scale provides a framework for understanding the energy capabilities and technological advancement of ...

The Kardashev Scale, first proposed by Russian astronomer Nikolai Kardashev, measures the technological advancement of civilizations by the amount of energy they can harness and use. In its ...

Will we ever become a Kardeshev Type-1 civilization and how can we get there?

But we are in our infancy, technologically speaking, and are not even close to becoming a Type 1 civilization on the Kardashev scale of civilizations.

(via PBS Space Time) Imagine a world where humanity masters every planetary resource available to it—our first step on the famous Kardeshev scale of technological advancement. How distant is that step ...