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

In other words, we need a Type 1 polity and economy, along with the technology, in order to become a Type 1 civilization. We are close.

Imagine if we could control earthquakes and tsunamis to generate power. Or maybe even terraform every planet in the solar system. These are just a couple of the things that might happen if human ...

We’ve had 4.5 billion years and we still haven’t made it to a Type 1 civilization. So there’s a lot more to a Type 0 civilization than simply what you see when you look out your window.

According to the Kardashev scale, the civilizations are classified into three types: 1) Type I civilization: A civilization that can harness and use all the energy available on its planet.

But we have the opportunity to live in a win-win world and become a Type 1 civilization by spreading liberal democracy and free trade, in which the scientific and technological benefits will flourish.

Wrong. We’re not even a “Type 1” civilization and we won’t be until about 2371 according to NASA scientists.

And if so, what evidence of it would we be able to find today? The authors first considered what signs of industrial civilization would be expected to survive in the geological record.