HOW POWERFUL THE HUMAN SPECIE CAN BE?

KARDASHEV SCALEIs an metod proposed in 1964 to measure the degree of the technological evolution of a civilization

TYPE 1"Technological level close to the level presently attained on earth, with energy consumption at ≈4×10.19 erg/sec (4 × 10.12 Watt)." Guillermo A. Lemarchand stated this as "A level near contemporary terrestrial civilization with an energy capability equivalent to the solar insolation on Earth, between 10.16 and 10.17 watts."

TYPE 2Type II

"A civilization capable of harnessing the energy radiated by its own star"--for example, the stage of successful construction of a Dyson sphere--"with energy consumption at ≈4×10.33 erg/sec." Lemarchand stated this as "A civilization capable of utilizing and channeling the entire radiation output of its star. The energy utilization would then be comparable to the luminosity of our Sun, about 4×1033 erg/sec (4×1026 Watt).

TYPE 3"A civilization in possession of energy on the scale of its own galaxy, with energy consumption at ≈4×1044 erg/sec." Lemarchand stated this as "A civilization with access to the power comparable to the luminosity of the entire Milky Way galaxy, about 4×1044 erg/sec (4×1037 Watt)."

WHERE WE ARE?

WHEN?Tipe 1: 150 – 200 years

Tipe 2:a few hundred of years

Tipe 3:around of 500,000 – 1,000,000

WHAT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS TYPE?The most dangerous part is the way from type 0 and type 1

ANOTHER LIKE US?

Observational evidenceIn 2015, a study of galactic mid-infrared emissions came to the conclusion that "Kardashev Type-III civilizations are either very rare or do not exist in the local Universe". On October 14, 2015, the realization of a strange pattern of light surrounding star KIC 8462852 has raised speculation that a Dyson Sphere (Type II civilization) may have been discovered.[