The Edification of Nature

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 civilization was too advanced in the future so how can humans get to this point, what other advancements will happen and what makes us think we'll even progress this far this is what if and here's what would happen if we became a type one civilization global civilizations can be categorized into what's known as the Kardashev scale.

This measures a civilizations ability to use all the energy available to it and is scaled from one to three currently humanity doesn't even reach type one civilization this is because humans don't use all the forms of energy on earth we use wood coal and oil but there's a lot more so what would change if humanity evolved into one of these types of civilizations.

Being a type one civilization means we would have complete control over all the energy on earth this means that we'd say goodbye to fossil fuels since they're limited and unsustainable instead we could use the wind sunlight and water for our energy needs and since this energy is so accessible you may no longer need to pay for your power bill in a type one civilization we've continuously be using energy it would be as essential as oxygen.

We would also start using natural disasters to our advantage tsunamis could be used to produce energy and earthquakes could potentially be used to terraform parts of the world with us having complete control over our planets energy sources we could also control the weather if an area of the world were suffering through a drought we could disperse rain clouds over it and bring it back to life humanity could also say goodbye to global warming as we'd be able to bring the atmosphere back to carbon neutral and control our planets temperatures casualties from natural disasters.

Would also be reduced as we'd be able to predict when and where they might happen and not only that but we'd be able to live on places on earth we'd never have dreamed of before like in the water as well as in climates that used to be unsuitable for us humans yep living in a type one civilization would be pretty great but with things being this perfect we might get a little bored so what if we took humanity one step further and became a type two civilization or even a type 3.

A type two civilization means we could harness the energy of the Sun and use it not just on earth but throughout our services we could use its power to travel to and terraform Mars or even a planet like Neptune becoming a type 3 civilization would allow us to use all the energy in the galaxy and since the Kardashev scale was invented in the 1960s.

Scientists have come up with potential fourth and fifth types of civilizations this is where things get a little tricky scientists aren't ready to fully define these as their past our current understanding of physics but it is safe to say that becoming either a type 4 or type 5 civilization means we could harness the energy of the entire universe and be able to travel it with ease and becoming a type 5 civilization means we'd all be practically God's we could control and manipulate the universe in whichever way we please.

There's no telling when we might evolve to these levels of civilization but experts generally agree that humanity might be able to reach type 1 in the next 100 years or so but that's only assuming that humanity lives long enough in the first place with global warming getting worse and worse and humanity not taking the correct measures to stop it fast enough there's no telling what might happen to become a type one civilization.