Kardashev Scale

The Kardashev Scale says how much energy is needed to control something. We are Type 0.724 on the Kardashev Scale.

0.1	107 watts	Hominids appear in Africa that evolve into humans who move to other parts of the world.
0.2	108 watts	Roaming hunter-gatherers explore vast areas, then build boats to explore the world. Ability to make fire and the wheel is invented. Egalitarian economy and barter systems emerge as tribes meet.
0.3	109 watts	Politic hierarchies emerge with economic inequalities and a division of labor. Building the first structures. We still think the sun revolves around the earth.
0.4	1010 watts	Mercantile economies lead to market economies and democracy. The oceans are discovered via wooden ships. Early science, first telescopes, understanding of magnetism, printing press, storage and mass production of grain. Empires extend their control over peoples who are not culturally, ethnically or geographically within their normal jurisdiction, with a goal of economic dominance over rival empires. Industrial revolution emerges with steam engines.
0.5	1011 watts	Liberal democracies that give the vote to all citizens. Explosion of science leads to combustion engines, flight and mass produced land vehicles. Computer revolution and related technologies emerge. Capitalism and free markets emerge.
0.6	1012 watts	First humans on the moon. Computers are networked and mass produced due to transistor miniaturization and integrated circuit boards. Nuclear power is embraced for good and bad.
0.7	1013 watts	Our current civilization. Global network / internet. First particle accelerators. Digital and data revolution. Nano technology. Early space race towards nearby planets and moons. Globally linked renewable energy sources to replace nuclear fission and coal plants.
0.8	1014 watts	Ability to choose what your children look like due to improved genetic engineering. First moon and Mars bases. Quantum computers. Utilization of Dark Matter and Energy. Fusion power becomes primary source of energy. Sending miniature objects to nearby stars.
0.9	1015 watts	The ability to fully control energy and weather systems on Earth which is a possible ecumenopolis. Bases around the solar system and harnessing of materials from asteroids. Sending the first ships to nearby stars.
1.0	1016 watts	Ability to completely control the Earth and Moon and possibly prevent aging.
1.1	1017 watts	Space travel becomes possible for most people. All species have been discovered. Ability to move asteroids away from earth or mine them. First space wars.
1.2	1018 watts	Colonization of the moon, ability to manipulate genes so that many common diseases are no longer a problem.
1.3	1019 watts	Space lifts, colonization of other planets, first invisibility, and the ability to upload brains to computers.
1.4	1020 watts	Interplanetary travel and first step to terraforming.
1.5	1021 watts	Possible discovery of aliens (if within home galaxy), discovered how consciousness works (possibly earlier) and what dark energy is.
1.6	1022 watts	Mining many asteroids, first humans in another solar system.
1.7	1023 watts	Beginning the construction of a dyson sphere, first warp drive and faster than light travel
1.8	1024 watts	Construction of an A.I. indistinguishable from that of a human being
1.9	1025 watts	First colony in another solar system, Dyson Sphere is nearly complete, ability to actively create species.
2.0	1026 watts	Dyson sphere is complete, along with star system colonization.
2.1	1027 watts	Multiple systems colonized.
2.2	1028 watts	Perfection of a virtual reality that looks and feels real. 100 stars colonized.
2.3	1029 watts	Holograms Become Real. This may happen much, much earlier with the use of nanotechnology, but the creation of metamaterials that serve the same purpose are here now.
2.4	1030 watts	First object sent to intergalactic space.
2.5	1031 watts	First easily noticeable time travel using relativistic time dilation.
2.6	1032 watts	Perfection of a virtual reality that looks and feels real. 1,000,000 stars colonized.
2.7	1033 watts	10,000,000 stars colonized, along with cloning at the quantum level
2.8	1034 watts	Ability to direct wormholes.
2.9	1035 watts	Entire galaxy Colonized.
3.0	1036 watts	First humans in other galaxies, ability to control things with your mind. This could be achieved very far in the past by the use of augmented technology, but now it is indistinguishable from telekinesis.
3.1	1037 watts	Colonization of the nearby satellite galaxies.
3.2	1038 watts	Complete compilation of an encyclopedia Galactica, an encyclopedia of all the notable things within the entire galaxy. Travel to the nearby galaxies is possible, along with intergalactic space stations.
3.3	1039 watts	Most galaxies in the local group are colonized.
3.4	1040 watts	Colonization of more than 100 galaxies. Mastery over all applications of quantum mechanics.
3.5	1041 watts	Colonization of thousand of galaxies. This is where humanity becomes nearly omnipotent within the universe.
3.6	1042 watts	Multiple galactic superclusters colonized. Knowledge over most of the universe. Galaxies can be created.
3.7	1043 watts	Millions of galaxies controlled. Superclusters are nothing but cities to such a civilization.
3.8	1044 watts	Billions of galaxies colonized. Compilation of every moment of the history of the universe in an Encyclopedia Cosmologica.
3.9	1045 watts	All of the universe is colonized.
4.0	1046 watts	All stars are discovered and all galaxies can be controlled.
4.1	1047 watts	All species of the universe are discovered.
4.2	1048 watts	Creation of galaxies is completed.
4.3	1049 watts	Second universe theorized.
4.4	1050 watts	Second universe found using advanced technologies, but we can’t enter yet
4.5	1051 watts	Simulating many universes within our own
4.6	1052 watts	Found some way to transfer light to another universe, but not subatomic particles, let alone humans.
4.7	1053 watts	Every single galaxy in the universe is colonized, subatomic particles transported to other universes and back.
4.8	1054 watts	Every star and planet in our universe colonized
4.9	1055 watts	First humans in another universe
5.0	1056 watts	Many universes being discovered
5.1	1057 watts	First galaxies of another universe are colonized
5.2	1058 watts	Travel back in time discovered
5.3	1059 watts	First superclusters of another universe colonized
5.4	1060 watts	Time travel utilized, explored 10 universes
5.5	1061 watts	Complete contact with species from other universes, completely colonized 10 universes.
5.6	1062 watts	1000 Universes discovered
5.7	1063 watts	Creation and destruction of universes is created, megaverse discovered
5.8	1064 watts	1000 universes colonized + laws of physics can be broken using other universes.
5.9	1065 watts	First humans in raw megaverse
6.0	1066 watts	Ability to control quantum mechanics
6.1	1067 watts	Humans colonize the first universal superclusters.
6.2	1068 watts	Humans have explored 1000 megaverses
6.3	1069 watts	Creation and destruction of multiverses
6.4	1070 watts	1000 megaverses colonized
6.5	1071 watts	Travel of time has gotten too far that we can travel back in time
6.6	1072 watts	About 1000 megaverse universes are COMPLETELY colonized
6.7	1073 watts	Discovery and exploration of Paraverse
6.8	1074 watts	We can travel back in time to the Big Bang
6.9	1075 watts	First humans in the omniverse
7.0	1076 watts	We are effectively gods
7.1	1077 watts	First multiverses of the omniverse are colonized
7.2	1078 watts	Contact with all species in the megaverse is done
7.3	1079 watts	Destruction and creation of a megaverse is possible
7.4	1080 watts	Found a way to travel to other dimensions, but not used yet
7.5	1081 watts	Every universe in the omniverse is colonized
7.6	1082 watts	Transferred matter to another dimension
7.7	1083 watts	We now have a complete book about all the universes, how they started, from the big bang
7.8	1084 watts	We can now create an infinite number of universes and modify the physical constants of a universe, such as the speed of light. We can also modify the fundamental laws of physics of those universes.
7.9	1085 watts	First humans to another dimension
8.0	1086 watts	First defense system to prevent humanity from self-destructing with AI
8.1	1087 watts	Exploration of first universes in another dimension
8.2	1088 watts	Found another dimensions, we are not entering yet
8.3	1089 watts	Explored many Megaverses of the dimension, having contacted almost all alien species
8.4	1090 watts	Small exploration of other dimensions, limited to only one multiverse
8.5	1091 watts	Colonization of almost the entire Omniverse of the other dimension
8.6	1092 watts	Exploring other dimensions
8.7	1093 watts	Afterlife fully discovered
8.8	1094 watts	Multidimension is explored alot
8.9	1095 watts	Megadimension is discovered, first humans in there.
9.0	1096 watts	Colonizing many parts of another megadimension
9.1	1097 watts	Megadimension is explored
9.2	1098 watts	Paradimension is discovered and explored
9.3	1099 watts	Access to the Omnidimension is found, but not done yet
9.4	10100 watts	Have contacted many species from Megadimension
9.5	10101 watts	Explored the omnidimension
9.6	10102 watts	Have colonized ALL the dimensions
9.7	10103 watts	Heaven, Hell or contact with god has been attempted, but failed
9.8	10104 watts	Have made a book of all dimensions and universes.
9.9	10105 watts	Have colonized every planet in every universe, multiverse, megaverse, omniverse, dimension, multidimension, megadimension and omnidimension.
10	10106 watts	The absolute civilization
10.1	10107 watts	civilization gets teleported to a verse that goes from type 10.1 to 99.9
10.2	10108 watts	HEAVEN!
10.3	10^109 watts	BEYOND HEAVEN!
10.4	10^110 watts	The Ultimate Absolute Civilization
10.5-10.9	10^111-10^116 watts	COLONIZING ALMOST EVERYTHING
11	10^116 watts	The Infinite Plex of Civilizations
12	??? watts	Absolute Civilization
13-16	??? watts	THE ULTIMATE BEYOND
16.1	??? watts	UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY OF THE BEYOND
16.2	??? watts	THE MASSIVE BEYOND
17	Infinity watts	Ability to upgrade any source of light, verse, ANYTHING!
17.1	OVER INFINITY watts	MORE UPGRADE, BEYOND ALL!
17.2	unknown watts	NEAR MAXIMUM TYPE
17.3	MAX! watts	THE FINAL TYPE CIVILIZATION ON THE KARDASHEV SCALE EVER MADE, HIGHER WILL BE DISCOVERED SOONER BY RESEARCHERS