Re: Interesting concultural ideas

Quoting Muke Tever <alrivera@...>:

> From: "Andreas Johansson" <and_yo@...>
> > Some SETIite (Kardashev?) proposed the following classification of
> > technological civilizations:
> >
> > Type I Civilizations have mastered the energy resources of their
> planet
> > (we'd belong to this category).
>
> The sad part is, we *don't* belong to this category yet.  We don't,
> apparently, use anywhere near the full energy potential of our planet.
Or happy, depending on your political prejudice.  It is indeed
true, though:  only about 1/3 of the world's arable land surface
is currently used for agriculture.  (IIRC)

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