Think Like A Planet
Climate Change For Aliens
September 9, 2017 (Astrobiology Magazine)
“…NASA astronomers have discovered¬¬ seven Earth-like planets, potentially harboring life, orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1, not too far from Earth…[Hypothetical worlds are often categorized on the Kardashev scale, which] takes energy use as the key indicator of a civilization’s advancement…[It has three categories, a Type 1 civilization which uses all] the energy that reaches its planet from its parent star…A Type 2 civilization is capable of using all the energy put out by its star and planetary system…A super-advanced Type 3 civilization harnesses all the energy of its home galaxy…[Researchers have] devised a new classification scheme for the evolution of civilizations based on the idea that it’s not just how much energy you use, but how you use it that matters…[They] determined that in order to survive long-term, a civilization must learn to ‘think like a planet’–or risk the civilization’s demise…Earth might reach [the highest classification] in the future if humanity successfully advances to harvest energy in forms like solar that do not harm the biosphere…” click here for more
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