Michio Kaku predicts that we will emerge as a type 1 civilization near the beginning of the 22nd century. Do you think we are capable of this in the 100 years we have to do so.

A Type I designation is a given to species who have been able to harness all the energy that is available from a neighboring star, gathering and storing it to meet the energy demands of a growing population. This means that we would need to boost our current energy production over 100,000 times to reach this status. However, being able to harness all Earth’s energy would also mean that we could have control over all natural forces. Human beings could control volcanoes, the weather, and even earthquakes! (At least, that is the idea.) These kinds of feats are hard to believe, but compared to the advances that may still be to come, these are just basic and primitive levels of control (it’s absolutely nothing compared to the capabilities of societies with higher rankings).

I think its entirely possible if we get our priorities straight. We need to focus more on advancing ourselves as a species and not so much on greed and war.

This post was edited by Yohey on Apr 5 2016 08:39am

no

Pure science fiction.
More likely to go extinct than that non sense.

the raw materials required for a dyson sphere would take all of humanity a 100 years to gather

Yeah cause billions of people are likely to go extinct lel! moron.

You should really read up on Nuclear winter if you think Humans are safe.

Didn't say it was likely , just a real conceivable possibility as compared to the sci-fi fantasy of the o/p.

They are almost certainly going to go extinct eventually.

"they"? that sounds like something an alien would say.... hmmmmmm

Dumbass...