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rob05c · 3965 days ago · link · · parent · post: A Parallel Between Present Society and Pre-Industrial Revolution Society
Futurists talk about "Type 1 Civilizations" and "Type 2 Civilizations." I don't think those labels will apply. Energy doesn't "go away" when we use it. It simply turns into a form that's less usable. I think we'll eventually figure out how to recapture all "waste" energy. Hence, the energy available will be effectively limitless. Energy will no longer be a limiting factor, for anything. I think we'll reach that stage long before we would otherwise reach Type 2 on the Kardashev scale. It may even be engendered by the AI Singularity. Disclaimer: I'm a software engineer, not a mechanical engineer or a physicist.Energy is everything.
I think there will be an Energy Singularity, just like the predicted AI Singularity.