Rethinking the Kardashev Scale

We need better resolution on the problem.

The Kardashev is a staple of discussions about the development and colonisation of space. Initially proposed as three discreet classifications of civilisations by Nikolai Kardashev in 1964, where a Type 1 civilisation would control the energy of a planet, a Type 2 civilisation would control the energy of a star, and a Type 3 civilisation would control t…