> ... Everyone starts driving giant vehicles. That should get our energy consumption up enough for Type 1. That sounds like optimizing for KPI to me, in which

> ... Everyone starts driving giant vehicles. That should get our energy consumption up enough for Type 1. That sounds like optimizing for KPI to me, in which case we'll be doing it wrong. The only way to arrive there naturally is to have more efficient ways of generating energy (fusion, renewable, etc). > ... advanced civilization may decide not to use all the energy it theoretically could Energy generation & consumption (which are both tied to future prices, etc) always appear to be a game-theoretical optimization at geopolitcal and social-economical scales. Even in the current days (eg gazprom, nato, etc.) When we reach Type 1, we would have greatly reduced the cost of energy (resource-cost and enviromental-impact wise) and global economy will become more intervined and convoluted. The social-cultural implication would be fascinating too. Many existing status quos will crumble as the cost-to-transform skyrockets [1]. (Also: eg perhaps that's when crypto finally makes sense and become stable?) [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28331939 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28331939