CREDIT: "SATELLITE VIEW OF PLANET EARTH" BY PURESTOCK ON THINKSTOCK
Out of all the civilizations put forth by the Kardashev Scale, we are only type 0 as we burn through our resources rather than generate new ones.

Humans are always on the continuous brink of destructive reality. We possess the capabilities of destroying our planet several times over. So now we stop and think twice about our power.

We, as a planetary civilization, can disintegrate all forms of complex life that exists on Earth. We don’t do it because, if done, we know that we won’t be able to come back. We fear ourselves and our nature of unpredictability when it comes to always keeping ourselves leveled.

We as a species hold grudges and resent one another. As a species, we are not united. Our decisions don’t represent the feeling of our closest group, let alone our species on this planet.

We as a species are divided; we can’t stand together in making a decision because there is always someone somewhere that is going to be affected in some negative way. But let’s think about something before coming back to this idea of self-destruction.

The Kardashev Scale was defined for the purpose of trying to understand how advanced a civilization is, thinking in the amount of energy it needs to fuel itself and its endeavours.

It originally started as type I, II and III. Much can be said about this, but let’s point out a few things. Type I is a civilization that is planetary, it has renewable energy sources and even has control over many plentiful forms of energy.

A type II civilization feeds on the energy generated from its local star and probably has started a colonization of nearby solar systems. Its need of energy are greater than type I civilization, especially if you want to travel to other solar systems and not only send drones.

A type III civilization is somewhat galactic. It has many colonies around the galaxy and probably has been pondering the idea of colonizing other galaxies. In each case, a civilization needs more energy than the last.

The purpose of saying all this? That these civilizations are classified under the assumption that the civilization in question has reached a level of development (not just technological advancement) in which it reached some sort of agreeability with itself to produce a conscious understanding at that precise moment, that when having power to destroy itself, it chose to not do it.

Where are we? We are type 0, we aren’t a global civilization, we are still defining what we are as a species, what we want for ourselves and our way of life or our purpose of existing and purpose in happiness.

We fight each other over nonrenewable energy sources. We are just starting to realize the finite capabilities of our planet and yet we are putting pressure on it. We as a species take over resources since it is easier than to generate new ones. We are not only type 0 as a civilizations energy needs, we are also type 0 in our agreeability as a civilization with itself. Will we survive ourselves? We are at a breaking point. Let’s consider the possibility that our universe is a cemetery of type 0 civilizations, and we know why.