Cookbook for a Galactic Empire – Civilization Demand and Resources for Energy Relative to Kardashev Scale
Currently the world economy is $82 trillion on a purchasing power parity basis (2012. The IMF is forecasting economic growth through 2016 for a world economy of $103 trillion. A world economy ten times larger will be a quadrillion dollar economy. Inflation and using future dollars will accelerate that milestone. Increasing growth every 20 years …