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The Kardashev Scale, developed by Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev, measures a civilization's technological advancement based on their energy consumption. Elon Musk's ambitions to harness 1% of a Type I civilization's energy—enough energy to generate 1,000 times the power Earth currently uses—would require vast resources. Achieving this entails constructing numerous solar facilities, potentially covering Mars to produce the required energy, as the planet offers abundant space devoid of terrestrial constraints.