We often get questions about whether (my civilization) can do this or that. While they are fun to answer, there is the tedious and seemingly inevitable bit about asking the OP about the desired technological level of the society.
I'm thinking of a community wiki post whereby we create a finely graded Kardashev scale, with examples at each interval of the presumable (science-based) capabilities of such civilizations. So going from Type 0 to Type 3 (or even 4) in .1 increments using the Sagan logarithmic scale interpretation.
$\huge{K=\frac{log_{10}P-6}{10}}$
where K is a civilization's Kardashev rating and P is the power used by that civilization in watts. Thus humanity cca 2011 would be
${\frac{log_{10}(17.4\times10^{12})-6}{10}}=\frac{13.24-6}{10}\approx0.7$ on the continuous Kardashev scale.
There is already at least one place on the internet where this was done, but not rigorously and only with literary examples in mind.
I was thinking of adding in some extra help-factors, like easy conversion tables between $BTU/day$, $J/yr$, $W$ and other measures of energy magnitude and output, the energy required to power a spaceship to fractions of the speed of light and projections at various linearized growth rates of humanity's energy usage growth, and the time to reach various thresholds under those conditions, and perhaps estimates of the power output of humanity or specific civilizations at some point in the past.
While admirable, the scale of this question is likely beyond my current time commitment capacity. Would there be interest in participating in a wiki page for such an endeavor?
Before unleashing this on the Main, I would love feedback on the general feasibility of such a wiki, things that I'm missing out on, and other general thoughts and advice.
EDIT: Under severe time constraints at the moment, will try to build this up in here in preparation of posting on main in a few days' time