  Energy production plays a primary role in industrial capacity and thus
material standard of living of any civilization. The Industrial Revolution was
engendered by a vast growth of motive energy production. Solar Power Revolution
has the potential of increasing global energy production by a factor of 160 and
engendering a new technological revolution in industry, food production and
transportation. Electric energy can be used for vast expansion of industry.
Electric energy can be used to extract vast amount of hydrocarbon motor fuel
and chemicals from unconventional oil resources and coal. It can also be used
to produce liquid hydrocarbon fuel, chemicals, and animal feed from water and
carbon dioxide. Electric energy can be used to connect the World by a network
of rapid transit, such as Magnetic Levitation Trains (MagLev). The Solar Power
Revolution will enable Earth to sustain a population of 50 billion at material
living standards much higher than corresponding standards in USA 2020. Global
civilization which harvests the maximum possible fraction of solar energy
falling on Earth is called Kardashev 1 Civilization. It is also the stepping
stone toward the Final Frontier of Humankind -- Kardashev 2 Civilization, which
has colonized the Solar System.
