Value: Late Industrial
Confidence: Canon
Diesel, heavy industry, coal power, early nuclear and computing.
Value: 0.65
Min: 0.55
Max: 0.70
Confidence: CalculatedGuess
References:
88 k TWh in 1980.
Value: 1.15e9
Min: 1.1e9
Max: 1.2e9
Confidence: Canon
References:
Quick Wikipedia research. Error bars guestimated.
Value: 6
Confidence: Canon
TL 6 Atomic. Nuclear fission (1945), electronic computing (ENIAC 1946), jet aircraft. Hardest tech: nuclear fission, i.e. splitting atoms for energy and weapons. Note: TL 6 despite Class 5 (Industrial) because fission exists but society is still industrially structured. Technology leads societal reach.
Value: 5
Confidence: Canon
Diesel engines, huge industrial plants, coal power plants. Nuclear and computers just emerging. Class 5 Industrial.
Diesel engines, huge industrial plants, coal power plants.