@Troy123 I understand. Maybe, during those billions of years, the civilisation reset button has been triggered several times over. Perhaps our current civilisation is just accelerating when the next reset happens, give and take a few thousand years??
@Ironicman From what I understand, the industrial revolution started in (I think) 1745 in Britian with one wool die factory. That's 270 odd years. I don't know if that short amount of time could have such an effect. I also believe that they have not factored in sun spot activity.
