I hadn't made the connection to the Kardashev Scale, but it has occurred to me (and many others) that bitcoin makes potential energy sources economical, regardless of local energy demand.

This will radically change how energy is developed and where people live, similar to the oil booms and gold rushes of the past. Every remote river and volcano will be tapped for bitcoin mining, which will enable communities to form in entirely new places, around the new energy infrastructure.

Eventually, all of the energy sources are tapped.