“There will be a point in the future where a civilization will look up and notice that everything is moving away. And if they have the technology to do it, then they will try to grab everything they can before it disappears.” says astrophysicist Dan Hooper, in his paper Life Versus Dark Energy.

https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/the-great-star-heist-and-the-race-to-outrun-dark-energy

2 Comments

  1. starstarstar42 on

    This assumes a K3+ civilization that is so advanced that it expects to still be around qaudrillions of years later and is worried about energy needs in the future year of 10^103.

  2. toomanynamesaretook on

    There is plenty enough in the milky way I’ll tell you what. More than you can shake a stick at.