The vast majority of resources in the universe are unavailable to us, and will likely remain so unless we make efficient use of the resources that are available to us.

>You are assuming resources are limited, but they are infinite. Making the assumption the Universe is infinite.

Silliest thing I've read all day. There are huge costs associated with extracting resources here on earth, let alone from the stars. And even if "the universe" is infinite, no new matter is being generated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe

Huge costs for a scarcity based economy. I guess that will be changing soon enough.