I've been learning about many aspects of science all of my life, and have come to understand the following:
Energy is neither created, nor destroyed. (Classical Physics)
Space is expanding. (Cosmology)
In a vacuum, there are virtual particles being created and destroyed, where a pair of virtual particles have an average lifespan of $n$ seconds. (Quantum Mechanics)
The average energy in a volume of vacuum is 0 over a duration of $m$ seconds. (Quantum Mechanics)
My question is, since the volume is increasing resulting in a larger instantaneous vacuum energy, even though the vacuum energy is 0 on average, does this mean that there is new energy being created in the universe ?
