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It might be that what looks like a lot of resources to us is nothing compared to what they need. Imagine some natives living on a pacific island, concluding that, because there's loads of trees and a fair bit of sand around, there can't be any civilisations beyond the sea, or they would want the trees for themselves.
We might be able to test this by working out the distribution of stars, etc. we'd expect from the Big Bang.
If Robin is right, we'd expect their advanced descendants to be hundreds of light years away, heading even further away.
These are space-faring aliens we are talking about. Such creatures would likely use up every resource - and forward energy and information to the front, using lasers, with relays if necessary. There would be practically nothing left behind at all. The idea that they would be unable to utilise some kinds of planetary or solar resource - because they are too small and insignificant - does not seem remotely plausible to me.
Remember that these are advanced aliens we are talking about. They will be able to do practically anything.