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Automation/robotics will drive the cost of nearly anything near zero. If/when robots are able to make themselves and repair themselves, and handle more complex tasks, the only limit to what can be built would be mineral resources.
Consider a solar, wind or (fill in the blank) factory that is nearly 100% automated. Resources are mined by robots, delivered to factories by robots, turned into solar panels by robots, and installed by robots. The cost of anything is related to human time consumption. Robot time is worth almost nothing, especially if they were built and maintained by other robots.
I don't know if we'll get there any time in the next century. In some ways robotics has exploded, but in other ways still has a lot of obstacles to overcome. AI/machine learning is a difficult nut to crack.
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