If the motion is indeed "relative", then we must look for a "relative" mechanism of action.
we could have a local change in energy, or a local change in gravitational field, a or local change in velocity.
or all three.
but most likely the cause is local.
we dont need to look for dark energy out in deep space if the problem is right here at home.
I think that gravity is part of the cause for dark energy.
I understand that gravity waves carry away energy.
and that accelerating mass creates gravity waves.
so if quarks vibrate they would create gravitational waves that carry away some of their energy.
so i must conclude that atoms lose energy over time through the gravitational field.
less energy = less mass = less gravitational field = less lorentz contraction = expansion?