This article says the moon may start moving closer to the Earth in the distant future; could this be true?

Bruce Dorminey wrote an article for Forbes with the title of "Earth And Moon May Be On Long-Term Collision Course". The article notes:

"For now, our anomalously large Moon is spinning away from us at a variable rate of 3.8 centimeters per year. But, in fact, the Earth and Moon may be on a very long-term collision course --- one that incredibly some 65 billion years from now, could result in a catastrophic lunar inspiral."

It seems a little illogical that the Moon would suddenly start running toward earth at a far distance. Multiply 3.8 by 65 billion you get 2,470,000,000(May be innacurate). The article also notes this:

"As a result, the timing of the Moon’s ongoing recession is hard to precisely predict. That’s because, as Barnes1 points out, the Earth goes through glacial and interglacial cycles, causing the area of shallow seas to change as sea level rises and falls."

Is it possible to understand how/why the author believes that the Moon could fall into a lunar inspiral? Please cite sources, thanks!

1Jason Barnes, a planetary scientist at the University of Idaho

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• I believe the Moon's outward migration is very gradually slowing, so 3.8 cm/s $\times$ 65 billion years will probably overestimate things. Feb 26 at 15:24
• If/(when?) The Earth becomes tidally locked to the Moon, then there will no longer be a force slowly moving the Moon away and the solar tides may actually reverse the movement. But the timing of such things is into the many billions of years. Feb 26 at 16:11
• The Sun will become a red giant in about 5 billion years. By that time the Earth will have been consumed by the Sun. If not, drag from the Sun's atmosphere will have caused the Moon to crash into Earth. If not, further drag will cause both the Earth and the Moon to be destroyed without any contact with each other. Feb 26 at 16:11
• Relevant publication? Sasaki et al. 2012 Feb 26 at 17:59