Virtual particles aren't particles, and don't get created out of nothing. They're a mathematical trick to simplify (read: make tractable) physics in a particula

Virtual particles aren't particles, and don't get created out of nothing. They're a mathematical trick to simplify (read: make tractable) physics in a particular formalism. Apart from being drawn as particles on diagrams, they violate every rule of what a particle is supposed to be. There are formalisms where they aren't necessary, for example quantum lattice models.