  Following up a recent proposal \cite{BF} for a cyclic model based on phantom
dark energy, we examine the content of the contracting universe (cu) and its
entropy $S_{cu}$. We find that beyond dark energy the universe contains on
average zero or at most a single photon which if present immediately after
turnaround has infinitesimally energy which subsequently blue shifts to produce
$e^+e^-$ pairs. These statements are independent of the equation of state
$\omega = p/\rho$ of dark energy provided $\omega < -1$. Thus $S_{cu} = 0$ and
if observations confirm $\omega < -1$ the entropy problem is solved. We discuss
the absence of a theoretical lower bound on $\phi = |\omega + 1|$, then
describe an anthropic fine tuning argument that renders unlikely extremely
small $\phi$. The present bound $\phi \lesssim 0.1$ already implies a time
until turnaround of $(t_T - t_0) \gtrsim 100$ Gy.
