Warp efficiency to jump number

[Erik Boielle]

Originally posted by Drakon:
Earlier, I did some number crunching on the Jump drives. 5 tons of liquid H comes yields 32 Terawatts of energy, (assuming 110% efficiency). That is a lot of juice, and while any FTL drive is going to require a lot of juice, well, 32 Terawatts is a lot of juice?

http://members.tripod.com/da_theoretical1/wecenergy.html

 

[Drakon]

This appears to be old news. See
http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/gr-qc/0107097
http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/gr-qc/9905084

On a somewhat related note.
http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/gr-qc/0207109