Oddbean new post about login | logout A typical antimatter reactor, like those in Star Trek TOS, generating 50 terawatts of power would require the equivalent of around 600 very large oil pipelines to supply an equivalent amount of energy using crude oil. Each pipeline, capable of carrying 1.2 million barrels per day, would collectively transport about 705.9 million barrels per day to match the energy output of such a reactor.