"If at first the idea is not absurd, then there will be no hope for it." - ALBERT EINSTEIN
According to our math, you'd have to be traveling 2.6280406e+13 m/s, or, 87,662 times the speed of light, to travel 1 light year in 6 minutes. We believe that we'd need to have the capability to travel at such speeds if we, humanity, would like to have a significantly-increased chance at discovering the origins of the universe, discovering what may contain our universe (the multiverse), truly understanding the universe and everything in existence everywhere (including things beyond our universe such as the multiverse), finding and observing intelligent alien life, discovering complex never-before-seen phenomena in space, and simply surviving in the (super) long-term. It may seem impossible right now, and it is extremely difficult, but eventually, humanity could make warp drive technology a reality, despite the unimaginable amounts of energy that they require to function, and the continued existence of humanity would be 100% ensured. But without your (humanity's) help, it cannot be done. Warp Drive technology right now, as mentioned, seems virtually impossible to achieve, and it might even be physically impossible, however, "If something is important enough you should try, even if the probable outcome is failure." - Elon Musk.
As far as we know, one of the only ways we can technically travel faster than the speed of light through the universe is via a warp drive system, like the Alcubierre Warp Drive. Faster than light travel is practically essential for humanity in the long-term. The entire universe can never be completely explored, as it's infinite, but warp drives allow us to explore a lot more of it then we're currently able to explore, with early 21st century technology. Just as we discover a new species almost every day on Earth (as of January 2023), warp drives could enable us to discover a new unique phenomenon in space every day.
With Warp Drives, we can unlock the mind-blowing ability to travel across the universe at a much faster rate. We must explore the cosmos if we want any chance at finding the origins of everything from a physics perspective, discovering countless species of intelligent alien life, and more. If you had a choice, and the choice was to either live in a universe where we are still using traditional combustion-powered rockets and are confined to a small rock in a stupidly-normal part of a stupidly-normal galaxy, or, a universe where we are using warp-drive-powered spaceships exploring places we could have never imagined, living across several galaxies, which would you choose?
Another reason why warp drive technology would be useful is that it could be used to rapidly respond to and address threats from space, such as asteroids or other celestial objects on a collision course with Earth. With the ability to travel faster than the speed of light, a spacecraft equipped with warp drive technology could reach and intercept these objects much more quickly than would be possible with current technology. This could potentially save lives and prevent damage to infrastructure on Earth. Additionally, warp drive technology could be used to quickly transport humans and equipment to space in order to carry out missions to study and address these threats.
Currently, we use conventional radio waves w/ modulation for interplanetary and interstellar communication. Because radio waves are made of photons (light particles), we're limited by the speed of light, so communication in interplanetary or interstellar space can be extremely slow. Just a simple text message can take hundreds of years to transmit (distance-dependent). If we create warp drive technology, we would have discovered exotic energy (energy that has a negative density). This negative energy density can be used to create and sustain wormholes, which can be used to shorten the amount of time it takes data to get from place-to-place in space, allowing for near-instant communication across unthinkably-large distances.