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Thinking about singularities and the speed of light

I apologize that this takes so much explanation. From what I understand about the idea of the "singularity" in a black hole, it's not taken literally as Infinite mass in zero density or whatever it means exactly. More likely, singularities or infinities are where the equations break from reality, as I've understood.

Given that thought, I was thinking about the oft repeated idea that reaching the speed of light requires infinite energy for any massive object. Given what I have stated above (assuming I'm not mistaken) could this energy requirement simply be where the equations break down rather than reality? Perhaps there is actually an extreme amount of energy that could accelerate matter to the speed of light?