Talk:Universal Constructor/@comment-5008368-20160328035324

The schematic can probably be interpreted in one of two ways: either they meant "kilo-exa-volts" (demonstrating an unfamiliarity with metric prefixes), meaning 10^22 volts or 10 zettavolts, or they truly meant 10 kilovolts and the "e" is a typo. (One of my greatest peeves in gaming canon is people who say state facts based on a single typo in the Palookaville Post as if it's Word of God. ;-)) I can't modify the article to suit because this is extrapolation rather than proven fact, but I highly doubt they meant kilo-electronvolts. =)  I find kilovolts to be more plausible, as the stated figure of amperes is also in the tens of thousands. Using this assumption, the power consumption required is 280 megawatts, which is within the capacity of a typical small 480 MW nuclear reactor operating at a sustainable load of 60% of maximum.