CIA. In that case… 
If they were stuffed in a Pigg-O-Stat, would they have had much of a choice?
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I’d say not. And no low-tech straps to mar the skin of our intrepid spooks. Nope. Only smooth Lexan. The best!
This bugs me, but shouldn’t the measurement be volts, not watts? If we’re talking about charging a Tesla, standard US home outlets use either 110V or 220V. Unless I totally misread this whole thing and Torchinsky means using the eels as stored energy, as in: batteries.
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There are very few people who dream dreams like Torchinsky does.
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Charging batteries requires voltage and current applied over time, so the right unit of measuring charging capability would be Watts.
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Current = amps, not watts, yes?
Ohm’s Law?
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Electrical power is measured in Watts (capitalized; derived from James Watt), is 1 Joule per second or 1 Volt x 1 Amp. Battery capacity is measured in Amp hours (Ahr), but batteries also require voltage to receive a charge, so power (Watts) is the best way of describing charging capability.
In the article, they describe the charging capability of the eels in power delivered over time. You could also describe it in charge (Coulombs), but that would be silly. 
ETA:
Doesn’t come into play here, except on the periphery as it helps to match the impedance of the battery and the charger. Good chargers vary their impedance as a battery charges and the impedance changes.
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I stand corrected.
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Sit down. You’re wasting energy. 
Is ethanol not energy?
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Potentially…
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Then I’m doing my bit.
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