Are You Ready For The Eel Thing?

An electric eel powering a Christmas tree is on display in a Japanese aquarium. The tank the eel is in houses two electric panels that act as electrodes, picking up the eel's discharge. The eel itself has the capability of producing a shock of up to 500 volts and 1 ampere of current (500 watts), although the guy in the video says 800. Inventor Kazuhiko Minawa -who is responsible for the electricity harvesting system- stated "If we could gather all electric eels from all around the world, we would be able to light up an unimaginably giant Christmas tree." Wow Kazuhiko, wow. That really sounds great... except for the one drawback: apparently electric eel power generation is only good for lighting Christmas trees.