Talk:Ultra Beam/@comment-30947684-20170530142309/@comment-50.100.60.146-20170730054032

1 horsepower is pretty straight forward, it's based on the power generated by a single horse pulling a cart. It is equivallent to 0.7457 kilowatts, or about the power of a compact microwave. The world's last battleship USS Iowa had the propulsion power of 230 000 horsepower, which sent the 40 000 tonne machine forward at 60km/h. so 500 000 horsepower is about enough to power two Iowa class battleships. The world's first officially stated nuclear powered carrier, USS Enterprise, has an officially stated power output of 280 000 horsepower. The stated top output of the Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Power Plant is 2.68 Million horsepower, so about 5 times 500 000 horsepower. This is enough power to power a significant percent of the Greater Toronto Area.