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In Bill's interesting piece, he associates high electric field with high
voltage (megavolts? teravolts?)
In fact the field is a measure of the product of potential and distance,
so a few volts at very close quarters can do the trick.
I'm sure he is aware of how easily electrostatic voltage can break down
junctions on field effect transistors. The voltage is not so high, but the
dimensions are very small.