GolfFoxtrotLima@ani.social to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoFrance’s nuclear fleet gives it one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity gridsourworldindata.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareQuibblekrust@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoSince when is a group of stationary power plants called a “fleet”?
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoAlmost any group of things is sometimes called a fleet. But yeah, “nuclear fleet” almost always means something else.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoCollective nouns be super random. My guess is that each piece of generating equipment can be called into action like a ship at sea.
Since when is a group of stationary power plants called a “fleet”?
Almost any group of things is sometimes called a fleet.
But yeah, “nuclear fleet” almost always means something else.
Collective nouns be super random.
My guess is that each piece of generating equipment can be called into action like a ship at sea.