The 'silent majority'. When it comes to the electric power industry, the term applies to the bulk of electricity consumers. They who do not have a voice simply live their lives unaware of the product — unless electricity prices are skyrocketing or they are sitting in darkness,. (I consider electricity a manufactured product not just a source of energy.) As long as our modern life continues without interruption, the silent majority really couldn't care less about the loftier issues of power planning philosophy and public vs private ownership, or the technical details and advances of generation, transmission and distribution systems.
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