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New word for the day: "prosumer"

Apparently, I'm not a consumer any more, but a prosumer: https://electrical.theiet.org/wiring-matters/issues/74/latest-developments-in-international-standards-for-prosumers-low-voltage-electrical-installations/.


  - Andy.
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  • I normally think of "generators" rather than "producers" when it comes to electricity. So I might have preferred "Gensumer" rather than Prosumer - and that also avoids confusion with the more usual meaning of "pro" as an abbreviation of professional and is consistent with other related terminology such as SSEG (small scale embedded generation).


    (I'm still trying to think of a long technical sounding description that abbreviates down to something vaguely amusing)


      - Andy.
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  • I normally think of "generators" rather than "producers" when it comes to electricity. So I might have preferred "Gensumer" rather than Prosumer - and that also avoids confusion with the more usual meaning of "pro" as an abbreviation of professional and is consistent with other related terminology such as SSEG (small scale embedded generation).


    (I'm still trying to think of a long technical sounding description that abbreviates down to something vaguely amusing)


      - Andy.
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