Do you have to be unnecessarily abrupt? If you take a step back, I think you can see the point I'm making.
Language is hardly an exact science, but I would consider running equipment that is providing functionality beyond what one needs (typically consuming more electricity) something akin to a vampire load. Can you proffer a better term?
You have the good fortune, at least as far as energy prices are concerned, to live in the US. In parts of Europe some people are, at certain times, paying up to 1 euro per KWh. Incredible prices. This doesn't apply to you, but I did preface my statement with 'this depends', making it a general statement, not a response to your situation in particular.
My response was to what you wrote, because you seemed to be suggesting that loads of a certain type (yet to be accurately named) were immaterial. This may be the case in the US, but elsewhere certainly not.
Maybe a third term is necessary for running equipment which overprovides on functions (for x individual), yet consumes more electricity in doing so. This is obviously some kind of wastage.
I haven't paid much, if any attention, to what you are doing personally. I'm sure you care about energy usage, but I can understand why it would be less pressing for you to do so than someone in the UK/EU. My response was to you saying this:
"I don't consider a freezer or fridge vampire usage. Nor my wireless router."
In a US centric way, you're correct, but with regards to Europe any wastage, including from running equipment that provides excess functionality at the expense of higher energy consumption, is likely costly and could benefit from being addressed.