Vampiric Standyby Power

The term "vampire" power describes the phenomena where devices that are plugged into an outlet in the off position but still cause a power drain.  This can be caused by almost anything plugged into an outlet such as: TV's, computers, video games consoles, various device charging cables, or any device that has a standby function.
Some steps have already been taken to fix this.  For example, government regulates that all devices have some kind of standby mode that only uses only 1 watt of power.  This does nothing to prevent charging cables though. This video show an outlet plug that attempts to fix this problem.

Vampire power is just another example of how inefficient our energy system is.