You'll need three times more to power all the standby devices in the US, and nobody is doing something as simple as to powering down their tv/console when they stop using it. People don't even unplug their chargers after their phone is charged.
Edit: Found one myself: https://ccaf.io/cbeci/index/comparisons
Interestingly gold mining also uses more electricity than Bitcoin mining and that doesn't even include the associated costs of pollution, cleanups etc. Gold also isn't a network that can transfer value. On the other hand some of it is used in industrial applications.
To me, that’s a flaw of the charger if it keeps working when no device is connected.
As for TVs and others, we need to mandate a front-facing power switch, because most TVs/devices don’t have one anymore.
Have you ever worked at a big corporation? They pay for some stupid useless shit just because it’s nobody’s job to stop paying for the service.
and who's to judge it was useless? If you're the one paying, then you can make this judgement. Otherwise, you're merely putting your own moral values above someone else's.
If somebody was growing weed indoors, or they're smelting aluminium, then they're not wasting?