Google Services, battery usage and other areas of confusion

Google Services uses more battery as it encompasses more things, but that doesn't help with the confusion factor Jonathan wrote in with a concern: Battery drain since 4.3 and/or new PlayStore Am I the only one to have this problem? I have the same situation on both Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 10. Play Services takes a great chunk out of the battery. Thank you. It's not just you, Jonathan. Seems like everyone running the combination of Android 4.3 with the new Google Play services (which, really, ever...