Recent laboratory measurements have established quantum electrodynamic (QED) vacuum polarization supports a finite self-interaction energy density~\cite{TkatchenkoPRL2023}, observable through Casimir forces and coherent dipolar fluctuations. Building on these results, this work proposes the same scalar vacuum polarization responsible for inertial normalization also mediates a weak, persistent energy flux when coupled to matter through the Higgs vacuum expectation value~\cite{Weinberg1967,PDG2024}. This interaction~\cite{TkatchenkoSA2023,Milonni1994} manifests as a vacuum resistance, characterized experimentally as an impedance-like response rather than spontaneous energy generation~\cite{DAncalmo2026_001}.