If you have a modern processor, you don't really have idle CPU cycles. This isn't like the heady days of SETI@Home when your processor idled without really redu

If you have a modern processor, you don't really have idle CPU cycles. This isn't like the heady days of SETI@Home when your processor idled without really reducing its power usage all that much. Modern processors can have most of their silicon go dark, especially in the deeper C-states. The excess energy you would use is probably better spent elsewhere.