IBM World Community Grid Tackles Rice Crisis

lol i leave my computer on 24/7

I'm running BOINC on my laptop. After leaving it for a while the computer heats up. It didn't used to do that before I ran BOINC. If it heats up, by Joule's law, it means more electricity is used up. Therefore, yes, your electricity bill will slightly increase as a result.
I guess it depends on whether you believe this world community grid is actually helping, or is just a waste of time and electricity. And bigger electricity usage means more pollution. A bit of a joke, really.

If you only run the software while already using your computer, the increase in power use is negligible. World Community Grid say it is equivalent to a low energy lightbulb - a few watts.

Their default setting of 60% of your processor is specifically designed for laptops, to ensure they don't overheat. Other BOINC projects will use 100% by default, and that isn't a good setting for a laptop.

There is more about power use on the World Community Grid website.

Then think of your slightly higher electricity bill as your way of donating.

electricity must be cheap where you live. My computers are off when not in use.

Hey, so when you go to the bathroom or go to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee you shutdown your computer??? Ok, come on, you can setup the agent to work only when the computer is running the screensaver and you are out for some minutes. It does not cost a dime, but can save a life.

actually it does cost more than a dime. i use to run seti@home back in the day when it first launched and it did suck some juice.

Save a life? That's questionable. I'm yet to see one program like this generate anything of real use. Please send a link to correct me. I would really like to know.

@thiswaythat 75 papers published as a result of this work

That genetic stuff is trying to cheat the nature.. I´m worry it´ll be probably worse the medicine than disease

Humans have been trying to breed better crops for over a thousand years. Selecting certain crops to breed a crop with a higher yield isn't against nature, but so what if it was? Driving a car, sitting behind a computer, taking medicine or whiping your ass with toilet paper isn't natural either.
Even the Amish have nothing against breeding crops! What are you? The world's first pro-famine human?