Accelerating Climate Change (Prediction)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/

Is it just me, or is using spare CPU cycles - and therefore more electricity, and more heat generated by the systems - not going to do much for the environment and therefore the climate?

Did they just not think quite so clearly?

There are already concerns that computers and TVs are being left on standby and wasting millions of kilowatts per year of electricity, which is contributing to the high cost of power, reduction of fossil fuel reserves, contributing to climate change and so on.