Find my mac service

Hi everyone,
I was wondering if activating the "find my mac" find my mac option in icloud (system preferences) could drain a lot of battery power.
I would think no but since everyone says that the localisation service is very power-hungry on ios and recommands to shut it down in order to optimise battery life, I wondered if it was the same on my macbook pro...
Anyone has an idea?

*sigh* Was hoping for more helpful and informed response than that - I just lost a bet.
I don't want to nitpick around LOST vs STOLEN here, and I'm not suggesting Apple become a policing body in this whole mix.
My request is around
1. The fact that if my 'LOST' device were 'FOUND', the security measure called  Find my Mac/Iphone has a flaw in that it can be disabled without requiring any authentication - maybe an enhancement to be made here?
2. How possible would it be at some point to be able to see logins and attempts on our AppleIDs along with the device information - such as serial number and device type associated with it. Quite possibly an invaluable feature as part of the MARKETED security and privacy features given at the moment.
Lastly, Prey is nothing more or less than what Find my Mac/Iphone is, except that it'll require authentication to enable/disable. So suggesting that Prey ARE the police and WILL help with recovering stolen products is a bit contradictory.
Lol and hopefully the next response doesn't begin with a juvenile 'First of all...' - not a good start
Message was edited by: Dominique.ZA
DYAC! :)

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    Message was edited by: Dominique.ZA
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