Eat your pet?

[Brian Ellis]

Yuk, yuk, yuk!

Even worse!

[VJ]

Well, as an article it makes a valid point on the environmental impact of pets. In a similar article, I read that a great dane (the dog!), has about the same carbon footprint as an SUV driven averagely.

But as far as the eating is concerned: it is all but a cultural thing. Sure, eating dogs if considered "yuck!" in our regions, but when you think about it: we eat rabbits... Cute hopping creatures with long ears and fluffy tails... Or lambs...
The environmental impact of the cows we eat is huge (the amount of energy and water that needs to be put in just to some amount of nutritional value to us); eating insects (another "yuck!" ) would be much better in that aspect: to get the same nutritional value as 1 kg of meat, you need to put in far less energy and water. Personally, I'm convinced our eating habits will change (i.e. move to insects), but to accomplish something like that needs generations before people get rid of the "yuck" feeling...

[Brian Ellis]

I think the reverse should be done: process dead humans into canned dog meat. No cemeteries, with the consequent waste of land and pollution (methane and contaminating ground water), or fuel consuming and air-pollution-producing crematoria.

[VJ]

Soylent green...?

[Evildead666]

Brains, give me brains........

[Brian Ellis]

They say dog brains are particularly nutritious, but you must not overcook them

[TransformX]

Yuk, yuk, yuk!

Lies Lies Lies!!!
If they want to go that way, by all means go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal

The GHA for pets is a nasty twist on reality. Why? Nobody cultivates meat for pets. Pets get the rests of the meat cultivated for humans. In other words, pets eat mostly waste.
If you don't believe it, go check information about pet food and see how much of their food is made of indigestible protein coming from bones, hides and other waste products. When they start offering real food for our pets for a sensible price, we'll talk about our pets GHA. If you fed your SUV with the grade of fuel equivalent to the common pet food, your SUV will spend more time in the garage then on the road.

[Dr Mordrid]

They say dog brains are particularly nutritious, but you must not overcook them

Consuming central nervous system tissue is a good way to get nasty brain diseases that even cooking cannot get rid of since prions can survive even oven level heat. Damned things can even survive autoclaving, radiation and immersion in formalin.

[Brian Ellis]

Didn't you see the ? This was following ED666's message. I'm perfectly aware of prions, of course.

[Mehen]

Consuming central nervous system tissue is a good way to get nasty brain diseases that even cooking cannot get rid of since prions can survive even oven level heat. Damned things can even survive autoclaving, radiation and immersion in formalin.

Hrm, good to know.