Porcine petroleum

Porcine petroleum, also known as "pig crude", is a crude oil chemically engineered by man to behave and function similar to diesel fuel.

A typical pig produces about 6 gallons of waste a day. With further research, large-scale chemical processing in a refinery-style environment could help the United States become less dependant on foreign sources of oil.

On May 11th, 2006, a team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign including Professor Yuanhui Zhang, a bio-environmental engineer, discovered a breakthrough method for converting raw pig waste (manure) into a form of crude oil.

Currently, no research has been conducted to determine how current commercial vehicles could operate on this type of fuel.