Speaking as a former resident of a large "pig farming" region in S.E. NC, these guys are sitting on a gold mine with their "lagoons" that could have been converted to Methanol for pennies on the dollar.
They were "subsidized" by the Feds and State, and "promised the EPA would chill out" regarding useful pig waste.
Why am I not surprised, by this OP?
More people died of the last rushed "flu" vaccine under Jimmy Carter, and that scare.