KAYSVILLE, Utah -
Utah State University is experimenting with biofuels and the type of crops that produce them. Graduate student Dallas Hanks wants to grow Safflower and other oil seed crops on the sides of freeways. A section of land in Kaysville is a simulation of such a road side plot. Researchers are testing four methods of airation and fertilization to see which is most cost effective and what grows the most fuel. The food versus fuel debate of using traditional agriculture land to produce vehicle fuel sparked the idea.
The Utah Department of Transportation has funded much of the project. UDOT would save on mowing costs and possibly use the biofuel in their fleets. Utah state says they are the only ones trying to grow biofuel on alternative lands. They are leading a national alliance that hopes to have biofuel on roadsides all over the country.
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The Utah Department of Transportation has funded much of the project. UDOT would save on mowing costs and possibly use the biofuel in their fleets. Utah state says they are the only ones trying to grow biofuel on alternative lands. They are leading a national alliance that hopes to have biofuel on roadsides all over the country.
FOX 13's Arikka Von has more.
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