Method to reduce maintenance costs and the carbon footprint in land management

Abstract

A method of reducing maintenance costs and carbon footprints near/on roadways, airports, public and private right of ways, military areas, unused construction areas, government and subsidy lands by utilizing these areas for the growth of biofuel feedstock materials. Crops used for production of biofuels could be grown in or around these areas and processed into biofuels in the same general area. This process would produce lower exhaust emissions compared with fossil fuels, decrease cost of maintenance of roadways and public right of ways, decrease the United States dependence on foreign oil and decrease transportation costs of fuels to customers, alleviate pest pressures, reduce storm water runoff and help to control fire danger. This process includes, but is not limited to sustainable tillage growth of common biofuels feedstock crops including: canola, rape, mustard, camelina, sunflower; harvesting said crops and turning the biomass yield into biofuels.

1 . A method for reducing maintenance costs and carbon footprints along regions including but not limited to areas associated with roadways, airports, public and private right of ways, military areas, unused construction areas, power line areas, government and subsidy lands comprising:
 Establishing biomass;   Culturing biomass;   Harvesting biomass;   Conversion of Biomass into Biofuels.   
     
     
         2 . A method for reducing maintenance costs and carbon footprints in areas described in  claim 1 , further comprising the conversion of said biomass on or near the harvesting equipment.