Study To Determine If Trees Killed By Bugs Could Fuel Cars
This couled be pretty cool if it works out. We have an epidemic in the west of trees killed by beetles. But those trees may not have to go to waste now. A new $10 million, five-year research program will study if beetle-killed trees can be turned into biofuel for cars and trucks. And in the process, it could help cut the risk of forest fires.
NBC News looks at what it would take to make it happen.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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