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<br>It's bad enough for some prop planes to be described as being powered by elastic band. Now the skeptics could begin having a dig at industrial aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
<br>With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from rising oil prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to discover practical options to conventional kerosene and these so far seem to come down to various kinds of biofuel.<br>
<br>Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by [British aviation](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each [utilized](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) different blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives consisting of some from made from [jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for growing mainstream foods items.<br>
<br>[Jatropha](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) is a genus of around 175 [succulent](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited)), from the [household Euphorbiaceae](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).<br>
<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs mentioned [Jatropha curcas](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) as one of the best [candidates](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) for future [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) production. It is resistant to drought and pests, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.<br>
<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research [Support Foundation](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) transferred to bring out research study and advancement into the usage of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airlines](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as [tactical experts](https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4) for the task.<br>
<br>The most recent airline to begin try out brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has [conducted internal](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) US [flights](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) using a blend of 80 % [petroleum based](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) fuel and 20% biofuel made from [cooking oil](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile). This mixture, it is claimed, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.<br>
<br>One truly motivating advancement has been the move far from biofuels which complete head on with food customers thereby preventing a price spiral. Not so long back, a rise in usage of biofuels in vehicles caused a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and [vehicle drivers](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) will [focus biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) intake on such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and algae. It would be a blended blessing indeed if some individuals ended up starving simply to please another person's green qualifications.<br>