Add Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum

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+<br>It's bad enough for some propeller planes to be described as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics might start having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on whatever from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil [air travel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) market under increasing pressure from rising oil costs and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover feasible options to traditional kerosene and these up until now appear to come down to [numerous](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) types of [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/).<br>
+<br>Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with limited [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New [Zealand](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) who each used different blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foodstuffs.<br>
+<br>[Jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 [Goldman Sachs](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) cited [Jatropha curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) as one of the best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) production. It is resistant to drought and insects, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian  Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research [Support](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) Foundation transferred to carry out research and advancement into the use of biofuels to [power jet](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as [strategic specialists](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 job.<br>
+<br>The current airline to start explore new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually performed internal US [flights](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) utilizing a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One actually motivating development has actually been the [relocation](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) away from biofuels which [contend head](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) on with food consumers thus preventing a cost spiral. Not so long earlier, a surge in use of biofuels in cars triggered a spike in [maize rates](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and vehicle drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing certainly if some people ended up starving simply to please someone else's green credentials.<br>