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<br>It's bad enough for some propeller aircrafts to be described as being powered by elastic band. Now the skeptics might start having a dig at commercial airplane flying on everything from [cooking oil](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to melted algae.<br>
<br>With the civil air travel market under increasing pressure from rising oil prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to find viable alternatives to [standard kerosene](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and these up until now seem to boil down to various types of [biofuel](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).<br>
<br>Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by [British aviation](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives [including](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foodstuffs.<br>
<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
<br>In 2007 [Goldman](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) production. It is resistant to [dry spell](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and insects, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.<br>
<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial major [Embraer](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to perform research and [development](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as tactical consultants for the job.<br>
<br>The most recent airline to new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually performed internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) made from cooking oil. 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 [contend head](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) on with food consumers therefore preventing a cost spiral. Not so long earlier, a surge in usage of biofuels in vehicles caused a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and [drivers](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) will focus [biofuel](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) [consumption](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and algae. It would be a mixed blessing certainly if some people ended up starving just to satisfy somebody else's green credentials.<br>