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+<br>It's bad enough for some propeller aircrafts to be explained as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics could start having a dig at commercial airplane flying on whatever from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from rising oil prices and ecological legislation, the race is on to find practical alternatives to conventional kerosene and these so far seem to come down to different types of [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm).<br>
+<br>Not surprisingly, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with [restricted](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) use 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.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) which can grow in soil considered too bad for  foods.<br>
+<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) 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 Sachs](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) as one of the best [candidates](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) for future [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) production. It is resistant to dry spell and pests, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial significant [Embraer](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to bring out research study and development into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as [tactical experts](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) for the project.<br>
+<br>The current airline to start explore new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually [conducted internal](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) US [flights](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) using a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut damaging [emissions](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) by 10%.<br>
+<br>One actually encouraging advancement has been the move far from biofuels which complete head on with food customers thereby avoiding a price spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in use of biofuels in cars triggered a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and drivers will focus [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) intake on [non-food sources](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) such as [jatropha](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and algae. It would be a [mixed true](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) blessing undoubtedly if some individuals ended up starving simply to satisfy somebody else's green qualifications.<br>