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<br>It's bad enough for some prop aircrafts to be described as being powered by rubber bands. Now the cynics could start having a dig at industrial aircraft flying on whatever from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
<br>With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from rising oil prices and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover viable alternatives to standard kerosene and these so far seem to come down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048).<br>
<br>Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with limited [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized different blends of [routine fuel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) and bio derivatives consisting of some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for growing mainstream foods items.<br>
<br>[Jatropha](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) curcas as one of the finest prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) production. It is resistant to dry spell and insects, and [produces](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) seeds including 27-40% oil.<br>
<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical significant [Embraer](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) and the [Sao Paulo](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) state Research Support Foundation relocated to [perform](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) research study and advancement into making use of [biofuels](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airlines](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as strategic specialists for the task.<br>
<br>The to start try out brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has carried out internal US flights utilizing a blend of 80 % [petroleum based](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.<br>
<br>One truly encouraging advancement has actually been the relocation far from [biofuels](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) which contend head on with food consumers thus [preventing](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) a price spiral. Not so long back, a rise in use of biofuels in cars and trucks caused a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and [motorists](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) will focus [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) consumption on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing indeed if some individuals ended up starving simply to satisfy somebody else's green qualifications.<br>