Add Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum

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+<br>It's bad enough for some prop planes to be described as being powered by elastic band. Now the cynics could begin having a dig at commercial airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to [liquefied](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil air travel market under increasing pressure from rising oil costs and environmental legislation, the race is on to discover viable alternatives to [conventional kerosene](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and these up until now appear to come down to various kinds of [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).<br>
+<br>Not surprisingly, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to [Amsterdam flights](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) with minimal biofuel use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for growing mainstream foodstuffs.<br>
+<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 [Goldman Sachs](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) cited [Jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) as one of the very best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) production. It is resistant to drought and bugs, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, [Brazilian](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) aeronautical major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to bring out research and development into using biofuels to power jet [airliners](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html). It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as strategic specialists for the project.<br>
+<br>The most current airline company to begin experimenting with [brand-new fuels](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) is the Alaska Air Group which has carried out internal US flights utilizing a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% biofuel made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can [cut hazardous](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One really [encouraging](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) advancement has actually been the move away from biofuels which contend head on with food consumers thereby [preventing](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) a [cost spiral](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy). Not so long back, a rise in use of biofuels in automobiles caused a spike in maize rates as US [farmers diverted](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) [excessive](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) corn to .<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and vehicle drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) consumption on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and algae. It would be a blended true blessing indeed if some people wound up starving just to please someone else's green credentials.<br>