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<br>It's bad enough for some prop planes to be explained as being powered by elastic band. Now the cynics might begin having a dig at commercial airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to melted algae.<br>
<br>With the civil air travel market under [increasing pressure](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) from increasing oil prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to find practical options to standard kerosene and these so far appear to boil down to various types of [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).<br>
<br>Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with limited 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](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) consisting of some from made from [jatropha](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) which can grow in soil considered too bad for growing mainstream [foodstuffs](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US).<br>
<br>[Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) is a genus of around 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br>
<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) as one of the very best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) production. It is [resistant](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) to drought and bugs, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.<br>
<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to carry out research and advancement into the use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airline](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) companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as strategic experts for the task.<br>
<br>The most recent [airline](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) to start try out brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has carried out US [flights utilizing](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut [harmful emissions](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) by 10%.<br>
<br>One really [motivating advancement](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) has actually been the [relocation](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) far from biofuels which complete head on with [food customers](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) thus avoiding a price spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in use of biofuels in cars and trucks triggered a spike in maize costs as US [farmers diverted](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and [motorists](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) will focus biofuel intake on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing certainly if some people wound up starving just to satisfy another person's green credentials.<br>