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](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) band. Now the cynics could start having a dig at business airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
+<br>With the [civil aviation](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) market under increasing pressure from increasing oil prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to [discover practical](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) alternatives to [standard kerosene](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) and these up until now seem to boil down to numerous kinds of biofuel.<br>
+<br>Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation pioneer, Sir [Richard](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) Branson, whose  began London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used different blends of routine fuel and [bio derivatives](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) [including](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) some from made from [jatropha](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) which can grow in soil considered too poor for [growing mainstream](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) foods.<br>
+<br>[Jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) is a genus of roughly 175 [succulent](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) [jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) as one of the best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) production. It is resistant to dry spell and insects, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, [Brazilian](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) aerial major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to carry out research and advancement into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airlines](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as tactical experts for the job.<br>
+<br>The current airline to begin explore brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually conducted internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% biofuel made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One really encouraging advancement has been the relocation far from biofuels which compete head on with food consumers thus preventing a price spiral. Not so long back, a rise in use of biofuels in cars and trucks caused a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, [airlines](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) and motorists will focus biofuel intake on [non-food sources](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) such as [jatropha](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) and algae. It would be a combined true blessing undoubtedly if some people wound up starving just to satisfy another person's green credentials.<br>