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<br>It's bad enough for some propeller airplanes to be explained as being powered by elastic band. Now the cynics could start having a dig at flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.<br>
<br>With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil costs and [ecological](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) legislation, the race is on to discover feasible alternatives to traditional kerosene and these so far appear to boil down to different types of biofuel.<br>
<br>Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British air travel leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with [restricted](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) [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives [consisting](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) of some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) which can grow in soil thought about too bad for [growing mainstream](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) foods.<br>
<br>[Jatropha](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) is a genus of roughly 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 pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) as one of the [finest candidates](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) for future [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) production. It is resistant to dry spell and bugs, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.<br>
<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, [Brazilian](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) aeronautical significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to perform research study and advancement into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airlines](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would [function](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) as [strategic consultants](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) for the job.<br>
<br>The most recent airline company to begin experimenting with brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually [conducted internal](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) US flights utilizing a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.<br>
<br>One truly encouraging development has been the move away from biofuels which contend head on with food customers thus [preventing](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) a rate spiral. Not so long back, a surge in usage of biofuels in cars triggered a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and vehicle drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) intake on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and algae. It would be a [blended blessing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) certainly if some people wound up starving just to please somebody else's green credentials.<br>