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+<br>It's bad enough for some propeller aircrafts to be described as being powered by [elastic](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) band. Now the cynics could begin having a dig at industrial airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to melted algae.<br>
+<br>With the [civil air](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) travel industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil rates and [ecological](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) legislation, the race is on to find feasible alternatives to standard kerosene and these up until now appear to come down to various types of [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy).<br>
+<br>Not surprisingly, the very first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with [limited](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized different blends of regular fuel and bio [derivatives including](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) which can grow in soil thought about too bad for growing mainstream foods items.<br>
+<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) is a genus of around 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) [jatropha curcas](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the [finest candidates](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) for future [biodiesel](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) production. It is resistant to dry spell and insects, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to perform research and advancement into using biofuels to power jet [airliners](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/). It was reported that Brazilian airline companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as tactical specialists for the task.<br>
+<br>The latest airline to [start exploring](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) with brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has performed internal US [flights](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) using a blend of 80 % [petroleum based](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) fuel and 20% biofuel made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One truly encouraging development has been the move far from biofuels which compete head on with [food consumers](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) thereby avoiding a cost spiral. Not so long ago, a rise in use of biofuels in  a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and [motorists](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) will focus biofuel intake on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and algae. It would be a combined blessing certainly if some people wound up starving simply to satisfy another person's green qualifications.<br>