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+<br>It's bad enough for some prop planes to be referred to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics might begin having a dig at industrial airplane flying on whatever from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from rising oil prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to discover practical alternatives to traditional kerosene and these up until now appear to boil down to various kinds of [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy).<br>
+<br>Not surprisingly, the first trials of [alternative fuel](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) were started by  travel leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with limited [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each [utilized](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) various blends of routine fuel and bio [derivatives consisting](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) 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 foodstuffs.<br>
+<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) [jatropha curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the finest prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) production. It is resistant to drought and insects, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US [aerospace giant](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Boeing, Brazilian aerial significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research [Support](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) Foundation moved to carry out research study and advancement into using [biofuels](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as tactical specialists for the project.<br>
+<br>The newest [airline company](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) to start try out new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually performed internal US [flights](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) using a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One really motivating development has actually been the move far from biofuels which complete head on with food customers thereby [preventing](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) a price spiral. Not so long back, a surge in use of biofuels in cars and trucks triggered a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and vehicle drivers will focus [biofuel](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) consumption 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 individuals ended up starving just to [satisfy](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) somebody else's green credentials.<br>