Add Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum

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+<br>It's bad enough for some propeller airplanes to be described as being powered by rubber bands. Now the cynics could start having a dig at industrial aircraft flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.<br>
+<br>With the  market under increasing pressure from rising oil prices and [environmental](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) legislation, the race is on to discover feasible alternatives to conventional kerosene and these up until now appear to come down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048).<br>
+<br>Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by British air travel pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [biofuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized various blends of routine fuel and bio [derivatives including](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) some from made from [jatropha](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) which can grow in soil considered too bad for [growing mainstream](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) foods.<br>
+<br>[Jatropha](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 [Goldman Sachs](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) cited [Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) curcas as one of the finest prospects 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 bugs, and produces [seeds consisting](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) of 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support [Foundation moved](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) to carry out research study and development into the usage of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline [companies](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as strategic consultants for the job.<br>
+<br>The most recent airline to begin try out [brand-new fuels](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) is the Alaska Air Group which has actually performed internal US flights utilizing a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One actually encouraging development has actually been the relocation away from [biofuels](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) which compete head on with food customers thus preventing a rate spiral. Not so long ago, a surge in use of biofuels in cars caused a spike in maize rates as US farmers [diverted](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) intake on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) and algae. It would be a [combined blessing](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) undoubtedly if some people ended up starving just to satisfy another person's green credentials.<br>