Update 'Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum'

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+<br>It's bad enough for some prop airplanes to be referred to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics could start having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil air travel market under increasing pressure from increasing oil rates and ecological legislation, the race is on to find feasible options to  [kerosene](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and these up until now appear to boil down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
+<br>Not surprisingly, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to [Amsterdam flights](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) with limited [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized different blends of [regular fuel](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for [growing mainstream](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) 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.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) as one of the very best [candidates](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) for future [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) production. It is resistant to drought and pests, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to perform research and [advancement](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as tactical consultants for the task.<br>
+<br>The most current airline company to start try out brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually conducted internal US [flights](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) using a blend of 80 % [petroleum based](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) fuel and 20% biofuel made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One actually motivating advancement has been the move away from biofuels which compete head on with food customers therefore avoiding a price spiral. Not so long back, a surge in usage of biofuels in cars and trucks caused a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) intake on [non-food sources](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) such as [jatropha](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and algae. It would be a blended true blessing indeed if some people ended up [starving simply](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) to please somebody [else's green](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) qualifications.<br>