Update 'Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum'

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+<br>It's bad enough for some [prop airplanes](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) to be [referred](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics might begin having a dig at industrial aircraft flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from [rising oil](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) rates and [environmental](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) legislation, the race is on to find feasible alternatives to traditional kerosene and these so far appear to come down to different types of biofuel.<br>
+<br>Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with restricted biofuel use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New [Zealand](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) who each used different blends of [regular fuel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) and [bio derivatives](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) consisting of some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) which can grow in soil thought about too bad for growing mainstream foodstuffs.<br>
+<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs mentioned [Jatropha curcas](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 one of the very best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) production. It is resistant to drought and bugs, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research [Support Foundation](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) moved to bring out research and [advancement](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) into the usage of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as strategic consultants for the project.<br>
+<br>The newest airline company to begin try out new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually carried out [internal](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One really encouraging development has been the relocation away from biofuels which compete head on with food customers thereby avoiding a rate spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in use of biofuels in automobiles triggered a spike in maize prices as US [farmers diverted](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, [airline companies](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and vehicle drivers will focus [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) consumption on [non-food sources](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) such as [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing indeed if some people ended up starving just to please somebody else's green .<br>