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+<br>It's bad enough for some propeller planes to be referred to as being powered by elastic band. Now the skeptics might start having a dig at business airplane flying on everything from [cooking oil](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) to melted algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from rising oil rates and  legislation, the race is on to find feasible alternatives to conventional kerosene and these so far seem to come down to different types of [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy).<br>
+<br>Not surprisingly, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British air travel pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose [Virgin Atlantic](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) started London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each [utilized](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) various blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) which can grow in soil considered too poor for [growing mainstream](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) foods items.<br>
+<br>[Jatropha](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) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 Goldman [Sachs mentioned](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) [Jatropha curcas](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) as one of the best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) production. It is resistant to dry spell and insects, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US [aerospace giant](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) Boeing, Brazilian aerial major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to bring out research and development into the use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as tactical specialists for the project.<br>
+<br>The latest airline company to start exploring with brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has performed internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) made from [cooking oil](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd). This mixture, it is claimed, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One really [encouraging](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) development has actually been the move far from biofuels which [contend head](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) on with food consumers therefore preventing a rate spiral. Not so long ago, a surge in usage of biofuels in vehicles caused a spike in maize rates as US [farmers diverted](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) [consumption](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and algae. It would be a combined true blessing undoubtedly if some individuals wound up starving just to please someone else's green qualifications.<br>