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+<br>It's bad enough for some prop airplanes to be explained as being powered by elastic band. Now the cynics could begin having a dig at [commercial aircraft](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil air travel market under increasing pressure from rising oil costs and [environmental](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) legislation, the race is on to find feasible options to standard kerosene and these so far appear to come down to numerous kinds of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).<br>
+<br>Not surprisingly, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by [Lufthansa](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) which can grow in soil considered too bad for growing mainstream .<br>
+<br>[Jatropha](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) is a genus of around 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the best [prospects](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](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) containing 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US [aerospace giant](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical [major Embraer](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation [relocated](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) to perform research study and development into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as [strategic specialists](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) for the job.<br>
+<br>The latest airline to start exploring with brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually carried out internal US [flights](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) using a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One really motivating advancement has actually been the relocation away from biofuels which compete head on with food customers thus preventing a price spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in use of biofuels in cars triggered a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and [motorists](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) will focus [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) intake on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing indeed if some people ended up starving simply to please somebody else's green qualifications.<br>