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 [elastic band](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US). Now the skeptics could begin having a dig at industrial aircraft flying on everything from [cooking oil](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) to liquefied algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil rates and environmental legislation, the race is on to discover viable alternatives to traditional kerosene and these so far seem to boil down to numerous types of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).<br>
+<br>Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose [Virgin Atlantic](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) started London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) use in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized various blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for growing mainstream foodstuffs.<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](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 [family Euphorbiaceae](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).<br>
+<br>In 2007  pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the very best [prospects](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) for future [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) [production](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy). It is resistant to drought and pests, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to perform research study and development into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as tactical specialists for the project.<br>
+<br>The latest airline company to start try out brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has 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 harmful emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One really encouraging advancement has actually been the relocation far from biofuels which compete head on with food customers thereby preventing a rate spiral. Not so long back, a rise in use of biofuels in [cars triggered](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) a spike in maize prices as US [farmers diverted](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) too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and [vehicle](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) intake on [non-food sources](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) such as [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing certainly if some people wound up starving just to satisfy another person's green credentials.<br>