Add Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum
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<br>It's bad enough for some [prop planes](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) to be referred to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics could begin having a dig at [commercial aircraft](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.<br>
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<br>With the [civil air](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) travel market under increasing [pressure](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) from [increasing oil](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) costs and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover practical [options](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) to [standard](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) kerosene and these up until now appear to come down to [numerous](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) kinds of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html).<br>
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<br>Not surprisingly, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose [Virgin Atlantic](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) began London to Amsterdam flights with minimal biofuel use in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized different blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foods items.<br>
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<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 curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
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<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the very best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) . It is resistant to dry spell and bugs, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.<br>
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<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial major [Embraer](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to perform research and advancement into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline [companies](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as strategic specialists for the task.<br>
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<br>The most recent airline to start explore brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has carried out internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.<br>
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<br>One truly motivating advancement has been the [relocation](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) far from biofuels which compete head on with food consumers consequently preventing a rate spiral. Not so long back, a surge in usage of biofuels in cars caused a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
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<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) consumption on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) and algae. It would be a blended true blessing certainly if some people wound up starving just to satisfy somebody else's green qualifications.<br>
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