Update 'Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum'

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+<br>It's bad enough for some [prop planes](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) to be referred to as being powered by elastic band. Now the skeptics could begin having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to melted algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil air travel market under increasing pressure from increasing oil prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to find feasible options to conventional [kerosene](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) and these up until now seem to boil down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608).<br>
+<br>Not surprisingly, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British air travel leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) use in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used different blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) which can grow in soil considered 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 roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 [Goldman Sachs](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) mentioned [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) production. It is resistant to drought and bugs, and [produces seeds](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) containing 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical significant [Embraer](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and the [Sao Paulo](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) state Research [Support Foundation](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) transferred to perform research and development into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline [companies](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as tactical specialists for the task.<br>
+<br>The newest airline to [start exploring](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) with brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually carried out [internal](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) US flights utilizing a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut damaging [emissions](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) by 10%.<br>
+<br>One actually [motivating advancement](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) has actually been the relocation far from biofuels which compete head on with food consumers therefore preventing a cost spiral. Not so long ago, a rise in usage of biofuels in  a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and motorists will focus biofuel usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and algae. It would be a blended blessing indeed if some individuals ended up starving simply to satisfy someone else's green credentials.<br>