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<br>It's bad enough for some to be described as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics might begin having a dig at commercial airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to melted algae.<br>
<br>With the civil air travel market under [increasing](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) pressure from increasing oil costs and environmental legislation, the race is on to discover feasible [alternatives](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) to conventional kerosene and these so far appear to come down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy).<br>
<br>Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by [British air](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) travel pioneer, [Sir Richard](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to [Amsterdam flights](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) with minimal [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by [Lufthansa](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and Air New Zealand who each used different blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) which can grow in soil considered too bad for growing mainstream foodstuffs.<br>
<br>[Jatropha](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) 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 household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs mentioned [Jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) as one of the very best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) production. It is resistant to dry spell and bugs, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.<br>
<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to carry out research study and development into the usage of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline [companies](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) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as tactical consultants for the project.<br>
<br>The most recent airline to start explore new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has conducted internal US flights utilizing a mix of 80 % [petroleum based](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.<br>
<br>One actually [encouraging advancement](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) has been the relocation away from biofuels which complete head on with food consumers therefore [avoiding](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) a price spiral. Not so long back, a rise in usage of biofuels in vehicles caused a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, [airlines](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) intake on non-food sources such as [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) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing indeed if some people ended up starving simply to please someone else's green qualifications.<br>