Add Airlines Concentrate On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum
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<br>It's bad enough for some [propeller aircrafts](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) to be referred to as being powered by elastic band. Now the [skeptics](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) could start having a dig at industrial aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to melted algae.<br>
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<br>With the civil aviation market under [increasing pressure](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) from rising oil rates and ecological legislation, the race is on to find viable options to standard kerosene and these up until now appear to come down to various types of [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).<br>
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<br>Not surprisingly, the very first trials of were initiated by British aviation leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to [Amsterdam flights](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) with [limited](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) usage in 2008. This was rapidly 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.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foods.<br>
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<br>[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) is a genus of approximately 175 [succulent](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
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<br>In 2007 [Goldman Sachs](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) [mentioned](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) [Jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) as one of the finest prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) production. It is resistant to dry spell and pests, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.<br>
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<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to bring out research and [advancement](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as strategic consultants for the job.<br>
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<br>The current airline to start experimenting with brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has carried out internal US flights utilizing a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.<br>
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<br>One really motivating advancement has been the relocation far from biofuels which compete head on with food consumers therefore avoiding a [rate spiral](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html). Not so long earlier, a rise in usage of biofuels in vehicles triggered a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
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<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and vehicle drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) and algae. It would be a combined true blessing indeed if some individuals wound up starving simply to satisfy another [person's green](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) qualifications.<br>
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