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<br>It's bad enough for some prop aircrafts to be explained as being powered by elastic band. Now the skeptics might start having a dig at [commercial airplane](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
<br>With the civil air travel market under increasing pressure from rising oil rates and [ecological](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) legislation, the race is on to find feasible options to traditional kerosene and these so far seem to come down to various types of [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).<br>
<br>Not surprisingly, the first trials of [alternative fuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) were initiated by British aviation leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with limited [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) use in 2008. This was [rapidly](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each [utilized](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) different blends of regular fuel and bio [derivatives including](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) some from made from [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) which can grow in soil considered too bad for growing mainstream foods items.<br>
<br>[Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) is a genus of 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [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 best prospects 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](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) and bugs, and [produces seeds](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) containing 27-40% oil.<br>
<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to bring out research study and development into using biofuels to power jet [airliners](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm). It was reported that Brazilian airline companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as tactical specialists for the task.<br>
<br>The most current airline company to start exploring with brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually carried out internal US [flights utilizing](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can [cut hazardous](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) emissions by 10%.<br>
<br>One truly motivating development has been the relocation away from biofuels which complete head on with food consumers thus preventing a cost spiral. Not so long ago, a rise in usage of biofuels in cars triggered a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) intake on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and algae. It would be a combined blessing indeed if some individuals ended up starving simply to please someone else's green credentials.<br>