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<br>It's bad enough for some prop planes to be described as being powered by elastic band. Now the cynics could start having a dig at business aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
<br>With the [civil aviation](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) market under increasing pressure from increasing oil rates and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover practical [alternatives](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) to [standard kerosene](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) and these so far appear to come down to various types of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
<br>Not surprisingly, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by British air travel leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [biofuel](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) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by [Lufthansa](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) and Air New Zealand who each utilized various blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for growing mainstream foods.<br>
<br>[jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) is a genus of roughly 175 [succulent](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) [jatropha curcas](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy)), from the family 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://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) production. It is resistant to [dry spell](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and bugs, and produces seeds [including](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) 27-40% oil.<br>
<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to bring out research and development into using biofuels to [airliners](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86). It was reported that [Brazilian airlines](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as strategic specialists for the job.<br>
<br>The [current airline](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) to start try out brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually carried out internal US flights using a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.<br>
<br>One truly motivating development has been the relocation away from biofuels which compete head on with food consumers thereby avoiding a price spiral. Not so long back, a rise in usage of biofuels in automobiles triggered a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and vehicle drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) intake on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) and algae. It would be a combined blessing certainly if some individuals wound up starving just to satisfy someone else's green qualifications.<br>