commit 9d94966fe3cc00e636403548af8f726ed72df8cf Author: zorasmith0348 Date: Sun Jan 12 14:46:26 2025 +0800 Add Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum diff --git a/Airlines-Focus-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md b/Airlines-Focus-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3cceafe --- /dev/null +++ b/Airlines-Focus-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +
It's bad enough for some propeller planes to be described as being powered by elastic band. Now the skeptics might start having a dig at business airplane flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.
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With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from rising oil rates and ecological legislation, the race is on to find [viable alternatives](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) to [traditional kerosene](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and these so far seem to boil down to various kinds of [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608).
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Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British air travel leader, [Sir Richard](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) Branson, whose [Virgin Atlantic](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) started London to Amsterdam flights with [restricted](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) [biofuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) use in 2008. This was [rapidly](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of regular fuel and bio [derivatives consisting](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) of some from made from [jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for growing mainstream foods items.
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[jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) is a genus of approximately 175 [succulent](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) as one of the finest candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) production. It is resistant to dry spell and bugs, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, aeronautical significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to perform research study and advancement into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as [tactical consultants](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) for the task.
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The most current airline to begin explore new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually performed internal US [flights](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% biofuel made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.
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One really encouraging advancement has been the move away from biofuels which contend head on with food customers thereby [avoiding](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) a rate spiral. Not so long back, a rise in usage of biofuels in vehicles triggered a spike in [maize rates](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airlines and drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and algae. It would be a blended true blessing indeed if some people ended up starving simply to satisfy another person's green qualifications.
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