Add Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum

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+<br>It's bad enough for some propeller airplanes to be referred to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics might start having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on whatever from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil costs and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover practical [options](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) to conventional kerosene and these so far seem to boil down to different types of biofuel.<br>
+<br>Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) usage in 2008. This was [rapidly](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) followed by Lufthansa and Air New [Zealand](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) who each [utilized](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) different blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foods items.<br>
+<br>[jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) is a genus of roughly 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.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) as one of the very best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) production. It is resistant to dry spell and bugs, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, [Brazilian](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) aerial major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to bring out research study and development into the usage of biofuels to power jet [airliners](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/). It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as strategic consultants for the task.<br>
+<br>The current airline to begin try out brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has performed internal US [flights utilizing](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) a blend of 80 % [petroleum based](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) made from [cooking oil](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb). This mix, it is claimed, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One truly encouraging development has been the move away from biofuels which  on with [food consumers](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) consequently [preventing](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) a price spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in usage of biofuels in vehicles caused a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and vehicle drivers will focus [biofuel consumption](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and algae. It would be a blended blessing undoubtedly if some individuals wound up starving simply to please another person's green credentials.<br>