Update 'Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum'

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+<br>It's bad enough for some prop aircrafts to be described as being powered by elastic band. Now the skeptics might begin having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil air travel market under [increasing](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) pressure from rising [oil costs](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and [ecological](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) legislation, the race is on to find feasible options to standard [kerosene](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and these up until now seem to boil down to different kinds of biofuel.<br>
+<br>Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with restricted biofuel use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by  and Air New Zealand who each [utilized](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) different blends of [regular fuel](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and bio [derivatives including](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) some from made from [jatropha](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) which can grow in soil thought about too bad for growing mainstream foods.<br>
+<br>[Jatropha](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) as one of the very 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 drought and insects, and [produces seeds](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) including 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical 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. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as tactical consultants for the task.<br>
+<br>The most current airline company to start try out brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has conducted internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from [cooking oil](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/). This mix, it is declared, can cut [damaging emissions](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) by 10%.<br>
+<br>One actually motivating development has been the move away from biofuels which compete head on with food consumers thereby preventing 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 ago, a surge in usage of biofuels in cars and trucks triggered a spike in [maize costs](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) [consumption](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and algae. It would be a blended blessing undoubtedly if some people wound up starving simply to please someone else's green credentials.<br>