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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](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) could begin having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to [melted algae](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).<br>
<br>With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil prices and [environmental](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) legislation, the race is on to find [feasible alternatives](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) to conventional kerosene and these up until now appear to come down to various kinds of [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).<br>
<br>Not surprisingly, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British air travel leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used 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 thought about too poor for growing mainstream [foodstuffs](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).<br>
<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) 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 and insects, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.<br>
<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial major Embraer and the [Sao Paulo](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) state Research Support Foundation transferred to carry out research study and advancement into using [biofuels](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) to power jet [airliners](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048). It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as tactical specialists for the project.<br>
<br>The current airline [company](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) to begin try out new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually conducted internal US flights utilizing a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [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) 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](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) far from biofuels which compete head on with food consumers thus avoiding a cost spiral. Not so long back, a rise in use of biofuels in automobiles caused a spike in maize prices as US too much corn to [fuel processing](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US).<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha](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) and algae. It would be a blended blessing indeed if some people ended up starving just to satisfy another person's green qualifications.<br>