Add Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum

Airlines-Focus-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md

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+<br>It's bad enough for some [prop airplanes](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 be described as being powered by rubber bands. Now the cynics could start having a dig at  flying on whatever from [cooking oil](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to [liquefied](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) algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from increasing oil prices and ecological legislation, the race is on to [discover feasible](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) options to [standard kerosene](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) and these up until now appear to come down to various kinds of [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/).<br>
+<br>Not surprisingly, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized various blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for growing mainstream foods.<br>
+<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [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 finest prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) production. It is resistant to drought and bugs, and produces seeds including 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 [advancement](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would [function](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) as [strategic specialists](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) for the project.<br>
+<br>The current airline to start try out new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has carried out 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 claimed, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One actually encouraging advancement has actually been the relocation away from biofuels which complete head on with food customers consequently preventing a cost spiral. Not so long ago, a rise in use of biofuels in cars triggered a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and [vehicle drivers](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) will focus [biofuel intake](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) on [non-food sources](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and algae. It would be a blended blessing undoubtedly if some [individuals wound](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) up starving just to satisfy someone else's green qualifications.<br>