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<br>It's bad enough for some prop planes to be explained as being powered by [elastic band](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy). Now the might start having a dig at business airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
<br>With the civil air travel market under increasing pressure from rising oil rates and environmental legislation, the race is on to find feasible options to standard kerosene and these up until now seem to boil down to various kinds of [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889).<br>
<br>Not surprisingly, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British air travel pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) use in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized different blends of [regular fuel](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and bio derivatives consisting of some from made from [jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foods.<br>
<br>[Jatropha](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br>
<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the very best candidates for future [biodiesel](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) production. It is resistant to drought and bugs, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.<br>
<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to perform research study and [advancement](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as tactical specialists for the project.<br>
<br>The [current airline](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) company to start exploring with brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has conducted internal US flights [utilizing](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.<br>
<br>One actually encouraging development has been the relocation away from biofuels which compete head on with food customers consequently [preventing](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) a price spiral. Not so long earlier, a surge in usage of [biofuels](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) in cars and trucks caused a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, [airlines](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) and [vehicle drivers](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) will focus [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and algae. It would be a blended true blessing certainly if some people wound up starving just to satisfy somebody [else's green](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) credentials.<br>