Add Airlines Concentrate 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 elastic band. Now the skeptics could begin having a dig at [commercial airplane](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.<br>
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<br>With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from rising oil costs and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover viable [alternatives](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) to conventional kerosene and these so far appear to boil down to different types of [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048).<br>
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<br>Not surprisingly, the very first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British air travel pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with limited [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives [consisting](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) of some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) which can grow in soil thought about too bad for growing mainstream foodstuffs.<br>
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<br>[Jatropha](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](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)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br>
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<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs mentioned [Jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) as one of the very best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) [production](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy). It is [resistant](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) to drought and pests, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.<br>
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<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, [Brazilian aeronautical](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to carry out research and development into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline [companies](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as tactical experts for the task.<br>
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<br>The newest airline to begin explore brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually carried out internal US flights utilizing a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is claimed, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.<br>
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<br>One truly [motivating advancement](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) has actually been the move far from biofuels which [compete head](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) on with food consumers thereby avoiding a . Not so long ago, a rise in use of biofuels in vehicles caused a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted [excessive corn](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) to fuel processing.<br>
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<br>Hopefully in the future, airline [companies](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) consumption on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing undoubtedly if some people ended up starving simply to please another person's green qualifications.<br>
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