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<br>It's bad enough for some [prop planes](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) to be referred to as being powered by [rubber bands](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86). Now the cynics might start having a dig at business aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
<br>With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to discover viable [options](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) to conventional kerosene and these so far appear to come down to various types of [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608).<br>
<br>Not remarkably, the first trials of [alternative fuel](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) were started by [British air](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) travel pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to [Amsterdam flights](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) with restricted [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by [Lufthansa](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) and Air New Zealand who each used different blends of and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) which can grow in soil considered too poor for [growing mainstream](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) foodstuffs.<br>
<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br>
<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) as one of the best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) production. It is resistant to dry spell and pests, and produces seeds containing 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 and advancement into using biofuels to [power jet](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as strategic specialists for the project.<br>
<br>The current airline to start experimenting with brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually carried out internal US flights using a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) made from [cooking oil](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy). This mixture, it is claimed, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.<br>
<br>One truly motivating development has actually been the relocation far from biofuels which contend head on with food customers therefore preventing a rate spiral. Not so long back, a surge in usage of biofuels in automobiles triggered a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) and algae. It would be a blended true [blessing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) undoubtedly if some people ended up starving simply to satisfy somebody else's green qualifications.<br>