Add Airlines Focus On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum

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+<br>It's bad enough for some prop planes to be referred to as being powered by elastic band. Now the skeptics might start having a dig at commercial airplane flying on whatever from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
+<br>With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil costs and environmental legislation, the race is on to find viable options to conventional kerosene and these up until now appear to come down to various types of [biofuel](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86).<br>
+<br>Not remarkably, 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 limited [biofuel usage](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized various blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from jatropha which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foodstuffs.<br>
+<br>Jatropha is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like Jatropha curcas), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
+<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs mentioned [Jatropha curcas](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) as one of the very best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) production. It is resistant to drought and bugs, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.<br>
+<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, [Brazilian aerial](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to perform research and advancement into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airlines](https://www.missionnewenergy.com/) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as strategic experts for the job.<br>
+<br>The most recent airline to begin explore new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has performed internal US flights utilizing a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% biofuel made from . This mixture, it is claimed, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.<br>
+<br>One truly encouraging development has actually been the relocation away from biofuels which complete head on with food customers thus preventing a price spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in usage of biofuels in cars triggered a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
+<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and vehicle drivers will focus biofuel usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and algae. It would be a combined true blessing indeed if some individuals ended up starving just to satisfy another person's green credentials.<br>