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It's bad enough for some propeller aircrafts to be referred to as being powered by elastic band. Now the cynics could start having a dig at business airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to melted algae.
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With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from rising oil rates and environmental legislation, the race is on to find feasible options to conventional kerosene and these so far seem to come down to different types of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).
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Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with limited [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized different blends of regular fuel and bio [derivatives including](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) some from made from [jatropha](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foodstuffs.
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[Jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) [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](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US).
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) [jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) as one of the best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) production. It is resistant to drought and pests, and produces seeds [including](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to carry out research study and advancement into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airline](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as tactical consultants for the job.
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The [current airline](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) to start experimenting with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually conducted internal US flights utilizing a mix of 80 % [petroleum based](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.
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One truly encouraging development has been the move away from biofuels which complete head on with food consumers therefore avoiding a price spiral. Not so long ago, a rise in usage of biofuels in cars triggered a spike in as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, [airlines](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and [motorists](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) will focus [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) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and algae. It would be a blended true blessing certainly if some people wound up starving just to [satisfy](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) somebody else's green qualifications.
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