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It's bad enough for some prop planes to be described as being powered by [rubber bands](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048). Now the cynics might start having a dig at industrial 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 costs and environmental legislation, the race is on to find feasible options to and these so far appear 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 initiated by British air travel pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [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 in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized different blends of routine fuel and bio [derivatives including](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) 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 [foodstuffs](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html).
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[jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha curcas](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) as one of the very best [candidates](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) for future [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) production. It is resistant to dry spell and bugs, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to perform research and advancement into the usage of biofuels to [power jet](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as [tactical specialists](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) for the job.
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The newest airline company to begin try out brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually performed internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.
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One really motivating development has been the [relocation](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) far from [biofuels](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) which contend head on with food customers therefore preventing a [rate spiral](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/). Not so long back, a surge in use of biofuels in vehicles triggered a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airline companies and vehicle drivers will focus [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) intake on [non-food sources](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) and algae. It would be a combined true blessing certainly if some people ended up starving simply to satisfy somebody else's green [credentials](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).
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