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It's bad enough for some prop airplanes to be referred to as being powered by elastic band. Now the cynics might start having a dig at commercial airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to [liquefied algae](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/).
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With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from rising oil costs and ecological legislation, the race is on to find viable options to conventional kerosene and these so far seem to come down to numerous kinds of [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile).
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Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin started London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New [Zealand](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) who each utilized various blends of [regular fuel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](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) which can grow in soil considered too poor for [growing mainstream](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) foods items.
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[Jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) as one of the [finest prospects](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) for future [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) production. It is resistant to dry spell and bugs, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to perform research study and advancement into making use of biofuels to [power jet](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as strategic consultants for the job.
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The most recent airline to start explore [brand-new](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has carried out internal US [flights](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) using a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) made from [cooking oil](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL). This mixture, it is declared, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.
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One actually motivating development has been the relocation far from biofuels which complete head on with food customers therefore preventing a cost spiral. Not so long back, a surge in usage of biofuels in cars and [trucks triggered](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) 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 drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) usage on [non-food sources](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and algae. It would be a combined blessing certainly if some individuals wound up starving simply to satisfy somebody else's green credentials.
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