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<br>It's bad enough for some propeller planes to be referred to as being powered by elastic band. Now the skeptics could start having a dig at flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
<br>With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from rising oil prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to discover feasible options to conventional kerosene and these up until now appear to come down to numerous kinds of [biofuel](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86).<br>
<br>Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British air travel pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with [restricted biofuel](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized various blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives consisting of some from made from jatropha which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foods.<br>
<br>Jatropha is a genus of around 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) curcas), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br>
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<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to perform research study and development into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as strategic consultants for the project.<br>
<br>The most current airline to begin try out brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually conducted internal US flights utilizing a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% biofuel made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.<br>
<br>One truly motivating development has actually been the move away from biofuels which compete head on with food customers therefore preventing a cost spiral. Not so long ago, a rise in usage of biofuels in vehicles triggered a spike in maize costs as US [farmers diverted](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and motorists will focus biofuel consumption on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) and algae. It would be a blended true blessing indeed if some individuals wound up starving simply to satisfy somebody else's green qualifications.<br>