From 6457c2494d03dea24c7fbe46f402b73d9faee5d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adelaida Cloutier Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 08:09:27 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add 'Airlines Concentrate On Biofuel Trials Gather Momentum' --- ...ines-Concentrate-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Airlines-Concentrate-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md diff --git a/Airlines-Concentrate-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md b/Airlines-Concentrate-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..65f5ac9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Airlines-Concentrate-On-Biofuel-Trials-Gather-Momentum.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +
It's bad enough for some propeller planes to be described as being powered by elastic band. Now the cynics could start having a dig at business aircraft flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.
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With the civil air travel [industry](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) under [increasing pressure](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) from increasing oil prices and [environmental](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) legislation, the race is on to find practical options to conventional [kerosene](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and these up until now seem to come down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048).
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Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by [British air](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) travel pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with [limited](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) use in 2008. This was quickly followed by [Lufthansa](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and Air New Zealand who each utilized different blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives consisting of some from made from [jatropha](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for growing mainstream foods.
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[Jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) is a genus of roughly 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 mentioned [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the very best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) production. It is [resistant](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) to [dry spell](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) and bugs, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to perform research study and development into making use of [biofuels](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as tactical consultants for the task.
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The most recent airline to start explore [brand-new fuels](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) is the Alaska Air Group which has performed internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is claimed, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.
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One truly encouraging advancement has been the relocation far from biofuels which complete head on with food consumers thus avoiding a [cost spiral](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html). Not so long ago, a surge in usage of biofuels in automobiles caused a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airline companies and [vehicle drivers](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) will focus biofuel intake on non-food sources such as and algae. It would be a blended blessing certainly if some individuals ended up starving simply to satisfy another person's green credentials.
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