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<br>It's bad enough for some propeller planes to be described as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics could begin having a dig at industrial airplane flying on whatever from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
<br>With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from rising oil prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to find practical options to standard kerosene and these so far appear to come down to various kinds of biofuel.<br>
<br>Not surprisingly, the very first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with restricted biofuel 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 curcas), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out Jatropha curcas as one of the best candidates for future biodiesel production. It is resistant to dry spell and bugs, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.<br>
<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to perform research and advancement into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as tactical consultants for the task.<br>
<br>The current airline to begin exploring with brand-new fuels is the Group which has actually conducted internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% biofuel made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.<br>
<br>One truly motivating advancement has been the move far from biofuels which contend head on with food customers consequently preventing a cost spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in use of biofuels in cars triggered a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br>
<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and drivers will focus biofuel usage on non-food sources such as jatropha and algae. It would be a blended blessing undoubtedly if some people wound up starving simply to satisfy someone else's green qualifications.<br>