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It's bad enough for some prop airplanes to be [referred](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) to as being powered by elastic band. Now the skeptics could begin having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.
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With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil prices and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover viable alternatives to traditional kerosene and these up until now appear to boil down to various types of [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile).
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Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation pioneer, Sir [Richard](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with limited [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized various blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from which can grow in soil thought about too bad for growing mainstream foodstuffs.
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[Jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) is a genus of approximately 175 [succulent](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) plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) as one of the finest prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) production. It is [resistant](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) to dry spell and pests, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical major [Embraer](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) and the Sao Paulo state Research Support [Foundation moved](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to carry out research study and advancement into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airlines](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) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as tactical consultants for the project.
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The current airline to begin try out brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has [conducted internal](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) US flights using a mix of 80 % [petroleum based](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from [cooking oil](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html). This mixture, it is declared, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.
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One actually encouraging development has actually been the move away from [biofuels](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) which complete head on with food customers thereby avoiding a rate spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in use of biofuels in cars triggered a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airline companies and [motorists](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) will focus [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing certainly if some people wound up starving just to satisfy someone else's green qualifications.
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