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<br>It's bad enough for some propeller airplanes to be [referred](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics could start having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br> |
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<br>With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil prices and [ecological](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) legislation, the race is on to find viable alternatives to conventional kerosene and these up until now seem to come down to different types of [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/).<br> |
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<br>Not surprisingly, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by [British aviation](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose began London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by [Lufthansa](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and Air New Zealand who each utilized different blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives [including](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) some from made from [jatropha](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) which can grow in soil thought about too bad for growing mainstream foodstuffs.<br> |
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<br>[Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) is a genus of around 175 succulent 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.<br> |
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<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs mentioned [Jatropha curcas](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) as one of the very best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) production. It is resistant to drought and pests, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.<br> |
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<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to bring out research and [development](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as [strategic experts](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) for the project.<br> |
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<br>The current airline company to begin exploring with brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has carried out internal US [flights utilizing](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) a blend of 80 % [petroleum based](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.<br> |
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<br>One actually motivating advancement has been the move far from biofuels which compete head on with food customers therefore avoiding a price spiral. Not so long back, a rise in use of biofuels in vehicles triggered a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br> |
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<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and [vehicle](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) [drivers](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) will focus [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) intake on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing certainly if some individuals wound up starving just to satisfy another person's green qualifications.<br> |
