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It's bad enough for some prop airplanes to be [explained](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) as being powered by [rubber bands](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889). Now the cynics could start having a dig at industrial airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.
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With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from rising [oil costs](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) and environmental legislation, the race is on to find viable alternatives to [conventional kerosene](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) and these so far appear to come down to various types of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).
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Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to [Amsterdam flights](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) with minimal [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) use in 2008. This was quickly followed by [Lufthansa](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for [growing mainstream](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) foods.
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[jatropha curcas](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) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 [Goldman Sachs](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) cited [Jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) as one of the very best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) production. It is resistant to dry spell and insects, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to bring out research and development into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as strategic experts for the job.
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The current airline company to start experimenting with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually carried out internal US flights utilizing a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can cut damaging [emissions](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) by 10%.
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One truly [motivating development](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) has been the relocation away from biofuels which compete head on with food customers thereby preventing a cost spiral. Not so long back, a surge in usage of biofuels in vehicles caused a spike in maize rates as US [farmers diverted](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) too much corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airline companies and vehicle drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and algae. It would be a blessing certainly if some individuals wound up starving just to please somebody else's green credentials.
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