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It's bad enough for some prop aircrafts to be described as being powered by elastic band. Now the skeptics might begin having a dig at [business aircraft](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.
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With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil rates and environmental legislation, the race is on to discover viable options to conventional kerosene and these so far seem to boil down to various types of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html).
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Not surprisingly, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation leader, [Sir Richard](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) Branson, whose [Virgin Atlantic](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) started London to Amsterdam flights with limited biofuel usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New [Zealand](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) who each used different blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives [including](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) some from made from which can grow in soil considered too bad for growing mainstream [foodstuffs](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price).
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[Jatropha](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs mentioned [Jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) as one of the best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) production. It is [resistant](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) to dry spell and bugs, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to perform research study and development into the use of biofuels to power jet [airliners](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86). It was reported that [Brazilian](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as tactical specialists for the job.
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The most recent airline company to begin try out brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually conducted internal US flights utilizing a mix of 80 % [petroleum based](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from [cooking oil](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy). This mix, it is declared, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.
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One really encouraging development has actually been the move away from biofuels which contend head on with food consumers thus preventing a rate spiral. Not so long back, a surge in usage of biofuels in cars caused a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airlines and [drivers](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) will focus [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and algae. It would be a blended true [blessing](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) undoubtedly if some people ended up starving just to satisfy someone else's green credentials.
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