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It's bad enough for some prop aircrafts to be referred to as being powered by [rubber bands](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited). Now the skeptics might begin having a dig at industrial airplane flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.
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With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil rates and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover practical [alternatives](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) to traditional kerosene and these up until now appear to boil down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).
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Not surprisingly, the first trials of [alternative fuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) were started by British aviation leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) usage in 2008. This was quickly 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 curcas](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) which can grow in soil considered too poor for [growing mainstream](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) foodstuffs.
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[Jatropha](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) is a genus of roughly 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 pointed out [Jatropha](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) [jatropha curcas](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) as one of the best [candidates](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) for future [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) production. It is resistant to dry spell and pests, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US [aerospace giant](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation [transferred](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) to carry out research and development into the use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airlines](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as strategic experts for the project.
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The current airline to begin explore new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has performed internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.
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One truly encouraging development has been the relocation far from biofuels which complete head on with food consumers thus avoiding a cost spiral. Not so long back, a surge in usage of biofuels in vehicles caused a spike in [maize rates](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airline companies and vehicle drivers will focus [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) usage on [non-food sources](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) such as [jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) and algae. It would be a blended blessing undoubtedly if some ended up starving simply to satisfy somebody else's green credentials.
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