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<br>It's bad enough for some prop planes to be referred to as being powered by elastic band. Now the cynics might begin having a dig at business airplane flying on whatever from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br>
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<br>With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from rising oil rates and [ecological](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) legislation, the race is on to discover viable options to standard kerosene and these so far seem to come down to numerous types of [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).<br>
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<br>Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized different blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) which can grow in soil considered too bad for growing mainstream foods items.<br>
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<br>[jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br>
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<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the finest prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) production. It is [resistant](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) to [drought](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and bugs, and [produces seeds](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) containing 27-40% oil.<br>
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<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to [perform](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) research and advancement into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airline](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) [companies](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as strategic experts for the job.<br>
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<br>The current airline to begin exploring with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually performed internal US flights utilizing a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.<br>
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<br>One truly encouraging development has actually been the move far from biofuels which contend head on with food customers thus avoiding a price spiral. Not so long ago, a surge in use of biofuels in [cars triggered](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) a spike in maize prices as US [farmers diverted](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) too much corn to fuel processing.<br>
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<br>Hopefully in the future, [airlines](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) consumption on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and algae. It would be a combined true blessing certainly if some individuals wound up starving simply to please someone else's green credentials.<br>
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