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<br>It's bad enough for some prop planes to be explained as being powered by rubber bands. Now the [skeptics](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) might start having a dig at business airplane flying on whatever from cooking oil to [liquefied](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) algae.<br> |
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<br>With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from [increasing](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) oil prices and ecological legislation, the race is on to find feasible alternatives to conventional kerosene and these so far seem to boil down to various kinds of [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy).<br> |
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<br>Not surprisingly, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose [Virgin Atlantic](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) started London to Amsterdam flights with [restricted biofuel](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used different blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from which can grow in soil considered too poor for [growing mainstream](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) [foods items](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053).<br> |
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<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) is a genus of approximately 175 [succulent](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) [jatropha curcas](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br> |
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<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) as one of the very best [candidates](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) for future [biodiesel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) production. It is resistant to drought and insects, and produces seeds including 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 bring out research study and development into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline [companies](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as [tactical consultants](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) for the project.<br> |
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<br>The most current airline to begin exploring with brand-new fuels is the [Alaska Air](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) Group which has actually carried out internal US flights utilizing a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.<br> |
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<br>One truly encouraging advancement has actually been the move away from biofuels which complete head on with food consumers therefore avoiding a price spiral. Not so long ago, a surge in use of biofuels in vehicles triggered a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br> |
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<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and vehicle drivers will [focus biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) intake on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and algae. It would be a combined true blessing indeed if some people wound up starving simply to please somebody else's green qualifications.<br> |
