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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 [skeptics](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) could start having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br> |
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<br>With the civil air travel market under increasing pressure from increasing oil costs and environmental legislation, the race is on to find feasible alternatives to traditional kerosene and these so far appear to come down to various kinds of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br> |
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<br>Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each [utilized](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) different blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives [consisting](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) of some from made from which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foodstuffs.<br> |
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<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) is a genus of around 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/)), from the [household Euphorbiaceae](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).<br> |
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<br>In 2007 [Goldman](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) as one of the [finest prospects](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) for future [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) production. It is resistant to dry spell and bugs, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.<br> |
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<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to [perform](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) research study and advancement into the use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as tactical consultants for the project.<br> |
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<br>The most recent airline company to begin explore new fuels is the [Alaska Air](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) Group which has carried out internal US flights utilizing a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% biofuel made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.<br> |
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<br>One truly encouraging development has actually been the move away from biofuels which complete head on with food consumers thus [preventing](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) a rate spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in usage of biofuels in [vehicles caused](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br> |
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<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and [drivers](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) will focus [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) intake on [non-food sources](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) such as [jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) and algae. It would be a mixed true [blessing](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) undoubtedly if some people ended up starving just to please somebody else's green qualifications.<br> |
