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It's bad enough for some prop aircrafts to be described as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics could start having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on whatever from cooking oil to [liquefied](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) algae.
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With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from rising oil prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to find practical options to conventional kerosene and these up until now appear to boil down to various types of [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy).
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Not surprisingly, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with [restricted](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by [Lufthansa](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) and Air New Zealand who each [utilized](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) different blends of routine fuel and bio [derivatives including](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) some from made from [jatropha](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foods items.
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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.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the finest prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) [production](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048). It is resistant to dry spell and bugs, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian [aeronautical](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to perform research and development into using [biofuels](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 power jet . It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as tactical experts for the project.
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The most recent airline company to begin experimenting with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has carried out [internal](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) US flights using a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is claimed, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.
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One actually encouraging advancement has actually been the relocation far from biofuels which complete head on with food consumers thus preventing a cost spiral. Not so long back, a rise in use of biofuels in [automobiles caused](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, [airlines](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) consumption on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) and algae. It would be a combined blessing certainly if some people wound up starving simply to please somebody else's green credentials.
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