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It's bad enough for some prop airplanes to be described as being powered by [elastic](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) band. Now the cynics might start having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on everything from [cooking oil](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) to melted algae.
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With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from rising oil rates and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover feasible options to traditional kerosene and these up until now seem to boil down to different types of [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).
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Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British aviation pioneer, [Sir Richard](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) use in 2008. This was rapidly 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.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) which can grow in soil considered too bad for growing mainstream foods.
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[Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 [Goldman Sachs](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) mentioned [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the very best prospects 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](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) and insects, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US [aerospace giant](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) Boeing, Brazilian aerial significant [Embraer](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to perform research and advancement into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airlines](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as [strategic consultants](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) for the task.
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The latest [airline](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) to start experimenting with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually carried out internal US flights utilizing a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](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) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.
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One truly encouraging advancement has been the move far from biofuels which complete head on with food consumers therefore avoiding a price spiral. Not so long earlier, a surge in use of biofuels in cars and trucks triggered a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airline companies and will focus [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) consumption on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) and algae. It would be a blended true blessing undoubtedly if some [individuals](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) ended up starving simply to satisfy somebody else's green qualifications.
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