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<br>It's bad enough for some propeller airplanes to be referred to as being powered by elastic band. Now the skeptics could begin having a dig at business airplane flying on whatever from [cooking oil](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) to melted algae.<br> |
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<br>With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil costs and environmental legislation, the race is on to find practical alternatives to conventional kerosene and these so far appear to come down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html).<br> |
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<br>Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by [British air](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) travel leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [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) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New who each used different blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) which can grow in soil thought about too bad for [growing mainstream](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) foods items.<br> |
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<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) is a genus of approximately 175 [succulent](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br> |
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<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) as one of the finest 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 drought and pests, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.<br> |
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<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, [Brazilian aeronautical](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to bring out research and development into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as tactical consultants for the job.<br> |
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<br>The most recent airline to begin exploring with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually carried out internal US flights using 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](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/). This mixture, it is claimed, can cut harmful [emissions](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) by 10%.<br> |
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<br>One actually encouraging advancement has actually been the relocation far from biofuels which complete head on with food customers thus avoiding a rate spiral. Not so long earlier, a surge in usage of [biofuels](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) in cars and [trucks caused](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br> |
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<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and drivers will focus [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) [consumption](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing certainly if some individuals wound up starving just to satisfy somebody [else's green](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) credentials.<br> |
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