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It's bad enough for some prop aircrafts to be referred to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the cynics could start having a dig at industrial airplane flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.
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With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil costs and environmental legislation, the race is on to find practical alternatives to conventional kerosene and these up until now appear to boil down to different types of [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).
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Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by [British air](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) travel leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) use in 2008. This was quickly followed by [Lufthansa](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) and Air New Zealand who each utilized various blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for growing mainstream foodstuffs.
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[Jatropha](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) is a genus of around 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs mentioned [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the [finest candidates](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) for future [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) production. It is [resistant](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) to drought and insects, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to perform research study and [development](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as tactical specialists for the task.
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The current airline to begin exploring with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually carried out internal US flights utilizing a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is claimed, can cut damaging by 10%.
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One really motivating development has been the move away from [biofuels](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) which [compete head](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) on with food customers consequently avoiding a [cost spiral](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889). Not so long earlier, a surge in usage of biofuels in automobiles caused a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airline companies and [drivers](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) will focus [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) consumption on [non-food sources](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) such as [jatropha](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing indeed 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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