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It's bad enough for some [propeller aircrafts](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) to be referred to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics might begin having a dig at [industrial airplane](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.
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With the [civil aviation](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) market under [increasing pressure](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) from increasing oil rates and [environmental](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) legislation, the race is on to discover feasible options to standard kerosene and these up until now appear to boil down to various types of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).
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Not surprisingly, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) use in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used different blends of [regular fuel](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) which can grow in soil considered too bad for [growing mainstream](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) foods items.
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[Jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) production. It is resistant to drought and bugs, and produces seeds [consisting](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) of 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to perform research and development into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airlines](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as strategic experts for the task.
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The most [current airline](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) to start explore new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has conducted internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.
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One really [encouraging advancement](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) has been the move away from biofuels which contend head on with food thereby avoiding a rate spiral. Not so long back, a surge in usage of biofuels in automobiles triggered a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airline companies and drivers will focus biofuel usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and algae. It would be a mixed blessing indeed if some individuals ended up starving just to satisfy somebody else's green qualifications.
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