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It's bad enough for some propeller aircrafts to be referred to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics could begin having a dig at [industrial aircraft](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.
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With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from increasing oil costs and environmental legislation, the race is on to find feasible options to conventional kerosene and these so far appear to come 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 were initiated by British aviation leader, Sir [Richard](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to [Amsterdam flights](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) with minimal [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New [Zealand](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) who each used different blends of regular fuel and bio [derivatives consisting](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) of some from made from [jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) which can grow in soil thought about too bad for growing mainstream foods.
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[jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) is a genus of around 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/)), 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 best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) production. It is resistant to dry spell and bugs, and [produces](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) seeds containing 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to [perform](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) research and advancement into making use of [biofuels](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as [strategic specialists](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) for the task.
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The newest airline to begin exploring with brand-new fuels is the [Alaska Air](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) Group which has conducted [internal](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) US flights using a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.
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One actually motivating development has actually been the move far from biofuels which contend head on with food consumers thus preventing a rate spiral. Not so long earlier, a surge in usage of biofuels in vehicles triggered a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airlines and vehicle drivers will [focus biofuel](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and algae. It would be a blended blessing indeed if some individuals ended up starving simply to please somebody else's green credentials.
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