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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 commercial aircraft flying on whatever from [cooking oil](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) to melted algae.
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With the [civil air](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) travel market under increasing pressure from rising oil prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to discover feasible options to and these up until now appear to boil down to various kinds of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).
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Not surprisingly, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by British air travel leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) use in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of [regular fuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) and bio derivatives consisting of some from made from [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foods.
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[jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/)), from the [family Euphorbiaceae](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US).
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) [jatropha curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) as one of the very best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) production. It is [resistant](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) to drought and insects, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to carry out research study and advancement into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as strategic specialists for the job.
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The most recent airline to begin experimenting with brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has [carried](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) out internal US flights using a blend of 80 % [petroleum based](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.
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One really encouraging advancement has actually been the move away from biofuels which contend head on with [food customers](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) thereby avoiding a [cost spiral](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/). Not so long earlier, a surge in use of biofuels in [vehicles triggered](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) 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.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) 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 blended blessing certainly if some people ended up starving simply to satisfy somebody else's green qualifications.
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