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It's bad enough for some propeller aircrafts to be described as being powered by rubber bands. Now the cynics might begin having a dig at business aircraft flying on whatever from cooking oil to liquefied algae.
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With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from rising oil costs and [environmental](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) legislation, the race is on to discover viable alternatives to conventional kerosene and these so far seem to boil down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).
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Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were [initiated](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) by British aviation pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with limited [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used different blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives consisting of some from made from [jatropha](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 poor for growing mainstream [foods items](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).
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[jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) is a genus of around 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) [jatropha curcas](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)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.
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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 candidates](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) for future [biodiesel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) production. It is resistant to drought and pests, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.
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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 moved to perform research and development into the usage of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airline](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) [companies](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as [tactical consultants](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) for the job.
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The most current airline to [start exploring](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has performed internal US flights utilizing a mix of 80 % [petroleum based](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.
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One truly motivating development has actually been the away from biofuels which contend head on with food consumers thereby avoiding a cost spiral. Not so long earlier, a surge in usage of biofuels in vehicles caused a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airline companies and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) intake on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) and algae. It would be a combined true blessing undoubtedly if some people ended up starving just to please another person's green credentials.
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