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It's bad enough for some prop planes to be referred to as being powered by elastic band. Now the cynics might begin having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to melted algae.
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With the civil air travel market under increasing pressure from rising oil costs and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover practical options to standard kerosene and these so far seem to come down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).
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Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each utilized different blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) which can grow in soil considered too bad for [growing mainstream](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) foods items.
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[Jatropha](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [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) as one of the best [candidates](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) for future [biodiesel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) production. It is resistant to [drought](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and bugs, and [produces seeds](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) [including](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, [Brazilian aerial](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to bring out research study and development into making use of [biofuels](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) to [power jet](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) [airliners](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd). It was reported that [Brazilian airlines](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as strategic specialists for the task.
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The newest airline to begin try out brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has [carried](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) out internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.
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One truly encouraging advancement has been the relocation away from biofuels which compete head on with food customers thereby avoiding a cost spiral. Not so long back, a rise in usage of biofuels in automobiles triggered a spike in maize rates as US farmers [diverted](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) too much corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airline companies and vehicle drivers will usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and algae. It would be a mixed blessing certainly if some individuals ended up starving simply to please somebody else's green credentials.
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