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It's bad enough for some prop aircrafts to be described as being powered by elastic band. Now the cynics could start having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.
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With the civil air travel market under increasing pressure from [increasing oil](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) rates and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover practical alternatives to standard kerosene and these so far seem to boil down to various kinds of [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/).
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Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by [British air](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) travel pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with limited [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](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of [regular fuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) and bio derivatives [including](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) some from made from [jatropha](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foods.
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[Jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 [Goldman Sachs](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) mentioned [Jatropha curcas](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) as one of the best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) [production](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy). It is resistant to drought and insects, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, [Brazilian aeronautical](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to perform research and advancement into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as [strategic consultants](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) for the task.
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The newest airline company to begin exploring with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually carried out US flights utilizing a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is claimed, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.
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One actually [encouraging advancement](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) has been the relocation away from biofuels which complete head on with food customers consequently avoiding a rate spiral. Not so long earlier, a surge in usage of biofuels in automobiles caused a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airlines and drivers will focus [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) consumption on [non-food sources](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) and algae. It would be a blended true blessing certainly if some people wound up starving simply to please someone else's green credentials.
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