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It's bad enough for some propeller airplanes to be referred to as being powered by elastic band. Now the cynics might start having a dig at industrial aircraft flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.
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With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from rising oil prices and [environmental](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) legislation, the race is on to find viable options to standard [kerosene](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) and these up until now seem to boil down to numerous kinds of biofuel.
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Not surprisingly, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by [British aviation](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with minimal biofuel usage in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of [routine fuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and bio derivatives [including](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) 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 foodstuffs.
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[Jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) is a genus of roughly 175 [succulent](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman [Sachs mentioned](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) [Jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) as one of the finest candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) production. It is resistant to drought and pests, and produces seeds [consisting](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) of 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US [aerospace giant](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) Boeing, Brazilian aerial significant Embraer and the [Sao Paulo](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) state Research Support Foundation transferred to perform research study and advancement into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as strategic experts for the task.
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The latest airline company to start explore new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has performed internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% biofuel made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.
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One truly motivating advancement has actually been the relocation away from biofuels which [compete head](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) on with food customers thereby avoiding a price spiral. Not so long ago, a surge in usage of biofuels in [automobiles triggered](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted too much corn to [fuel processing](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86).
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Hopefully in the future, airline companies and drivers will focus biofuel usage on [non-food sources](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) and algae. It would be a [combined blessing](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) undoubtedly if some people ended up starving just to satisfy another person's green .
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