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It's bad enough for some prop aircrafts to be referred to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the cynics might begin having a dig at commercial airplane flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.
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With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from [rising oil](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) rates and environmental legislation, the race is on to find [feasible alternatives](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) to [conventional](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) [kerosene](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and these up until now seem to boil down to various types of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html).
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Not remarkably, the very first trials of [alternative fuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) were initiated by British air travel leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with limited biofuel use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by [Lufthansa](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and Air New Zealand who each utilized various blends of routine fuel and bio [derivatives including](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) some from made from which can grow in soil thought about too bad for growing mainstream foods.
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[jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) is a genus of around 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) production. It is resistant to dry spell and pests, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US [aerospace giant](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical major Embraer and the [Sao Paulo](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) state Research Support Foundation moved to carry out research study and [development](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) into making use of 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 most recent airline to begin explore brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually performed internal 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 damaging](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) emissions by 10%.
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One truly motivating advancement has been the move far from biofuels which compete head on with food customers thereby preventing a cost spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in use of [biofuels](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) in cars caused a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airlines and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and algae. It would be a mixed true blessing undoubtedly if some people wound up starving simply to please another person's [green credentials](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053).
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