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<br>It's bad enough for some propeller planes to be referred to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics could start having a dig at industrial airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br> |
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<br>With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from increasing oil prices and ecological legislation, the race is on to find [feasible alternatives](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to traditional [kerosene](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) and these up until now seem to boil down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile).<br> |
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<br>Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by [British aviation](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with limited [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used different blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for [growing mainstream](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) foods.<br> |
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<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br> |
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<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs mentioned [jatropha curcas](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) as one of the very best [prospects](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) for future [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) production. It is [resistant](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) to drought and bugs, and produces seeds [including](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) 27-40% oil.<br> |
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<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to carry out research study and development into making use of [biofuels](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as tactical consultants for the project.<br> |
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<br>The latest airline company to begin explore brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has carried out internal US flights utilizing a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.<br> |
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<br>One actually motivating advancement has actually been the move away from biofuels which complete head on with food customers therefore avoiding a rate spiral. Not so long ago, a surge in usage of biofuels in [automobiles caused](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.<br> |
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<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) intake on [non-food sources](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and algae. It would be a blended true [blessing](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) indeed if some people ended up starving simply to satisfy another person's green credentials.<br> |
