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It's bad enough for some propeller aircrafts to be referred to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the [skeptics](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) might begin having a dig at flying on everything from cooking oil to melted algae.
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With the civil air travel industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to discover viable options to traditional kerosene and these up until now seem to boil down to various types of [biofuel](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).
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Not surprisingly, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by [British aviation](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used different blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives consisting of some from made from [jatropha](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foodstuffs.
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[Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) is a genus of around 175 [succulent](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs mentioned [Jatropha](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) [jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) as one of the very best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) production. It is resistant to dry spell and pests, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to perform research and development into using [biofuels](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) to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline [companies](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would act as tactical experts for the project.
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The [current airline](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) to begin exploring with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has conducted 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 declared, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.
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One actually encouraging advancement has actually been the relocation away from biofuels which [contend head](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) on with food customers thus preventing a [cost spiral](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889). Not so long earlier, a surge in use of biofuels in vehicles triggered a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airline companies and vehicle drivers will [focus biofuel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) intake on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and algae. It would be a combined blessing certainly if some individuals wound up starving just to please somebody [else's green](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) [qualifications](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).
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