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It's bad enough for some propeller planes to be [referred](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) to as being powered by [rubber bands](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy). Now the cynics might start having a dig at flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.
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With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil prices and environmental legislation, the race is on to discover feasible alternatives to standard kerosene and these so far appear to boil down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/).
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Not surprisingly, the very first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British air travel leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with minimal biofuel use in 2008. This was [rapidly](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of [routine fuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) which can grow in soil considered too poor for growing mainstream foods items.
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[Jatropha](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited)), from the [household Euphorbiaceae](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs mentioned [Jatropha curcas](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) as one of the very best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) production. It is [resistant](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) to drought and bugs, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, [Brazilian](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) aerial significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation transferred to perform research and advancement into the use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as strategic specialists for the project.
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The latest airline to begin exploring with brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has carried out internal US flights utilizing a blend of 80 % [petroleum based](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) fuel and 20% biofuel made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is claimed, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.
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One really encouraging advancement has been the relocation away from biofuels which complete head on with [food consumers](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) consequently [avoiding](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) a price spiral. Not so long back, a surge in usage of biofuels in [vehicles triggered](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airlines and vehicle drivers will focus biofuel intake on [non-food sources](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) and algae. It would be a mixed blessing indeed if some people ended up [starving](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) just to satisfy another person's green qualifications.
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