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<br>It's bad enough for some [propeller airplanes](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to be referred to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics might start having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to melted algae.<br> |
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<br>Not surprisingly, the very first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British air travel pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) use in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each [utilized](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) different blends of [regular fuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) and bio derivatives consisting of some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) which can grow in soil considered too bad for [growing mainstream](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) foods.<br> |
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<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) is a genus of roughly 175 [succulent](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.<br> |
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<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) as one of the finest candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) production. It is resistant to drought and insects, and produces seeds [including](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) 27-40% oil.<br> |
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<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation moved to [perform](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) research study and advancement into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline [companies](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as strategic experts for the task.<br> |
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<br>The most recent [airline company](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) to begin exploring with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually carried out internal US flights using a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.<br> |
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<br>One truly encouraging advancement has been the move away from biofuels which contend head on with food customers thus avoiding a cost spiral. Not so long ago, a rise in usage of biofuels in vehicles triggered a spike in maize costs as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br> |
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<br>Hopefully in the future, airline companies and vehicle drivers will focus [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) intake on such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and algae. It would be a blended true blessing undoubtedly if some individuals ended up starving simply to please someone else's green credentials.<br> |
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