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It's bad enough for some prop planes to be explained as being powered by rubber bands. Now the [skeptics](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) might begin having a dig at business airplane flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.
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With the industry under increasing pressure from increasing oil prices and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover viable options to conventional kerosene and these up until now seem to come down to numerous types of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).
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Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British air travel leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with limited [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of [routine fuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) and bio [derivatives consisting](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) of some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) which can grow in soil considered too bad for growing mainstream foodstuffs.
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[Jatropha](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) is a genus of around 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) as one of the best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) production. It is [resistant](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) to [dry spell](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) and insects, and produces seeds consisting of 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial significant Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research [Support Foundation](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) relocated to bring out research and development into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that [Brazilian airlines](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as strategic experts for the task.
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The most recent airline company to start exploring with brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has conducted internal US flights utilizing a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.
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One actually motivating development has actually been the [relocation](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) far from biofuels which compete head on with food consumers thereby avoiding a price spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in usage of biofuels in cars and trucks triggered a spike in maize rates as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airlines and drivers will focus [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) consumption on [non-food sources](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) such as [jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and algae. It would be a mixed blessing indeed if some people ended up starving just to please somebody [else's green](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) credentials.
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