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It's bad enough for some [prop airplanes](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) to be [referred](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) to as being powered by [rubber bands](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html). Now the cynics might begin having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on whatever from cooking oil to melted algae.
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With the civil air travel market under [increasing](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) pressure from increasing oil rates and environmental legislation, the race is on to discover practical alternatives to traditional kerosene and these up until now appear to boil down to various types of [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm).
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Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were initiated by British air travel pioneer, [Sir Richard](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with restricted [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various 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 considered too bad for growing mainstream foodstuffs.
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[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.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](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) [jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) as one of the finest prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) production. It is resistant to dry spell and bugs, 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 moved to perform research and development into the usage of biofuels to power jet [airliners](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html). It was reported that Brazilian airlines Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as strategic experts for the project.
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The most recent airline to begin try out new fuels is the [Alaska Air](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) Group which has actually carried out internal US flights using a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is claimed, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.
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One actually encouraging advancement has been the relocation away from biofuels which compete head on with food consumers thereby [preventing](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) a . Not so long back, a surge in usage of biofuels in [vehicles triggered](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted excessive corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airlines and motorists will focus [biofuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) and algae. It would be a combined true blessing undoubtedly if some people ended up [starving simply](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) to satisfy someone else's green credentials.
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