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<br>It's bad enough for some prop aircrafts to be referred to as being powered by rubber bands. Now the cynics could start having a dig at business airplane flying on whatever from cooking oil to liquefied algae.<br> |
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<br>With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from [increasing](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) oil costs and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover practical options to traditional kerosene and these up until now seem to boil down to various kinds of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).<br> |
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<br>Not remarkably, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by [British aviation](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) leader, [Sir Richard](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with minimal [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives consisting of some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) which can grow in soil thought about too poor for growing mainstream [foodstuffs](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy).<br> |
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<br>[jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) is a genus of roughly 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.<br> |
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<br>In 2007 Goldman Sachs cited [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as one of the finest prospects for future [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) production. It is resistant to drought and insects, and produces seeds containing 27-40% oil.<br> |
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<br>Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, [Brazilian](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) aeronautical significant [Embraer](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to carry out research and development into the use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline [companies](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as strategic consultants for the job.<br> |
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<br>The most recent airline company to begin try out new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has performed internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) made from [cooking oil](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy). This mixture, it is claimed, can cut hazardous [emissions](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) by 10%.<br> |
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<br>One actually motivating development has been the move far from biofuels which on with food customers therefore [avoiding](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) a rate spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in use of [biofuels](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) in cars and trucks caused a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.<br> |
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<br>Hopefully in the future, airlines and drivers will focus [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) consumption on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and algae. It would be a blended blessing certainly if some people wound up starving just to please somebody else's green credentials.<br> |
