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It's bad enough for some propeller planes to be explained as being powered by . Now the cynics might start having a dig at commercial airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.
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With the civil aviation market under increasing pressure from rising oil prices and ecological legislation, the race is on to find practical alternatives to conventional kerosene and these so far seem to boil down to different kinds of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).
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Not surprisingly, the 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](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) use in 2008. This was quickly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of [regular fuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) which can grow in soil thought about too bad for growing mainstream foods.
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[jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited)), from the family Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs pointed out [Jatropha curcas](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) as one of the best candidates for future [biodiesel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) production. It is [resistant](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) to dry spell and pests, and produces seeds [consisting](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) of 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical significant Embraer and the [Sao Paulo](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) state Research Support Foundation moved to perform 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 function as strategic experts for the job.
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The current airline to start exploring with new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has carried out internal US flights utilizing a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from cooking oil. This mixture, it is declared, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.
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One truly motivating development has actually been the move far from biofuels which [compete head](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) on with food consumers therefore [avoiding](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) a rate spiral. Not so long ago, a surge in use of biofuels in vehicles caused a spike in maize prices as US [farmers diverted](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) excessive corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airline [companies](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and [vehicle drivers](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) will focus [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) usage on non-food sources such as [jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and algae. It would be a combined blessing undoubtedly if some people wound up starving just to please another person's green [credentials](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608).
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