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It's bad enough for some propeller planes to be explained as being powered by rubber bands. Now the cynics could begin having a dig at industrial airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.
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With the civil air travel market under increasing pressure from increasing oil costs and environmental legislation, the race is on to find viable options to traditional [kerosene](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and these up until now seem to boil down to different kinds of biofuel.
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Not remarkably, the first trials of alternative fuel were started by British aviation leader, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with limited [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each used various blends of regular fuel and bio derivatives including some from made from [jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) which can grow in soil thought about too bad for growing mainstream foods items.
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In 2007 [Goldman](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) Sachs pointed out [Jatropha](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) [jatropha curcas](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) as one of the very best candidates for future [biodiesel](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) production. It is resistant to drought and bugs, and produces seeds including 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aerial major Embraer and the [Sao Paulo](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) state Research Support Foundation relocated to perform research and [development](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) into using biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline [companies](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as strategic specialists for the project.
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The most recent airline to start explore new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has actually conducted internal US flights using a blend of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) made from [cooking oil](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/). This mixture, it is claimed, can cut damaging emissions by 10%.
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One really encouraging development has been the relocation away from biofuels which contend head on with food consumers thus preventing a price spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in usage of biofuels in [vehicles caused](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) a spike in maize prices as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.
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Hopefully in the future, airline companies and drivers will focus biofuel [consumption](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) on non-food sources such as and algae. It would be a [blended blessing](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) certainly if some [individuals](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) ended up starving simply to please somebody else's green qualifications.
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