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It's bad enough for some [propeller airplanes](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) to be described as being powered by rubber bands. Now the skeptics might start having a dig at business airplane flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.
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With the civil air travel market under increasing pressure from rising oil rates and [environmental](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) legislation, the race is on to find practical alternatives to standard kerosene and these up until now seem to boil down to different types of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html).
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Not surprisingly, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by British air travel pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin [Atlantic](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) began London to [Amsterdam flights](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) with minimal [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) usage in 2008. This was quickly followed by [Lufthansa](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and Air New Zealand who each utilized various blends of regular 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 foods items.
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[jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) is a genus of approximately 175 [succulent](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [Jatropha](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) [jatropha curcas](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889)), from the household Euphorbiaceae.
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In 2007 Goldman Sachs mentioned [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 very best prospects for future [biodiesel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) [production](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd). It is resistant to [drought](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and insects, and produces seeds 27-40% oil.
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Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian aeronautical major Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation relocated to perform research study and development into making use of biofuels to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian airline companies Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would serve as strategic experts for the project.
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The latest airline company to start explore brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has performed internal US flights using a mix of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut hazardous emissions by 10%.
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One really motivating development has actually been the move away from biofuels which complete head on with food consumers consequently avoiding a rate spiral. Not so long earlier, a rise in use of biofuels in [cars caused](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) 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://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) usage on [non-food sources](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) such as [jatropha curcas](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and algae. It would be a blended true blessing certainly if some individuals ended up starving simply to satisfy another person's green qualifications.
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