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Not so long earlier, a surge in usage of biofuels in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;automobiles caused &lt;/del&gt;a spike in maize &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;prices &lt;/del&gt;as US farmers diverted too much corn to fuel processing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hopefully in the future, airlines and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;vehicle drivers &lt;/del&gt;will focus biofuel consumption on non-food sources such as [https://www.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;nasdaq&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;market-activity&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ipos&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;overview?dealId=804419&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;65608 &lt;/del&gt;jatropha] and algae. It would be a combined true blessing &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;indeed &lt;/del&gt;if some people ended up starving simply to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;please &lt;/del&gt;someone else&#039;s green credentials.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It&#039;s bad enough for some prop &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;aircrafts &lt;/ins&gt;to be explained as being powered by &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048 &lt;/ins&gt;rubber bands&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]&lt;/ins&gt;. Now the cynics might begin having a dig at &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;industrial airplane &lt;/ins&gt;flying on everything from &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm &lt;/ins&gt;cooking oil&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;to .&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;With the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US &lt;/ins&gt;civil &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;air] travel &lt;/ins&gt;industry under increasing pressure from rising oil &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;prices &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited environmental] &lt;/ins&gt;legislation, the race is on to discover &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;practical &lt;/ins&gt;alternatives to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html &lt;/ins&gt;traditional kerosene&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;and these &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;so far seem &lt;/ins&gt;to come down to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;different types &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html &lt;/ins&gt;biofuel&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Not surprisingly, the very first trials of alternative fuel were started by British &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;air travel &lt;/ins&gt;pioneer, Sir Richard Branson, whose Virgin Atlantic started London to Amsterdam flights with restricted &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm &lt;/ins&gt;biofuel&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;use in 2008. This was rapidly followed by Lufthansa and Air New Zealand who each &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;used &lt;/ins&gt;different blends of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;regular &lt;/ins&gt;fuel and bio derivatives &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86 consisting] of &lt;/ins&gt;some from made from [https://&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;www.proactiveinvestors&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;co.uk/companies/news&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;159346&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html &lt;/ins&gt;jatropha] which can grow in soil considered too bad for growing mainstream &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd foodstuffs]&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[https://&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;www&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;159352&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;mission&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;newenergy&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;debt&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;free&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;focused&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;on&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;biofuel&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;joint&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;venture&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;60797.html &lt;/ins&gt;jatropha curcas] is a genus of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;roughly &lt;/ins&gt;175 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;succulent &lt;/ins&gt;plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [https://www.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;businessnews&lt;/ins&gt;.com.au/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Company&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mission&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;NewEnergy &lt;/ins&gt;Jatropha &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;curcas&lt;/ins&gt;]), from the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;household &lt;/ins&gt;Euphorbiaceae.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In 2007 Goldman Sachs &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pointed out [https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86 Jatropha] &lt;/ins&gt;[https://www.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;proactiveinvestors.co&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;uk&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;companies&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;news&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;159346&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;html jatropha &lt;/ins&gt;curcas] as one of the very best &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;prospects &lt;/ins&gt;for future [https://www.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;investing&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;equities&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile &lt;/ins&gt;biodiesel] production. 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It was reported that Brazilian &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;airline companies &lt;/ins&gt;Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;act &lt;/ins&gt;as strategic specialists for the task.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;latest &lt;/ins&gt;airline to start &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;explore &lt;/ins&gt;brand-new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;actually &lt;/ins&gt;conducted internal US flights using a &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;mix &lt;/ins&gt;of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[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 &lt;/ins&gt;biofuel&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;made from cooking oil. 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It would be a combined true blessing &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;certainly &lt;/ins&gt;if some people ended up starving simply to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;satisfy &lt;/ins&gt;someone else&#039;s green credentials.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>OfeliaMcclanahan: Created page with &quot;&lt;br&gt;It&#039;s bad enough for some prop airplanes to be explained as being powered by rubber bands. Now the cynics might begin having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from rising oil rates and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover viable alternatives to traditional kerosene and these up until now appear to come down to various kinds of biofue...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It&amp;#039;s bad enough for some prop airplanes to be explained as being powered by rubber bands. Now the cynics might begin having a dig at commercial aircraft flying on everything from cooking oil to liquefied algae.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;With the civil aviation industry under increasing pressure from rising oil rates and ecological legislation, the race is on to discover viable alternatives to traditional kerosene and these up until now appear to come down to various kinds of biofue...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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