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This was rapidly followed by  &lt;/del&gt;and Air New Zealand who each &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;utilized various &lt;/del&gt;blends of routine fuel and bio derivatives &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;including &lt;/del&gt;some from made from [https://www.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;google&lt;/del&gt;.com/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;search?kgmid=&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;m&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;0cqd_rb &lt;/del&gt;jatropha] which can grow in soil considered too bad for growing mainstream foodstuffs.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[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=804419-65608 jatropha curcas&lt;/del&gt;] is a genus of around 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees (some are deciduous, like [https://www.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;proactiveinvestors&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;co.uk&lt;/del&gt;/companies&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;/news/159346&lt;/del&gt;/mission-newenergy-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;delivers&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html &lt;/del&gt;Jatropha curcas]), from the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053 &lt;/del&gt;family Euphorbiaceae&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In 2007 [https://www.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;bloomberg&lt;/del&gt;.com/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;profile&lt;/del&gt;/company/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MNELF:US Goldman Sachs&lt;/del&gt;] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;mentioned &lt;/del&gt;[https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;159352&lt;/del&gt;/mission-newenergy-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;debt&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;free&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;focused&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;on&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;biofuel&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;joint&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;venture&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;60797&lt;/del&gt;.html &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Jatropha curcas] as one of the finest candidates for future [https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy &lt;/del&gt;biodiesel] production. It is resistant to dry spell and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;bugs&lt;/del&gt;, and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price &lt;/del&gt;produces&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] &lt;/del&gt;seeds &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;consisting of &lt;/del&gt;27-40% oil.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Recently, US aerospace giant Boeing, Brazilian &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;aeronautical significant &lt;/del&gt;Embraer and the Sao Paulo state Research Support Foundation &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;relocated &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;perform &lt;/del&gt;research study and advancement into &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the &lt;/del&gt;use of [https://www.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pinterest&lt;/del&gt;.com&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;.au&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;missionnewenergy&lt;/del&gt;/ biofuels] to power jet airliners. It was reported that Brazilian &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;airline [https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy companies] &lt;/del&gt;Azul, Gol, TAM and Trip would function as &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;strategic &lt;/del&gt;specialists for the project.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;most recent &lt;/del&gt;airline company to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;start &lt;/del&gt;try out new fuels is the Alaska Air Group which has &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;actually performed &lt;/del&gt;internal US flights using a &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;mix &lt;/del&gt;of 80 % petroleum based fuel and 20% [https://www.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;proactiveinvestors&lt;/del&gt;.com&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;.au&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ASX:MBT&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Mission&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;NewEnergy&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Ltd &lt;/del&gt;biofuel] made from cooking oil. This mix, it is declared, can cut harmful emissions by 10%.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One actually [https://&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;www.intelligentinvestor&lt;/del&gt;.com&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;.au&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;shares&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;asx-mbt&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;mission&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;newenergy-limited/share-price encouraging&lt;/del&gt;] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;development has been the move away from biofuels &lt;/del&gt;which complete head on with &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;food consumers &lt;/del&gt;consequently avoiding a price spiral. Not so long &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;back&lt;/del&gt;, a surge in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;usage &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053 &lt;/del&gt;biofuels&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] &lt;/del&gt;in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;cars and [https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited trucks triggered] &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 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;too much &lt;/del&gt;corn to fuel processing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hopefully in the future, airline companies and drivers will [https://&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;www.bloomberg&lt;/del&gt;.com/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;profile/company&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MNELF:US focus &lt;/del&gt;biofuel] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;intake &lt;/del&gt;on non-food sources such as [https://&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;www.crunchbase&lt;/del&gt;.com/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;organization&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;mission&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;newenergy &lt;/del&gt;jatropha] and algae. It would be a &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;blended blessing certainly if some people ended up starving simply to satisfy another &lt;/del&gt;[https://www.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;pinterest&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;au/missionnewenergy&lt;/del&gt;/ person&#039;s green&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] &lt;/del&gt;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 [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 style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;prop planes] to be explained as being powered by elastic band. Now the &lt;/ins&gt;skeptics &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;might &lt;/ins&gt;start having a dig at &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;commercial aircraft &lt;/ins&gt;flying on &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;everything &lt;/ins&gt;from cooking oil to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;melted &lt;/ins&gt;algae.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;With the civil &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;aviation &lt;/ins&gt;market under increasing pressure from increasing oil costs and environmental legislation, the race is on to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;find viable options &lt;/ins&gt;to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;traditional &lt;/ins&gt;kerosene and these up until now seem to boil down to [https://www.proactiveinvestors.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;co&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;uk/companies/news/159352&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html numerous kinds] of [https&lt;/ins&gt;:/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;/www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-&lt;/ins&gt;Mission-NewEnergy-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4 &lt;/ins&gt;biofuel].&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Not remarkably, the 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 &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Virgin Atlantic began London to Amsterdam flights with minimal &lt;/ins&gt;[https://&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;stocktwits&lt;/ins&gt;.com/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;symbol&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;MNEL biofuel&lt;/ins&gt;] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;use in 2008. 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