Add Clean Getaway: Meat Waste Joins Biofuels At Luxury Jet Show
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<br>By Allison Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's greatest market program in Las Vegas high-end jets are tempting buyers with their sleek shapes, plush cabins - and progressively, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>[Fuel producers](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and jetmakers are keen to showcase novel forms of [aviation fuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) deemed less damaging to the climate, from used cooking oil to the distinctly less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually acquiesced environmental pressure on air travel and dedicated to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 [compared](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting eco-friendly fuel to suppress emissions might make company jets more attractive to [ecologically mindful](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) buyers - specifically corporations [dealing](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) with over [sustainability](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less [contaminating private](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) jets might likewise spare the abundant and famous the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan over a recent private jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The current waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food industry," [stated Bryan](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) Sherbacow, primary business officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by Gulfstream.<br>
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<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
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<br>A few of the other 79 [aircraft](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) on display screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable fuel mixes expected to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets account for less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions worldwide, but can release, on average, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per [traveler](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually [protected](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) his periodic use of personal jets to ensure his family's security, and has actually stated that on the uncommon celebrations he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers say incidents such as the furore over his travel plan have actually added fresh difficulties for a market currently aiming to validate its [contribution](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) to [cutting corporate](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving the usage of private jets are regrettable when you consider that our industry has provided fuel performance improvements of 40% over the previous 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased [sustainable fuel](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) usage will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and rich buyers. According to industry data, billionaires just have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image [remodeling -](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) with jets sporting stickers like "this aircraft flies on renewable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for going to aircrafts - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts remain hesitant that biojetfuels, usually combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant effect on public understandings about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," stated aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from company jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million [gallons](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) of [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) at its California plant, might broaden production up to 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and consultants are likewise seeing more interest from consumers who wish to purchase carbon credits to balance out emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions played a [function](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) in a corporate jet usage study his company just recently completed for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that price, expense per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I believe individuals are ending up being more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by [Tim Hepher](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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