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 most significant market program in Las Vegas high-end jets are [tempting purchasers](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) with their smooth silhouettes, [plush cabins](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to display unique types of [air travel](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) fuel deemed less hazardous to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the definitely less [glamorous meat](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have acquiesced environmental pressure on air travel and [dedicated](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) to [cutting](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) in [half carbon](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing renewable fuel to suppress emissions could make service jets more appealing to environmentally conscious buyers - especially corporations dealing with questions over sustainability from shareholders or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less contaminating personal jets could also spare the rich and popular the negative promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan over a recent private jet journey to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on [display screen](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The most recent [waste-based fuels](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, chief business officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized 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 on display screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other [renewable fuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) [blends expected](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets [represent](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) less than 0.1% of overall [yearly carbon](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) emissions worldwide, but can discharge, on average, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per [guest mile](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually safeguarded his periodic usage of private jets to guarantee his household's security, and has actually said that on the [uncommon celebrations](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) 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 itinerary have added [fresh obstacles](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) for a market already making every effort to justify its contribution to cutting corporate costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving using personal jets are regrettable when you consider that our market has provided fuel performance improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel usage will help the market make inroads with corporations and [rich purchasers](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy). According to market information, billionaires just have a 19% business jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image makeover - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for visiting airplanes - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain skeptical that biojetfuels, normally blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable influence on public perceptions about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [Jatropha](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel expert Richard .<br>
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<br>Demand from organization jet operators for renewable 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 of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) at its California plant, could broaden production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and specialists are likewise seeing more interest from customers who desire to purchase carbon [credits](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) to offset emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions contributed in a business jet usage research study his business just recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that price, expense per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I believe individuals are ending up being more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it affects the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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