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](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) most significant market show in Las Vegas luxury jets are [enticing buyers](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) with their streamlined silhouettes, plush cabins - and progressively, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and [jetmakers](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) are keen to showcase novel forms of aviation fuel considered less harmful to the environment, from used cooking oil to the noticeably less [attractive meat](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually bowed to ecological pressure on aviation and committed to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing eco-friendly fuel to suppress emissions might make [service](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) jets more appealing to environmentally conscious purchasers - particularly corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from investors or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less jets could likewise spare the [abundant](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) and famous the unfavorable publicity experienced by [Britain's Prince](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) Harry and his better half Meghan over a [current personal](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) jet journey to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display screen in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The most current waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) manufacturer World Energy, which [produces fuel](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) from meat waste used by Gulfstream.<br>
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<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
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<br>Some of the other 79 airplane on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable fuel blends expected to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>[Private jets](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) represent less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions worldwide, however can emit, on average, as much as 20 times more [carbon emissions](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) per [guest mile](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually safeguarded his occasional use of private jets to guarantee his family's security, and has stated that on the unusual celebrations he does not [fly commercially](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) he [offsets](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) his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers say occurrences such as the furore over his travel plan have included [fresh obstacles](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) for an industry already striving to validate its contribution to cutting corporate costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including the usage of private jets are unfortunate when you think about that our industry has actually delivered fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased [sustainable fuel](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) usage will help the market make inroads with corporations and wealthy purchasers. According to industry information, billionaires only have a 19% company jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for going to airplanes - is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 [high-end jet](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts stay doubtful that biojetfuels, generally blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant impact on public understandings about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [Jatropha](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet operators for sustainable fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) at its California plant, might broaden production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and experts are also seeing more interest from consumers who want to [buy carbon](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) credits to offset emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a corporate jet usage study his company recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that cost, cost per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I think individuals are ending up being more aware of the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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