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 industry program in Las Vegas high-end jets are drawing buyers with their streamlined shapes, luxurious cabins - and increasingly, their usage of [alternative fuels](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/).<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to showcase unique kinds of [air travel](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) fuel deemed less harmful to the environment, from [utilized cooking](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) oil to the definitely less [attractive meat](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have bowed to ecological pressure on air travel and committed to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting eco-friendly fuel to curb emissions could make [service jets](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) more attractive to ecologically mindful purchasers - especially [corporations dealing](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) with questions over sustainability from shareholders or [green project](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less [contaminating private](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) jets might also spare the rich and popular the negative promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his better half Meghan over a current personal jet journey to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display in Las Vegas are [utilizing California-produced](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) fuel from [inedible beef](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) tallow.<br>
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<br>The most recent waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food industry," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary business officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) producer 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 [airplane](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) on display are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel blends anticipated to be pumped at the [program](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited).<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions internationally, however can discharge, usually, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually defended his periodic use of [private jets](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) to guarantee his household's security, and has stated that on the unusual events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers say occurrences such as the furore over his schedule have added [fresh difficulties](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) for a market currently making every effort to validate its [contribution](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) to cutting corporate costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including using personal jets are unfortunate when you consider that our market has actually provided fuel effectiveness enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," stated 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 wealthy purchasers. According to industry data, billionaires only 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 renewable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for visiting planes - is not likely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts stay skeptical that biojetfuels, usually combined 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 curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," [stated air](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) travel analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from service jet operators for sustainable fuels now far surpasses supply and their interest could drive future production, [Sherbacow stated](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile).<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) at its California plant, could expand production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter [companies](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and consultants are also 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 contributed in a business jet usage research study his company just recently completed for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that rate, expense per hour, range, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) driver. But I believe individuals are ending up being more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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