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 biggest market show in Las [Vegas luxury](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) jets are [drawing purchasers](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) with their streamlined silhouettes, [plush cabins](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) - and progressively, their usage of [alternative fuels](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to showcase unique kinds of air travel fuel considered less [damaging](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 the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the clearly less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually bowed to ecological pressure on [aviation](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) and devoted to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting sustainable fuel to suppress emissions might make organization jets more attractive to environmentally mindful buyers - especially corporations dealing with concerns over [sustainability](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) from investors or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less polluting personal jets could also spare the abundant and well-known the negative publicity [experienced](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) by Britain's Prince Harry and his partner Meghan over a recent private jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The newest waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, chief commercial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) producer World Energy, which [produces fuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) from meat waste used by Gulfstream.<br>
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<br>"All of our product is inedible."<br>
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<br>A few of the other 79 aircraft on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable fuel to be pumped at the show.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets account for less than 0.1% of total yearly carbon emissions globally, but can emit, usually, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has protected his periodic usage of [private](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) jets to guarantee his family's security, and has actually said that on the rare events 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 included [fresh challenges](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) for an industry currently striving to validate its contribution to cutting corporate [expenses](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including the use of private jets are unfortunate when you think about that our industry has actually delivered fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation [President](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy purchasers. According to market data, billionaires only have a 19% company jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on renewable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for going to airplanes - 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 experts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, normally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant effect on public perceptions about [luxury travel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy).<br>
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<br>"No amount of [Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from organization jet [operators](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) for sustainable fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest could drive future production, [Sherbacow](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) 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 specialists are likewise seeing more interest from consumers who desire to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from their [flights](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a corporate jet usage research study his business just recently finished for a Fortune 500 [business](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608).<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I think that price, expense per hour, range, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) driver. But I believe people are becoming more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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