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](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) show in Las [Vegas luxury](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) jets are drawing purchasers with their streamlined shapes, plush cabins - and progressively, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to showcase novel forms of air travel fuel considered less hazardous 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 acquiesced environmental pressure on air travel and devoted to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting renewable fuel to curb emissions could make service jets more appealing to ecologically conscious buyers - specifically corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from investors or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less [polluting private](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) jets might also spare the abundant and popular the negative publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his better half Meghan over a current private jet journey 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 most recent waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food industry," said Bryan Sherbacow, [primary business](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by [Gulfstream](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<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](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) on screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable fuel blends to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of total yearly carbon emissions worldwide, however can discharge, on average, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually [defended](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) his occasional use of [personal jets](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) to ensure his household's safety, and has said that on the rare occasions he does not fly [commercially](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers state [incidents](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) such as the furore over his schedule have included fresh challenges for a market already aiming to justify its contribution to cutting business expenses.<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 provided fuel efficiency improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable [fuel usage](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) will help the [industry](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) make inroads with corporations and [rich buyers](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb). According to market information, billionaires just have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image [makeover -](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for visiting airplanes - is unlikely to please all [critics](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts stay skeptical that biojetfuels, normally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable effect on [public understandings](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) about high-end travel.<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 organization jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from company jet operators for renewable fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) at its California plant, could broaden production up to 150 million [gallons](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and consultants are also seeing more interest from consumers who want to purchase carbon 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 played a function in a business jet utilization study his business recently completed for a [Fortune](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I think that price, expense per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I believe individuals are becoming more familiar with 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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