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 greatest market program in Las jets are enticing buyers with their streamlined shapes, plush cabins - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to display unique kinds of air travel fuel deemed less damaging to the climate, from used cooking oil to the noticeably less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually acquiesced environmental pressure on [aviation](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) 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 curb emissions could make business jets more attractive to ecologically conscious buyers - specifically corporations dealing with questions over sustainability from investors or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The [accessibility](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) of less [contaminating private](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) jets could likewise spare the abundant and [well-known](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) the [negative publicity](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his other half Meghan over a current private jet journey to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The current waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary business officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized by Gulfstream.<br>
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<br>"All of our product is inedible."<br>
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<br>Some of the other 79 [airplane](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) on display screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel mixes anticipated to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>[Private jets](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) represent less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions globally, however can give off, typically, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the [London-based](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) personal charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually safeguarded his periodic usage of [personal](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) jets to ensure his household's safety, and has said that on the uncommon occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers state [occurrences](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) such as the furore over his travel plan have included fresh obstacles for an industry currently making every effort to justify its contribution to cutting business expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving using personal jets are unfortunate when you think about that our market has actually provided fuel effectiveness enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation [President David](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes [increased](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) sustainable fuel usage will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and rich purchasers. According to market information, billionaires just have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting stickers like "this aircraft flies on renewable fuels" and [organisers adding](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) alternative fuel pumps for going to aircrafts - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 [luxury jet](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain skeptical that biojetfuels, generally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial influence on public perceptions about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," stated aviation analyst Richard [Aboulafia](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/).<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet operators for renewable fuels now far surpasses 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.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) 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 likewise seeing more interest from clients who want to buy carbon credits to balance out emissions from their [flights](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions played a role in a business jet usage research study his [business](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) just recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that cost, expense per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I believe individuals are becoming more familiar with the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, [Editing](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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