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 market program in Las Vegas high-end jets are luring purchasers with their smooth shapes, luxurious cabins - and progressively, their usage of [alternative fuels](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price).<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to display novel forms of aviation fuel deemed less damaging to the climate, from [utilized cooking](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) oil to the distinctly less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually acquiesced environmental [pressure](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) on aviation and devoted to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing eco-friendly fuel to curb emissions could make organization jets more [attractive](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) to ecologically mindful buyers - specifically corporations facing concerns over sustainability from investors or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less [contaminating personal](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) jets might likewise spare the abundant and popular the negative promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his other half 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 [consist](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food industry," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized 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 on display are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 [gallons](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) of other renewable fuel blends anticipated to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets [represent](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) less than 0.1% of overall annual carbon emissions globally, however can release, typically, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has defended his [periodic](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) use of personal jets to ensure his household's security, and has stated that on the [rare events](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) 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 schedule have included fresh difficulties for an industry currently making every effort to justify its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including using personal jets are regrettable when you consider that our market has actually provided fuel performance enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>[Bombardier](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the market make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to industry information, billionaires only have a 19% company jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image [makeover -](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on renewable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for going to aircrafts - is unlikely to please all [critics](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) at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts remain doubtful that biojetfuels, usually blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial influence on public understandings about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [Jatropha](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," said air travel expert Richard .<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far exceeds 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://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) at its California plant, might broaden production approximately 150 million [gallons](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and specialists are also seeing more interest from [customers](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) who desire to [buy carbon](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) credits to balance out [emissions](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) from their [flights](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions played a role in a business jet utilization study his business just recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I think that rate, expense per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I think individuals are ending up being more mindful 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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