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 show in Las Vegas luxury jets are luring purchasers with their smooth shapes, luxurious cabins - and increasingly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to [showcase unique](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) forms of air travel fuel deemed less hazardous to the climate, from used cooking oil to the distinctly less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have bowed to environmental pressure on aviation and dedicated to [cutting](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing sustainable fuel to suppress emissions could make [organization jets](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) more appealing to ecologically conscious buyers - particularly corporations [dealing](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) with questions over sustainability from investors or [green campaign](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less polluting private jets might likewise spare the rich and well-known the unfavorable publicity experienced by [Britain's Prince](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Harry and his better half Meghan over a recent [private jet](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) trip 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 most recent [waste-based fuels](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used 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 [aircraft](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) on display are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel blends anticipated to be pumped at the show.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions globally, however can emit, on average, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal [charter firm](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually defended his occasional usage of personal jets to guarantee his household's safety, and has said that on the unusual events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers state incidents such as the furore over his schedule have added fresh difficulties for a market already making every effort to validate its contribution to cutting business costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including the use of private jets are regrettable when you consider that our market has delivered fuel effectiveness enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said 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 buyers. According to industry data, [billionaires](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) only have a 19% company jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting stickers like "this aircraft flies on renewable fuels" and [organisers adding](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) alternative fuel pumps for [checking](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) out aircrafts - 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 analysts stay skeptical that biojetfuels, typically combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant effect on public perceptions about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," said air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from company jet operators for sustainable fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) at its California plant, could [expand production](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) up to 150 million [gallons](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and experts are likewise seeing more interest from clients who wish 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, stated emissions played a function in a [corporate jet](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) usage research study his [business](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) just recently completed for a Fortune 500 [business](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I think that price, expense per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I think individuals are becoming more aware of 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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