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 industry program in Las Vegas luxury jets are [enticing buyers](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) with their smooth shapes, [luxurious cabins](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) - and increasingly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to showcase novel kinds of aviation fuel considered less harmful to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually bowed to environmental pressure on air travel and committed to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that [adopting sustainable](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) fuel to suppress emissions might make service jets more appealing to ecologically mindful buyers - particularly corporations facing questions over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less jets might also spare the rich and popular the negative publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his better half Meghan over a [current private](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on [display screen](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) in Las Vegas are using 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 byproducts of the food industry," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste [utilized](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) by [Gulfstream](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).<br>
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<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
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<br>Some of the other 79 airplane on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other [sustainable fuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) mixes expected to be pumped at the show.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions worldwide, however can release, on average, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has protected his occasional usage of personal jets to [guarantee](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) his household's security, and has said that on the [uncommon occasions](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) he does not fly commercially he offsets his [emissions](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).<br>
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<br>But planemakers state incidents such as the furore over his itinerary have added fresh challenges for an [industry](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) currently aiming to justify its contribution to cutting business costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including the use of personal jets are unfortunate when you consider that our market has actually delivered fuel performance enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel use will assist the market make [inroads](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) with corporations and [wealthy buyers](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053). According to market information, billionaires just have a 19% company jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image makeover - with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on renewable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for visiting aircrafts - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts remain doubtful that biojetfuels, usually combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial influence on public perceptions about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," said aviation expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet operators for renewable fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest might [drive future](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) at its California plant, might expand production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and experts are also seeing more interest from customers who desire to buy carbon credits to balance out emissions from their [flights](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a corporate jet [utilization](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) research study his business just recently finished for a [Fortune](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that rate, cost per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) driver. But I think individuals are becoming more familiar with 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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