Add Clean Getaway: Meat Waste Joins Biofuels At Luxury Jet Show
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<br>By Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the [world's](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) greatest market show in Las [Vegas high-end](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) jets are drawing buyers with their streamlined shapes, [luxurious cabins](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and [jetmakers](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) are eager to showcase novel kinds of aviation fuel considered less damaging to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less [glamorous meat](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have bowed to [ecological pressure](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) on aviation and devoted to [cutting](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that [adopting sustainable](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) fuel to suppress emissions could make business jets more appealing to environmentally conscious buyers - especially corporations facing concerns over sustainability from investors or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less contaminating private jets could likewise spare the rich and famous the unfavorable promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his other half Meghan over a recent [private jet](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) 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 byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial [officer](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) producer World Energy, which [produces fuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) from meat waste used by Gulfstream.<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 on display screen are anticipated 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 account for less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions globally, however can release, on average, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has protected his periodic use of personal jets to guarantee his family's security, and has actually said that on the uncommon celebrations 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 actually included fresh challenges for a market currently making every effort to validate its contribution to cutting business costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including making use of personal jets are regrettable when you think about that our market has provided fuel efficiency improvements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and rich buyers. According to market data, billionaires only have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image [remodeling](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) - with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for [visiting airplanes](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) - is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some [experts stay](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) skeptical that biojetfuels, generally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable effect on public perceptions about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from organization jet operators for eco-friendly 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.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) at its California plant, could [broaden production](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and consultants are also seeing more interest from clients who wish to purchase carbon credits to [offset emissions](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) from their [flights](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions played a function in a business jet utilization study his business recently completed for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that cost, cost per hour, variety, speed and performance, 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](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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