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 industry program in Las Vegas high-end jets are drawing [purchasers](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) with their smooth silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and increasingly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to showcase unique forms of air travel fuel deemed less harmful to the climate, from used cooking oil to the distinctly less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have bowed to ecological pressure on aviation and committed to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 [compared](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that [adopting renewable](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) fuel to curb emissions could make business jets more attractive to ecologically conscious buyers - specifically [corporations dealing](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) with concerns over sustainability from [investors](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less polluting personal jets could likewise spare the abundant and well-known the negative publicity [experienced](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) by Britain's Prince Harry and his better half Meghan over a current private jet journey to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display 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 industry," [stated Bryan](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) Sherbacow, chief business [officer](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) of Boston-based [biofuel](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) 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>Some of the other 79 aircraft on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel [blends anticipated](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) 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 overall annual carbon emissions internationally, however can give off, typically, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has safeguarded his occasional usage of personal jets to [guarantee](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) his family's security, 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 say occurrences such as the furore over his travel plan have actually added fresh obstacles for a market currently making every effort to justify 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 consider that our market has provided fuel efficiency improvements of 40% over the previous 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks [increased sustainable](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) fuel usage will help the market make inroads with corporations and rich buyers. According to industry data, billionaires just have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for going to [planes -](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, normally 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant impact on public perceptions about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business 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 surpasses supply and their interest could drive future production, [Sherbacow](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which [produces](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) at its California plant, could broaden production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and consultants are also seeing more interest from clients who desire to purchase carbon credits to balance out [emissions](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) from their [flights](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions played a [function](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) in a business jet utilization research 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 rate, cost per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) driver. But I believe people are becoming more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, [Editing](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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