Add Clean Getaway: Meat Waste Joins Biofuels At Luxury Jet Show
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<br>By [Allison](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's greatest [market program](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) in Las Vegas high-end jets are drawing buyers with their streamlined silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and significantly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and [jetmakers](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) are eager to [display unique](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) kinds of air travel fuel deemed less damaging 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 acquiesced ecological pressure on aviation and committed to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that [adopting renewable](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) fuel to [curb emissions](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) could make service jets more appealing to ecologically conscious purchasers - particularly corporations facing [questions](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) over sustainability from investors or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less polluting private jets might also spare the rich and famous the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan over a current private jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The newest waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, chief industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized 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 airplane on screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel blends expected 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 yearly carbon emissions globally, however can produce, usually, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has protected his occasional usage of private jets to ensure his household's safety, and has actually said that on the rare occasions he does not fly [commercially](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) he offsets his .<br>
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<br>But planemakers say occurrences such as the furore over his itinerary have actually included fresh difficulties for a market already striving to validate its contribution to [cutting business](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including the usage of personal jets are unfortunate when you consider that our industry has actually provided fuel effectiveness enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the market make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to market information, billionaires only have a 19% organization jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image makeover - with jets sporting [sticker](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) labels like "this airplane flies on eco-friendly fuels" and [organisers adding](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) alternative fuel pumps for going to planes - is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet event.<br>
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<br>[Environmentalists](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and some experts remain doubtful that biojetfuels, generally blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable effect on public understandings 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 service jets look eco-friendly," said 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 could 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 as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and consultants are likewise seeing more interest from clients who desire to buy carbon credits to [balance](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) out [emissions](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) from their [flights](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said [emissions played](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) a role in a [business jet](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) usage research study his company just recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that cost, expense per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I believe people are becoming more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it affects the planet." (Reporting By [Allison](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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