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By [Allison](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) Lampert
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LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's most significant industry program in Las Vegas high-end jets are luring buyers with their sleek silhouettes, plush cabins - and progressively, their use of alternative fuels.
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Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to display unique forms of aviation fuel considered less harmful to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less glamorous meat waste.
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Business jet operators, like airlines, have acquiesced ecological pressure on aviation and dedicated to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.
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Their hope is that [adopting sustainable](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) fuel to suppress emissions might make organization jets more [appealing](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) to environmentally mindful purchasers - especially corporations dealing with questions over sustainability from shareholders or green project groups.
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Five Gulfstream jets on display in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.
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The current waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, chief [commercial officer](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by Gulfstream.
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"All of our product is inedible."
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Some of the other 79 aircraft on display screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel blends anticipated to be pumped at the program.
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FLIGHT SHAMING
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Private jets represent less than 0.1% of overall annual carbon emissions internationally, however can release, usually, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.
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Prince Harry has defended his periodic usage of jets to guarantee his family's safety, and has stated that on the rare events he does not fly [commercially](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) he offsets his emissions.
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But planemakers say events such as the furore over his itinerary have added fresh obstacles for a market already making every effort to justify its contribution to cutting business costs.
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"Incidents of flight shaming involving making use of private jets are regrettable when you consider that our market has actually delivered fuel effectiveness improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.
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Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel use will help the industry make inroads with corporations and rich purchasers. According to market information, [billionaires](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) only have a 19% organization jet ownership rate.
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But even an image [remodeling -](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) with jets sporting stickers like "this aircraft flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for going to airplanes - is unlikely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.
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[Environmentalists](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and some analysts stay skeptical that biojetfuels, normally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant impact on public understandings about [high-end](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) travel.
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"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," said air [travel analyst](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) Richard Aboulafia.
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Demand from service jet operators for renewable fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow stated.
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World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) at its California plant, could broaden production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.
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Corporate charter business and [consultants](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) are also seeing more interest from customers who want to purchase carbon credits to [offset emissions](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) from their [flights](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).
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Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a corporate jet utilization study his business recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.
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"At the end of the day, I think that cost, expense per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I believe individuals are ending up being more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the world." ([Reporting](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)
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