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 luxury jets are enticing purchasers with their streamlined shapes, luxurious cabins - and progressively, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to display novel kinds of aviation fuel deemed less hazardous to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the definitely less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have acquiesced ecological pressure on air travel and devoted to halving carbon [emissions](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) by 2050 [compared](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing renewable fuel to suppress emissions might make company jets more attractive to environmentally mindful buyers - particularly corporations facing questions over sustainability from investors or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less contaminating personal jets could also spare the abundant and famous the negative promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his better [half Meghan](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) over a recent personal jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The latest waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) 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>A few of the other 79 [aircraft](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) on display screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable fuel [mixes anticipated](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) to be pumped at the show.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>[Private jets](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) [represent](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) less than 0.1% of total yearly carbon emissions worldwide, but can give off, usually, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually protected his periodic usage of [private jets](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) to ensure his household's safety, and has stated that on the uncommon occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers state events such as the furore over his schedule have included fresh difficulties for a market currently striving to validate its contribution to cutting business expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving making use of personal jets are regrettable when you consider that our industry has provided fuel performance improvements of 40% over the previous 40 years," stated Bombardier [Aviation President](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel use will assist the market make inroads with corporations and rich purchasers. According to market information, billionaires only have a 19% company jet [ownership](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting stickers like "this aircraft flies on renewable fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for checking out aircrafts - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 [high-end jet](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) occasion.<br>
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<br>[Environmentalists](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) and some experts stay skeptical that biojetfuels, normally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial influence on public [perceptions](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from company jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) at its California plant, could expand production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and consultants are likewise seeing more interest from consumers who wish to purchase carbon [credits](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) to offset emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, [stated emissions](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) played a function in a corporate jet usage study his [business](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) just recently finished for a [Fortune](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) 500 [company](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86).<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that rate, expense per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I think people are ending up being more familiar with the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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