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 market show in Las Vegas luxury jets are [tempting buyers](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) with their sleek shapes, - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to [showcase](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) novel types of air travel fuel deemed less damaging to the climate, from used [cooking oil](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) to the clearly less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have bowed to environmental pressure on air travel and [committed](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that [adopting renewable](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) fuel to suppress emissions could make service jets more appealing to environmentally conscious purchasers - particularly corporations facing questions over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less polluting personal jets might also spare the rich and popular the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his better half Meghan over a current personal jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five [Gulfstream](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) jets on screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The newest waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary business officer of [Boston-based](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) [biofuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used 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 [display screen](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable fuel blends expected to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>[Private jets](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) represent less than 0.1% of total yearly carbon emissions internationally, but can give off, typically, as much as 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](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) has actually protected his occasional use of personal jets to guarantee his family's safety, and has actually stated that on the unusual occasions 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 included fresh difficulties for an industry already making every effort to justify its [contribution](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) to cutting business [expenses](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/).<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving using personal jets are unfortunate when you consider that our market has actually delivered fuel effectiveness improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel usage will help the market make inroads with corporations and rich purchasers. According to market information, billionaires only have a 19% [business jet](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this airplane flies on renewable fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for visiting airplanes - is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 [high-end jet](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain doubtful that biojetfuels, typically mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant influence on public perceptions about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [Jatropha](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," stated aviation expert [Richard](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from service jet operators for sustainable fuels now far surpasses 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.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) at its [California](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) plant, might broaden production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and experts are also seeing more interest from clients who want to buy carbon credits to [offset emissions](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a business jet usage study his [company](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) recently completed 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 performance, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I believe people are ending up being more mindful of the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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