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 greatest market show in Las Vegas luxury jets are drawing buyers with their streamlined silhouettes, plush cabins - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to display unique kinds of aviation fuel deemed less hazardous to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the [noticeably](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have bowed to ecological pressure on air travel and devoted to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting eco-friendly fuel to suppress emissions might make [organization](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) jets more [appealing](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) to ecologically conscious purchasers - especially corporations dealing with questions over sustainability from investors or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less [polluting personal](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) jets might also spare the abundant and popular the unfavorable promotion 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 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 by-products of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary business officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used 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 aircraft on display screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly 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 represent less than 0.1% of total annual carbon [emissions](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) internationally, however can give off, typically, approximately 20 times more [carbon emissions](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) 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](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) of [private](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) jets to guarantee 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 say occurrences such as the furore over his travel plan have actually added fresh difficulties for an industry already making every effort 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 unfortunate when you consider that our industry has delivered fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation [President David](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy purchasers. According to [industry](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) information, billionaires just have a 19% business jet ownership 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 adding alternative fuel pumps for going to aircrafts - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts stay [hesitant](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) that biojetfuels, generally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable impact on public perceptions about [luxury travel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053).<br>
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<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) 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 [renewable fuels](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) now far surpasses supply and their interest could [drive future](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) 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, might broaden production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and consultants are also seeing more interest from [consumers](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) who desire to buy carbon credits to offset emissions from their [flights](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, played a function in a [corporate jet](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) usage research study his company 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) chauffeur. But I believe people are becoming more familiar with the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, [Editing](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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