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 program in Las Vegas high-end jets are luring purchasers with their sleek shapes, luxurious cabins - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and [jetmakers](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) are keen to display unique forms of [air travel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) fuel considered less damaging to the climate, from used cooking oil to the clearly less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have bowed to environmental pressure on aviation and devoted to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that [embracing sustainable](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) fuel to suppress emissions might make service jets more attractive to environmentally conscious purchasers - specifically corporations facing [questions](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) over sustainability from shareholders or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less polluting private jets could likewise spare the abundant and popular the negative promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his [partner Meghan](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) over a recent [private](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on [display](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The current waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, chief commercial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) [producer](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) 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>Some of the other 79 aircraft on [display](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel blends expected to be pumped at the [program](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited).<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 discharge, on average, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private [charter company](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually protected his occasional usage of personal jets to guarantee his family's security, and has actually stated that on the [uncommon occasions](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) he does not fly commercially he offsets his [emissions](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).<br>
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<br>But planemakers say incidents such as the furore over his travel plan have actually added for a market currently striving to validate its [contribution](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) to [cutting business](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including making use of private jets are unfortunate when you think about that our industry has actually provided fuel efficiency improvements of 40% over the previous 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>[Bombardier believes](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) increased sustainable fuel use will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and rich buyers. According to market information, billionaires just have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for checking out 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 analysts remain skeptical that biojetfuels, generally blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant effect on public understandings about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [Jatropha](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 organization jets look eco-friendly," stated [air travel](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) 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 might drive future production, Sherbacow stated.<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 plant, could broaden production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter [companies](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and experts are likewise seeing more interest from clients who desire to buy carbon credits to offset emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions played a function in a corporate jet utilization study his company recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that price, cost per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I think people are becoming more aware 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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