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By Allison Lampert

LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's greatest industry program in Las Vegas luxury jets are drawing buyers with their streamlined shapes, luxurious cabins - and progressively, their use of alternative fuels.

Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to display novel types of aviation fuel considered less harmful to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less glamorous meat waste.

Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually acquiesced environmental pressure on air travel and dedicated to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.

Their hope is that embracing renewable fuel to curb emissions could make service jets more appealing to ecologically conscious purchasers - particularly corporations dealing with questions over sustainability from investors or green project groups.

The accessibility of less polluting private jets might likewise spare the abundant and famous the negative promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his other half Meghan over a recent private jet trip to southern France.

Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.

The most recent waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food industry," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based biofuel producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by Gulfstream.

"All of our product is inedible."

A few of the other 79 aircraft on display are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel mixes anticipated to be pumped at the program.

FLIGHT SHAMING

Private jets account for less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions worldwide, however can give off, typically, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.

Prince Harry has actually protected his periodic use of personal jets to ensure his household's safety, and has actually said that on the unusual occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.

But planemakers state events such as the furore over his travel plan have added fresh challenges for a market currently making every effort to validate its contribution to cutting business expenses.

"Incidents of flight shaming involving making use of private jets are unfortunate when you consider that our market has delivered fuel effectiveness enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.

Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and rich buyers. According to industry information, billionaires just have a 19% business jet ownership rate.

But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this airplane 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 luxury jet occasion.

Environmentalists and some analysts stay doubtful that biojetfuels, normally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial influence on public perceptions about luxury travel.

"No amount of Jatropha or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.

Demand from service jet operators for sustainable fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow said.

World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of biofuel at its California plant, might expand production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.

Corporate charter companies and are also seeing more interest from customers who desire to buy carbon credits to balance out emissions from their flights.

Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions contributed in a corporate jet utilization study his company recently completed for a Fortune 500 company.

"At the end of the day, I think that rate, cost per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) driver. But I believe people are becoming more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)