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 [industry program](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) in Las Vegas luxury jets are drawing buyers with their streamlined shapes, luxurious cabins - and progressively, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to display novel types of [aviation fuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) considered less harmful to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less [glamorous meat](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually acquiesced environmental pressure on air travel and dedicated to halving carbon [emissions](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) by 2050 [compared](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing renewable fuel to curb emissions could make [service](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) jets more appealing to ecologically conscious purchasers - particularly corporations dealing with questions over sustainability from investors or green project groups.<br>
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<br>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.<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](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) tallow.<br>
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<br>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](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) 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>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.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>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.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually protected his periodic use of [personal jets](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) to ensure his household's safety, and has actually said that on the unusual occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But [planemakers](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) state events such as the furore over his [travel plan](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) have added fresh [challenges](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) for a market currently making every effort to validate its contribution to cutting business [expenses](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).<br>
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<br>"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.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the [industry](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) make inroads with corporations and rich buyers. According to industry information, billionaires just have a 19% business jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting [sticker](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) labels like "this airplane flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers including [alternative fuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) pumps for going to airplanes - is unlikely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts stay [doubtful](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) that biojetfuels, normally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial influence on public perceptions about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [Jatropha](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) 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 service jet operators for sustainable fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) at its California plant, might [expand production](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and are also seeing more interest from customers who desire to buy carbon credits to balance out emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>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.<br>
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<br>"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)<br>
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