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 biggest market show in Las Vegas high-end jets are tempting purchasers with their sleek shapes, plush cabins - and progressively, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to [display](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) novel forms of [aviation fuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) deemed less damaging to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the distinctly less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have acquiesced ecological pressure on [air travel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) and committed to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting renewable fuel to suppress emissions might make organization jets more attractive to ecologically mindful buyers - especially corporations facing concerns over sustainability from investors or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less contaminating personal jets might likewise spare the rich and [popular](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) the negative promotion [experienced](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) by [Britain's Prince](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) Harry and his better half Meghan over a recent personal jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The most recent waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food industry," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary commercial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) manufacturer World Energy, which [produces fuel](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) 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 are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel blends expected to be pumped at the show.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>[Private jets](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) account for less than 0.1% of overall [annual carbon](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) emissions worldwide, however can give off, on average, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has safeguarded his occasional use of personal jets to ensure his [household's](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) security, and has actually stated that on the uncommon events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers state events such as the furore over his schedule have included fresh challenges for an industry currently aiming to validate its contribution to cutting corporate costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving the usage of private jets are regrettable when you think about that our market has provided fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," [stated Bombardier](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel use will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to industry information, billionaires only have a 19% company jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image makeover - with jets sporting stickers like "this aircraft flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for going to planes - is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts stay doubtful that biojetfuels, normally blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant impact on public perceptions about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [Jatropha](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," said air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from organization jet operators for renewable fuels now far surpasses 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.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) at its California plant, might broaden production up to 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br> companies and specialists are also seeing more interest from [clients](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) who desire to purchase carbon credits to [offset emissions](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a [corporate jet](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) usage research study his business just recently [completed](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) for a [Fortune](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) 500 business.<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) motorist. But I think individuals are becoming more mindful of the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, [Editing](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) by [Tim Hepher](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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