Add Clean Getaway: Meat Waste Joins Biofuels At Luxury Jet Show
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<br>By Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's most significant industry show in Las Vegas high-end jets are tempting buyers with their streamlined silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and progressively, their use of [alternative fuels](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US).<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to showcase novel forms of aviation fuel deemed less damaging to the climate, from used cooking oil to the definitely less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like [airline](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) companies, have actually acquiesced ecological pressure on aviation and devoted to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting eco-friendly fuel to curb emissions might make organization jets more appealing to environmentally conscious [purchasers -](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) particularly corporations dealing with [questions](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) over sustainability from investors or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less polluting private jets might likewise spare the rich and [popular](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his better half Meghan over a current private jet journey to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from [inedible beef](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) tallow.<br>
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<br>The most recent waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, [primary industrial](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) manufacturer 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 airplane on display are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel mixes expected to be pumped at the show.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions globally, however can emit, on average, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per [traveler](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) mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has safeguarded his periodic usage of personal jets to guarantee his [household's](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) safety, and has stated that on the uncommon celebrations 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 schedule have actually added fresh difficulties for an [industry](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) already aiming to justify its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including using private jets are regrettable when you think about that our industry has provided fuel efficiency improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the market make inroads with corporations and rich purchasers. According to market information, billionaires only have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this airplane flies on renewable fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for going to airplanes - is not likely to satisfy all [critics](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) at the Oct 22-24 [high-end jet](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some [experts stay](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) skeptical that biojetfuels, generally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial influence on public understandings about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](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) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," stated air [travel expert](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from service jet operators for sustainable fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) at its California plant, could expand production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and specialists are likewise seeing more interest from consumers who desire to buy carbon credits to [balance](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) out [emissions](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) from their [flights](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions played a role in a business 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 believe that price, cost per hour, range, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I think individuals are ending up being more mindful of the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and [Alexandra](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) Hudson)<br>
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