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 in Las Vegas high-end jets are [enticing purchasers](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) with their sleek silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and [jetmakers](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) are keen to showcase novel kinds of aviation fuel deemed less hazardous to the environment, from used cooking oil to the distinctly less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually bowed to [environmental pressure](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) on aviation and devoted to [cutting](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting eco-friendly fuel to curb emissions might make service jets more appealing to environmentally conscious purchasers - particularly corporations dealing with concerns over [sustainability](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) from investors or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less contaminating private jets could also spare the abundant and famous the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his [wife Meghan](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) over a recent private jet trip 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.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) tallow.<br>
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<br>The most current waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) producer 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>A few of the other 79 airplane on display are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 [gallons](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) of other [sustainable fuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) mixes expected to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>[Private jets](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) account for less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions internationally, but can give off, on average, up to 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 defended his occasional use of private jets to ensure his [family's](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) security, 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 state events such as the furore over his itinerary have included fresh challenges for a market already aiming to validate its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including the usage of personal jets are regrettable when you consider that our market has actually delivered fuel effectiveness enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," [stated Bombardier](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) Aviation President [David Coleal](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy).<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel use will help the market make inroads with corporations and rich buyers. According to industry 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 aircraft flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers [adding alternative](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) fuel pumps for checking out airplanes - is not likely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, generally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial impact on public understandings about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) or Brazil-nut fuel can make company jets look eco-friendly," said air travel analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from company jet operators for renewable fuels now far [surpasses](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million [gallons](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) of [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) at its California plant, might expand production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and experts are likewise seeing more interest from clients who wish to purchase carbon credits to balance out emissions from their .<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions played a function in a [corporate jet](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) utilization study his company just recently completed for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I think that cost, expense per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I believe people are ending up being more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, [Editing](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) by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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