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 market program in Las Vegas high-end jets are enticing purchasers with their smooth silhouettes, [plush cabins](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) - and significantly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to showcase novel forms of aviation fuel considered less harmful to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually bowed to ecological pressure on air travel and dedicated to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing eco-friendly fuel to curb emissions could make organization jets more appealing to ecologically conscious buyers - specifically corporations facing questions over from shareholders or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less [polluting private](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) jets could also spare the rich and famous the [unfavorable promotion](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) [experienced](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) by Britain's Prince Harry and his better half Meghan over a current personal jet journey to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display screen in Las Vegas are [utilizing California-produced](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) fuel from [inedible beef](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) 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," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary commercial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) manufacturer World Energy, which [produces fuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) from meat waste utilized 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 screen are [anticipated](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel blends [anticipated](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) 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 annual carbon emissions worldwide, but can discharge, typically, 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](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) has actually [protected](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) his periodic use of [private jets](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) to ensure his household's security, and has actually said that on the rare occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers say events such as the furore over his [schedule](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) have actually added fresh challenges for an industry currently making every effort to validate its [contribution](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) to [cutting business](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving making use of personal jets are unfortunate when you think about that our industry has delivered fuel performance improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier 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 rich buyers. According to industry data, billionaires only have a 19% business jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image makeover - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this airplane flies on renewable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for checking out airplanes - is unlikely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain hesitant that biojetfuels, typically mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant influence on public perceptions about luxury 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 organization jets look eco-friendly," stated aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from company jet operators for renewable fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) at its California plant, could expand production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and consultants are also seeing more interest from consumers who wish to purchase carbon credits to [offset emissions](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) from their [flights](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a business jet [utilization](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) study his business recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.<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) chauffeur. But I believe people are ending up being more familiar with the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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