Add Clean Getaway: Meat Waste Joins Biofuels At Luxury Jet Show
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<br>By [Allison](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's greatest market show in Las Vegas high-end jets are drawing purchasers with their sleek silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and significantly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel [producers](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) and jetmakers are keen to [showcase](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) novel forms of aviation fuel considered less damaging to the environment, from used cooking oil to the clearly less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have bowed to ecological pressure on aviation and dedicated to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting eco-friendly fuel to suppress emissions might make business jets more appealing to environmentally mindful buyers - especially corporations facing [concerns](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) over sustainability from investors or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less [contaminating personal](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) jets could also spare the rich and famous the unfavorable publicity experienced by [Britain's Prince](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Harry and his spouse Meghan over a recent private jet journey to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five [Gulfstream](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) jets on display screen in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The [current](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) waste-based [fuels consist](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) of "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, chief industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) 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 [airplane](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) on display are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel blends anticipated to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions internationally, however can give off, typically, approximately 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 safeguarded his [periodic](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) use of personal jets to ensure his family's safety, and has actually stated that on the unusual 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 actually added [fresh obstacles](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) for an industry currently aiming to validate its contribution to cutting business expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving the use of personal jets are regrettable when you think about that our market has actually provided fuel effectiveness improvements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will help the industry make [inroads](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) with corporations and rich purchasers. According to market information, billionaires just have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image makeover - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for visiting planes - 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 doubtful that biojetfuels, typically blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant impact on [public understandings](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) about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [Jatropha](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," [stated air](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) travel expert Richard [Aboulafia](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889).<br>
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<br>Demand from company jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far surpasses 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.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) at its California plant, might broaden production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and experts are likewise seeing more interest from consumers who want to [purchase carbon](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) credits to balance out emissions from their .<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said [emissions played](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) a role in a corporate jet utilization research study his company recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that rate, cost per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) driver. But I think individuals are becoming more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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