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 show in Las Vegas high-end jets are enticing purchasers with their [streamlined](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) silhouettes, [luxurious cabins](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to [showcase unique](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) forms of [aviation fuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) deemed less damaging to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have acquiesced ecological pressure on aviation and devoted to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting sustainable fuel to curb emissions might make [business](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) jets more attractive to ecologically mindful buyers - particularly corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less polluting private jets might likewise spare the rich and famous the [negative publicity](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan over a current private jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five [Gulfstream](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) jets on in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The current waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food industry," stated Bryan Sherbacow, chief industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel 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 airplane on screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable 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 total annual carbon emissions internationally, but can discharge, on average, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the [London-based private](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually protected his periodic usage of personal jets to ensure his family's security, and has stated that on the unusual 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 [travel plan](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) have actually added fresh obstacles for a market already striving to [validate](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) its contribution to cutting business costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including the usage of private jets are unfortunate when you consider that our industry has provided fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," [stated Bombardier](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) 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 information, billionaires only have a 19% business jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for checking out planes - is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain hesitant that biojetfuels, usually combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant effect on public perceptions about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," said aviation expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from service jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far surpasses supply and their interest might drive future production, [Sherbacow](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million [gallons](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) 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 experts are likewise seeing more interest from customers who wish to [buy carbon](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) [credits](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) to [balance](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) out emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions played a function in a corporate jet utilization study his company recently [completed](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that price, cost per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I believe people are becoming more mindful of the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By [Allison](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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