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 most significant market show in Las [Vegas luxury](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) jets are drawing purchasers with their streamlined shapes, plush cabins - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are eager to display novel types of aviation fuel deemed less hazardous to the climate, from used cooking oil to the definitely less [attractive](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) meat waste.<br>
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<br>[Business jet](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) operators, like airline companies, have actually bowed to environmental pressure on aviation and devoted to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting sustainable fuel to [suppress emissions](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) could make service jets more appealing to environmentally mindful purchasers - specifically corporations facing questions over [sustainability](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) from shareholders or [green project](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less polluting private jets could likewise spare the rich and well-known the unfavorable publicity experienced by [Britain's Prince](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) Harry and his wife 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 using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The current waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," [stated Bryan](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) Sherbacow, primary commercial [officer](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) of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) [manufacturer](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by Gulfstream.<br>
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<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
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<br>Some of the other 79 [airplane](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel blends expected to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets account for less than 0.1% of overall annual carbon [emissions](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) globally, but can discharge, on average, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the [London-based private](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually safeguarded his periodic use of personal jets to guarantee his household's safety, and has stated that on the uncommon events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers state occurrences such as the furore over his travel plan have actually included fresh obstacles for a market currently aiming to validate its contribution to cutting corporate costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving the usage of personal jets are unfortunate when you think about that our industry has actually provided fuel performance enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel usage will help the industry make [inroads](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) with corporations and [rich purchasers](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy). According to industry information, 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 sustainable fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for checking out planes - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts stay doubtful that biojetfuels, normally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial effect on public perceptions about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," stated aviation expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from organization jet operators for [renewable fuels](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) now far goes beyond supply and their interest might drive future production, [Sherbacow](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](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) at its California plant, could broaden production up to 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>[Corporate charter](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) business and experts are likewise seeing more interest from customers who wish to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions contributed in a corporate jet utilization research study his company just recently completed for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that price, expense per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I think people are ending up being more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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