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By Allison Lampert
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LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's greatest industry program in Las Vegas luxury jets are drawing [purchasers](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) with their streamlined shapes, luxurious cabins - and progressively, their usage of alternative fuels.
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Fuel producers and [jetmakers](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) are eager to [showcase](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) novel forms of aviation fuel considered less harmful to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the distinctly less attractive meat waste.
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Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually acquiesced ecological pressure on aviation and [devoted](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) to halving carbon emissions by 2050 to 2005.
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Their hope is that [adopting eco-friendly](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) fuel to suppress emissions could make organization jets more appealing to environmentally mindful purchasers - particularly [corporations facing](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) concerns over sustainability from investors or green project groups.
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The accessibility of less contaminating personal jets could likewise spare the abundant and popular the [negative publicity](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan over a recent personal jet journey to southern France.
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Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.
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The most current waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary commercial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) producer World Energy, which [produces fuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) from meat waste used by Gulfstream.
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"All of our item is inedible."
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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 screen](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel blends expected to be pumped at the program.
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FLIGHT SHAMING
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Private jets represent less than 0.1% of overall annual carbon emissions worldwide, but can emit, usually, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the [London-based private](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) charter company Victor.
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Prince Harry has defended his occasional usage of private jets to ensure his family's safety, and has actually said that on the uncommon celebrations he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.
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But planemakers state occurrences such as the furore over his schedule have included fresh [difficulties](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) for an industry currently striving to validate its contribution to cutting business costs.
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"Incidents of flight shaming including using personal jets are unfortunate when you consider that our industry has actually provided fuel effectiveness improvements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said [Bombardier Aviation](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) President David Coleal.
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Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will help the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to industry data, billionaires just have a 19% service jet ownership rate.
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But even an image makeover - with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on eco-friendly fuels" and [organisers adding](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) alternative fuel pumps for visiting aircrafts - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 [luxury jet](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) occasion.
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Environmentalists and some analysts stay doubtful that biojetfuels, generally blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant impact on public perceptions about high-end travel.
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"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 service jets look eco-friendly," said aviation expert Richard Aboulafia.
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Demand from [service jet](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) operators for sustainable fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow said.
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World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) at its California plant, might broaden production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.
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Corporate charter companies and consultants are likewise seeing more interest from clients who desire to purchase carbon credits to balance out emissions from their flights.
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Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a corporate jet utilization research study his company just recently completed for a Fortune 500 [company](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm).
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"At the end of the day, I think that price, cost per hour, range, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) driver. But I think individuals are becoming more familiar with the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the world." ([Reporting](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)
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