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 show in Las Vegas high-end jets are enticing buyers with their smooth shapes, plush cabins - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and [jetmakers](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) are eager to showcase novel kinds of aviation fuel considered less hazardous to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the definitely less [attractive meat](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually bowed to environmental pressure on air travel and dedicated to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting renewable fuel to suppress emissions could make business jets more attractive to ecologically mindful buyers - particularly corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from investors or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less contaminating private jets might likewise spare the abundant and well-known the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan over a current personal jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display screen in Las Vegas are [utilizing California-produced](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) fuel from [inedible beef](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) tallow.<br>
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<br>The current waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," [stated Bryan](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) Sherbacow, chief industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized 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 aircraft on display screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel mixes [anticipated](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) to be pumped at the [program](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053).<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of total yearly carbon emissions internationally, however can give off, on average, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually safeguarded his occasional usage of personal jets to ensure his family's security, and has actually stated that on the uncommon occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers say incidents such as the furore over his itinerary have actually included fresh obstacles for an industry currently striving to justify its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.<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 past 40 years," [stated Bombardier](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) [Aviation](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and [wealthy purchasers](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/). According to industry information, billionaires just have a 19% organization jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image transformation - with jets [sporting stickers](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) like "this airplane flies on renewable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for going to planes - is not likely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts stay skeptical that biojetfuels, normally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial impact on public perceptions about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," said [aviation analyst](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) Richard [Aboulafia](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889).<br>
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<br>Demand from service jet [operators](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) for renewable fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest could [drive future](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) production, [Sherbacow](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) at its California plant, could broaden production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and specialists are also seeing more interest from consumers who wish to purchase carbon credits to balance 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 role in a business jet usage study his company just recently [completed](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I think that cost, expense per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) driver. But I believe individuals are becoming more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." ([Reporting](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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