Add Clean Getaway: Meat Waste Joins Biofuels At Luxury Jet Show
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<br>By [Allison](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's biggest industry program in Las Vegas luxury jets are drawing purchasers with their smooth shapes, [luxurious cabins](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and [jetmakers](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) are eager to display unique types of aviation fuel considered less harmful to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the distinctly less [attractive meat](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have acquiesced environmental [pressure](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) on air travel and dedicated to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing eco-friendly fuel to curb emissions might make organization jets more appealing to ecologically conscious buyers - particularly corporations dealing with questions over sustainability from investors or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less contaminating private jets could also spare the rich and well-known the negative publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his partner Meghan over a current personal jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on [display](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) 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," said Bryan Sherbacow, [chief commercial](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) manufacturer 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>A few of the other 79 aircraft on display screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel mixes 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 yearly carbon emissions internationally, but can give off, on average, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter .<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually [protected](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) his occasional use of [personal jets](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to ensure his family's safety, and has stated that on the unusual celebrations he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers state incidents such as the furore over his [schedule](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) have included fresh obstacles for an industry already making every effort to justify 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 consider that our market has actually delivered fuel effectiveness enhancements of 40% over the past 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 with corporations and [wealthy buyers](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm). According to market information, billionaires just have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image [makeover](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) - with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for checking out airplanes - is not likely to [satisfy](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) all critics at the Oct 22-24 [luxury jet](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, typically combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable [influence](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) on public understandings about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [Jatropha](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," said air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet operators for sustainable fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) at its California plant, might broaden production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and consultants are likewise seeing more interest from customers who want to [purchase carbon](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) [credits](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) to offset emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a [corporate jet](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) usage research study his company just recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.<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) motorist. But I believe individuals are becoming more familiar with 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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