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 high-end jets are drawing buyers with their streamlined silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and [jetmakers](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) are keen to showcase novel types of aviation fuel considered less damaging to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the distinctly less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually acquiesced environmental pressure on aviation and committed to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing eco-friendly fuel to suppress emissions might make [business jets](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) more appealing to ecologically conscious purchasers - especially corporations facing concerns over sustainability from [shareholders](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) or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less contaminating private jets could likewise spare the abundant and popular the unfavorable promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his other half Meghan over a recent private jet trip 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](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/).<br>
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<br>The [current waste-based](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) fuels [consist](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, [primary business](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) 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>A few of the other 79 airplane on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable 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 account for less than 0.1% of total yearly carbon emissions globally, however can give off, on average, up to 20 times more per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually [defended](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) his [occasional](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) use of private jets to guarantee his household's security, and has actually stated that on the rare celebrations 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 schedule have added fresh challenges for an industry already aiming to [validate](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) its contribution to cutting business costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving using private jets are regrettable when you think about that our industry has delivered fuel performance improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel use will help the market make inroads with corporations and wealthy purchasers. According to market data, billionaires only have a 19% business jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting stickers 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 high-end jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts stay [hesitant](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) that biojetfuels, [typically](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant effect on [public perceptions](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far surpasses supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which [produces](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) at its California plant, could expand production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and experts are likewise seeing more interest from consumers who want to [buy carbon](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) credits to balance out emissions from their [flights](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a business jet utilization study his company recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I think that cost, cost per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) driver. But I think individuals are becoming more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." (Reporting By [Allison](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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