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 industry program in Las Vegas luxury jets are tempting purchasers with their smooth silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to showcase novel kinds of air travel fuel considered less hazardous to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the [distinctly](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) less glamorous 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 airlines, have actually bowed to [ecological pressure](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) on aviation and dedicated to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 [compared](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing sustainable fuel to curb emissions might make service jets more attractive to ecologically mindful purchasers - specifically corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less [contaminating personal](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) jets might likewise spare the rich and famous the unfavorable promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his other half 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 using [California-produced fuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The most current [waste-based fuels](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food industry," stated Bryan Sherbacow, chief business officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) 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 are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel blends [expected](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) to be pumped at the [program](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US).<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets account for less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions globally, but can release, usually, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private [charter](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually [safeguarded](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) his periodic usage of personal jets to ensure his household's safety, and has actually said that on the uncommon celebrations 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 schedule have added fresh difficulties for a market currently aiming to validate its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including using personal jets are regrettable when you consider that our industry has actually provided fuel performance improvements of 40% over the previous 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased [sustainable fuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) usage will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to industry data, billionaires only have a 19% business jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this airplane flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for going to airplanes - is not likely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 [luxury jet](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some [analysts](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) remain hesitant that biojetfuels, normally combined 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 curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," stated aviation expert Richard .<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet operators for sustainable fuels now far [exceeds](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow 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](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) plant, might broaden production approximately 150 million [gallons](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and experts are also seeing more interest from [customers](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) who want 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 usage study his business recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.<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) chauffeur. But I believe individuals are becoming more aware of the sustainability of operations and how it affects the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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