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 show in Las Vegas high-end jets are enticing purchasers with their streamlined shapes, [plush cabins](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) - and increasingly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and [jetmakers](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) are eager to showcase unique forms of aviation fuel considered less harmful to the climate, from used cooking oil to the clearly less [glamorous](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually bowed to ecological pressure on air travel and [devoted](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) to [halving carbon](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that fuel to suppress emissions might make [organization](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) jets more [attractive](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) to environmentally conscious purchasers - particularly corporations facing questions over sustainability from shareholders or [green campaign](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less [contaminating private](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) jets could also spare the abundant and famous the unfavorable publicity experienced by [Britain's Prince](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) Harry and his other half Meghan over a recent personal jet journey to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The latest [waste-based](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) [manufacturer](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by Gulfstream.<br>
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<br>"All of our product is inedible."<br>
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<br>Some of the other 79 aircraft on display screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel blends expected to be pumped at the show.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions globally, however can emit, on average, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually defended his [occasional usage](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) of private jets to guarantee his [family's](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) 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 have added fresh difficulties for a market currently aiming to justify its contribution to cutting corporate costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including using personal jets are regrettable when you consider that our industry has actually delivered fuel performance enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased [sustainable fuel](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) usage will assist the [industry](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) make inroads with corporations and rich purchasers. According to market information, billionaires only have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting stickers like "this aircraft flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for visiting planes - is not likely to satisfy all [critics](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain skeptical that biojetfuels, typically blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial influence on public perceptions about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](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 Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," stated aviation expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from organization 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 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) at its California plant, might expand production up to 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and experts are likewise seeing more interest from consumers who wish to buy 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 contributed in a business jet usage research study his company recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that price, expense per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I believe individuals are becoming more familiar with the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and [Alexandra](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) Hudson)<br>
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