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 purchasers](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) with their sleek shapes, luxurious cabins - and progressively, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and [jetmakers](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) are eager to [showcase](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) novel kinds of [aviation fuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) deemed less hazardous to the environment, from used cooking oil to the definitely less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have acquiesced ecological 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 adopting renewable fuel to suppress emissions could make business jets more attractive to ecologically conscious purchasers - especially corporations dealing with questions over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less contaminating private jets could also spare the rich and famous the unfavorable promotion [experienced](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) by Britain's Prince Harry and his better [half Meghan](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) over a recent private jet journey to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The newest waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, chief business officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) producer 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>A few of the other 79 aircraft on screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel blends expected to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets account for less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions internationally, but can discharge, 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 safeguarded his occasional use of private jets to guarantee his [household's](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) safety, and has stated that on the rare celebrations he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers say events such as the furore over his itinerary have included fresh challenges for an industry already making every effort to [justify](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) its [contribution](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) to [cutting corporate](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including using personal jets are regrettable when you think about that our market has provided fuel efficiency improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks [increased sustainable](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) fuel usage will assist the market make inroads with corporations and rich purchasers. According to industry data, billionaires only have a 19% [organization jet](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for visiting airplanes - is not likely to please all [critics](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet event.<br>
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<br> and some analysts remain skeptical that biojetfuels, normally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial impact on public understandings about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from [organization jet](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) [operators](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) for eco-friendly fuels now far exceeds 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.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) at its California plant, might expand production up to 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and experts are also seeing more interest from clients who wish to [buy carbon](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) credits to balance out emissions from their [flights](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions played a function in a business jet utilization research study his business 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 believe that price, cost per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I believe individuals are ending up being more familiar with 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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