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 luxury jets are drawing buyers with their streamlined silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and increasingly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and [jetmakers](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) are eager to showcase novel forms of aviation fuel considered less hazardous to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the clearly less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually bowed to ecological pressure on aviation and devoted to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing sustainable fuel to [curb emissions](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) might make business jets more appealing to environmentally conscious [buyers -](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) particularly corporations facing questions over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less [polluting personal](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) jets could likewise spare the abundant and popular the unfavorable publicity experienced by [Britain's Prince](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) Harry and his wife Meghan over a current private 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 current waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food industry," stated Bryan Sherbacow, [primary](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) commercial officer of [Boston-based](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) producer 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 aircraft on display are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel mixes anticipated 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 overall yearly carbon emissions globally, but can give off, typically, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private Victor.<br>
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<br>[Prince Harry](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) has actually protected his periodic usage of personal jets to guarantee his household's security, and has actually stated that on the unusual occasions he does not fly commercially he [offsets](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers state events such as the furore over his schedule have actually included fresh difficulties for an industry already making every effort to [validate](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) its [contribution](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) to cutting corporate expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including using personal jets are unfortunate when you consider that our industry has provided fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks [increased sustainable](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) fuel use will help the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to industry information, billionaires just have a 19% service jet [ownership rate](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited).<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting stickers like "this aircraft flies on renewable fuels" and [organisers including](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) alternative fuel pumps for checking out airplanes - is unlikely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain hesitant that biojetfuels, typically blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable effect on public perceptions about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," said air travel analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from company jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far [surpasses](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) supply and their interest could [drive future](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) at its California plant, could [broaden production](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and experts are likewise seeing more interest from customers who wish 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, said emissions played a function in a business jet utilization research study his business recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that rate, cost 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 impacts the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by [Tim Hepher](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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