Add Clean Getaway: Meat Waste Joins Biofuels At Luxury Jet Show
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<br>By [Allison](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the [world's](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) most significant industry program in Las Vegas luxury jets are [drawing](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) buyers with their smooth silhouettes, [luxurious cabins](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and [jetmakers](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) are eager to showcase unique forms of air travel fuel considered less harmful to the climate, from used cooking oil to the definitely less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have acquiesced ecological pressure on [aviation](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and dedicated 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 curb emissions might make service jets more appealing to environmentally mindful buyers - particularly corporations facing concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less contaminating personal jets could also spare the abundant and popular the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan over a recent personal jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are using [California-produced fuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The [current waste-based](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food industry," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary commercial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized 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 airplane on display screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other [sustainable fuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) 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 overall annual carbon [emissions](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) globally, but can give off, on average, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter [company](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has defended his occasional use of personal jets to guarantee his family's security, and has stated that on the rare celebrations he does not fly [commercially](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers say events such as the furore over his travel plan have added fresh [difficulties](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) for a market already aiming to validate its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including making use of private jets are unfortunate when you consider that our market has provided fuel efficiency enhancements 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 just have a 19% organization jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on renewable fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for going to airplanes - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts stay skeptical that biojetfuels, usually combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable effect on public understandings about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," stated aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from organization jet operators for sustainable fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) at its California plant, could [expand production](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) up to 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and consultants are likewise seeing more interest from clients who want to [buy carbon](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) [credits](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) to [offset emissions](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) from their [flights](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions contributed in a corporate jet usage research study his just recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that cost, expense per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I believe individuals are ending up being more aware of the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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