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By Allison Lampert

LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's biggest industry program in Las Vegas high-end jets are luring purchasers with their sleek silhouettes, plush cabins - and significantly, their use of alternative fuels.

Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to showcase novel forms of air travel fuel deemed less harmful to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less attractive meat waste.

Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually acquiesced environmental pressure on air travel and devoted to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.

Their hope is that embracing sustainable fuel to curb emissions could make service jets more appealing to ecologically mindful purchasers - particularly corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.

The schedule of less contaminating private jets could also spare the rich and famous the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his other half Meghan over a current private jet trip to southern France.

Five Gulfstream jets on display in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.

The most recent waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary business officer of Boston-based biofuel manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from used by Gulfstream.

"All of our item is inedible."

Some of the other 79 aircraft on display screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel blends expected to be pumped at the show.

FLIGHT SHAMING

Private jets account for less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions internationally, but can discharge, usually, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.

Prince Harry has actually safeguarded his occasional usage of personal jets to ensure his household's safety, and has stated that on the unusual events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.

But planemakers say occurrences such as the furore over his schedule have actually included fresh challenges for an industry currently aiming to validate its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.

"Incidents of flight shaming including making use of private jets are unfortunate when you think about that our market has actually provided fuel performance improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.

Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel use will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and rich buyers. According to industry information, billionaires only have a 19% service jet ownership rate.

But even an image makeover - with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for visiting aircrafts - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.

Environmentalists and some experts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, normally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable influence on public understandings about high-end travel.

"No amount of jatropha curcas or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.

Demand from company jet operators for renewable fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow said.

World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of biofuel at its California plant, might broaden production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.

Corporate charter companies and specialists are likewise seeing more interest from customers who desire to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from their flights.

Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions contributed in a corporate jet utilization research study his company just recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.

"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 knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)