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 biggest industry program in Las Vegas high-end jets are luring purchasers with their sleek silhouettes, [plush cabins](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) - and significantly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to showcase novel forms of air travel [fuel deemed](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) less harmful to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>[Business jet](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) operators, like airlines, have actually acquiesced environmental pressure on air travel and devoted to cutting in half 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.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) could make service jets more appealing to ecologically mindful [purchasers](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) - particularly corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The [schedule](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) of less [contaminating private](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) jets could also spare the rich and famous the unfavorable publicity [experienced](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) by Britain's Prince Harry and his other half Meghan over a current private jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on [display](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible [beef tallow](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053).<br>
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<br>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](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) [manufacturer](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) World Energy, which produces fuel from used by Gulfstream.<br>
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<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
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<br>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.<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, usually, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually safeguarded his occasional usage of personal jets to ensure his [household's](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) safety, and has stated that on the unusual events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>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.<br>
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<br>"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](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel use will assist the [industry](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) make inroads with corporations and rich buyers. According to industry information, billionaires only have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>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.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, normally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a [considerable influence](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) on public understandings about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.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 company jet operators for [renewable fuels](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) now far goes beyond supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) at its California plant, might broaden production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter [companies](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) and specialists are likewise seeing more interest from customers who desire 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, stated emissions contributed in a corporate jet [utilization](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) research study his company just 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 knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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