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](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) most significant [industry program](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) in Las [Vegas luxury](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) jets are enticing buyers with their sleek silhouettes, plush cabins - and progressively, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are eager to display unique kinds of air travel fuel deemed less hazardous to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less [glamorous meat](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have acquiesced ecological pressure on aviation and dedicated to cutting in half carbon [emissions](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) by 2050 [compared](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting eco-friendly fuel to suppress emissions might make company jets more appealing to ecologically conscious buyers - particularly corporations facing questions over sustainability from investors or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less contaminating private jets could likewise spare the abundant and well-known the negative promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his better half 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 [utilizing California-produced](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The most recent waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, chief industrial 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.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by [Gulfstream](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile).<br>
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<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
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<br>A few of the other 79 airplane on display screen are expected 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 [anticipated](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of overall annual carbon emissions worldwide, but can emit, usually, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has safeguarded his periodic use of private jets to guarantee his family's safety, and has said that on the uncommon events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers state events such as the furore over his itinerary have actually added fresh obstacles for an industry already making every effort to justify its contribution to cutting business costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including using private jets are unfortunate when you consider that our market has actually delivered fuel effectiveness enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the market make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to market data, [billionaires](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) only have a 19% organization jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on renewable fuels" and organisers fuel pumps for checking out airplanes - is unlikely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet [occasion](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts stay doubtful that biojetfuels, typically combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial influence on public understandings about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," [stated air](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from service jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) at its California plant, might broaden production up to 150 million [gallons](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) by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter [business](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) and consultants are likewise seeing more interest from [customers](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) who wish to purchase carbon credits to balance out emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions played a function in a corporate jet utilization study his business recently finished for a Fortune 500 [company](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).<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that rate, expense per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I believe people are ending up being more familiar with 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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