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://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) most significant industry show in Las Vegas luxury jets are drawing buyers with their streamlined shapes, plush cabins - and increasingly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are eager to showcase novel kinds of aviation fuel deemed less harmful to the climate, from [utilized cooking](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) oil to the distinctly less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have acquiesced ecological pressure on aviation and devoted to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing eco-friendly fuel to curb emissions might make company jets more appealing to ecologically mindful purchasers - especially corporations facing concerns over [sustainability](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) from investors or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less contaminating private jets might likewise spare the rich and well-known the unfavorable promotion [experienced](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) by [Britain's Prince](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) Harry and his [wife Meghan](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) over a recent private jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The most current waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) 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>Some of the other 79 airplane on display are [expected](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel mixes anticipated 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 total yearly carbon emissions worldwide, but can give off, typically, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has safeguarded his occasional use of personal jets to guarantee his [household's](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) security, and has said that on the unusual events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers state occurrences such as the furore over his itinerary have actually included fresh [obstacles](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) for an [industry](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) already making every effort to validate its contribution to cutting corporate costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving using private jets are unfortunate when you think about that our market has actually delivered fuel efficiency improvements of 40% over the past 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 purchasers](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/). According to market information, billionaires just have a 19% company jet 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 adding [alternative fuel](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) pumps for checking out [airplanes -](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) is not likely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 [luxury jet](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, typically blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable effect on public understandings about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) 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 service jet operators for renewable fuels now far surpasses supply and their interest could [drive future](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) production, Sherbacow stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) at its California plant, might expand production up to 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and specialists are also seeing more interest from [consumers](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.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, said emissions played a role in a corporate jet utilization study his business recently completed for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that rate, cost per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I think individuals are becoming more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." ([Reporting](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) By [Allison](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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