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.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) greatest market show in Las Vegas luxury jets are drawing buyers with their sleek shapes, luxurious cabins - and increasingly, their use of [alternative fuels](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price).<br>
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<br>Fuel [manufacturers](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) and jetmakers are keen to display novel types of air travel fuel considered less damaging to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have acquiesced ecological pressure on air travel and dedicated to halving 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 organization jets more [attractive](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) to environmentally conscious purchasers - particularly corporations facing questions over sustainability from investors or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less [contaminating private](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) jets might likewise spare the rich and popular the unfavorable promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his [partner Meghan](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) over a recent private jet journey 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 recent waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial [officer](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) 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 are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel blends anticipated to be pumped at the [program](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>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions globally, however can produce, on average, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has protected his occasional usage of [private](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) jets to guarantee his household's safety, and has said that on the he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers say events such as the furore over his schedule have actually included fresh difficulties for a market already striving to justify its contribution to cutting business expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving using private jets are unfortunate when you consider that our industry has delivered fuel effectiveness improvements of 40% over the previous 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable [fuel usage](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) will help the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy purchasers. According to industry data, billionaires only have a 19% service jet [ownership rate](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile).<br>
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<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this airplane flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for checking out airplanes - is unlikely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 [luxury jet](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts remain hesitant that biojetfuels, normally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial impact on public [understandings](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) about [luxury travel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile).<br>
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<br>"No amount of [Jatropha](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) or Brazil-nut fuel can make company jets look eco-friendly," said air travel analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from company jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far surpasses supply and their interest might drive future production, [Sherbacow stated](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited).<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million [gallons](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) of [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) at its California plant, could expand production up to 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and consultants are also seeing more interest from customers who wish to buy carbon credits to balance out emissions from their [flights](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>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions played a role in a business jet usage study his company just recently completed 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) chauffeur. But I believe people 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](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) Hudson)<br>
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