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 buyers with their smooth shapes, plush cabins - and progressively, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to display novel kinds of aviation fuel deemed less hazardous to the climate, from utilized cooking 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 cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that [adopting renewable](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) fuel to suppress emissions might make [company jets](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) more appealing to environmentally conscious buyers - especially corporations facing concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less [contaminating private](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) jets might also spare the rich and well-known the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his other half Meghan over a current personal jet journey to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display screen in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The most recent waste-based fuels [consist](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) of "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food industry," said Bryan Sherbacow, chief commercial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used 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 aircraft on display are [anticipated](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel blends anticipated to be pumped at the program.<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](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) emissions internationally, however can produce, on average, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually protected his [periodic usage](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) of personal jets to guarantee his family's security, and has actually stated that on the rare celebrations he does not fly commercially he offsets his [emissions](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
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<br>But [planemakers](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) state events such as the furore over his schedule have actually included fresh challenges for an [industry](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) already aiming to justify its contribution to costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving the usage of private jets are regrettable when you think about that our industry has delivered fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes [increased sustainable](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) fuel use will assist the market make inroads with corporations and wealthy purchasers. According to market data, billionaires 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 sustainable fuels" and organisers including alternative [fuel pumps](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) for checking out airplanes - is unlikely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
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<br>[Environmentalists](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) and some experts remain [skeptical](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) that biojetfuels, generally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable effect on public understandings about [high-end](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [Jatropha](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," said aviation expert Richard [Aboulafia](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm).<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet operators for renewable fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest might drive future production, [Sherbacow stated](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048).<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) at its California plant, could broaden production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and consultants are also seeing more interest from consumers who want 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 role in a corporate jet utilization research study his business recently completed for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I think that price, cost per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) driver. But I believe people are becoming more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." (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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