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 most significant industry program in Las Vegas high-end jets are drawing purchasers with their sleek shapes, luxurious cabins - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to showcase novel kinds of [aviation fuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) considered less damaging to the environment, from used cooking oil to the clearly less [attractive meat](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like [airline](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) companies, have actually bowed to on aviation and dedicated to [cutting](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that [adopting renewable](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) fuel to curb emissions could make company jets more attractive to ecologically mindful purchasers - particularly corporations facing [concerns](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) over sustainability from investors or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less contaminating private jets might likewise spare the rich and well-known the negative promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his [wife Meghan](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) over a recent [personal jet](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) 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 current waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, chief industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) [manufacturer](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) 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 screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable fuel blends [anticipated](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) 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 annual carbon emissions globally, but can release, typically, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the [London-based](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) private charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually safeguarded his occasional usage of [personal](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) jets to guarantee his household's safety, and has actually stated that on the unusual occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers say incidents such as the furore over his schedule have actually added fresh difficulties for an industry already aiming to validate its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including the use of personal jets are regrettable 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 believes increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the market make inroads with corporations and wealthy 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 sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on renewable fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for visiting aircrafts - is unlikely to [satisfy](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts stay skeptical that biojetfuels, generally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable effect on public understandings about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) 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 [business jet](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) operators for [sustainable fuels](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) now far goes beyond supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) at its California plant, might broaden production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and experts are likewise seeing more interest from consumers who want to buy carbon credits to [offset emissions](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) from their [flights](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).<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](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) usage research 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 cost, cost per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I believe individuals are ending up being more familiar with the sustainability of operations and how it affects the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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