Add Clean Getaway: Meat Waste Joins Biofuels At Luxury Jet Show
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<br>By [Allison](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's biggest market show in Las Vegas luxury jets are luring purchasers with their sleek shapes, plush cabins - and progressively, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>[Fuel producers](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) and jetmakers are keen to display novel types of air travel fuel deemed less hazardous to the climate, from used cooking oil to the definitely less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually bowed to [environmental pressure](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) on aviation and dedicated to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 [compared](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting renewable fuel to suppress emissions might make service jets more attractive to environmentally conscious purchasers - specifically corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from investors or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less [contaminating personal](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) jets could likewise spare the rich and popular the unfavorable promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan over a recent private jet journey to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from [inedible beef](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) tallow.<br>
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<br>The current waste-based [fuels consist](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary commercial 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 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 [renewable fuel](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) [blends expected](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to be pumped at the show.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets [account](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) for less than 0.1% of overall annual carbon emissions globally, but can produce, on average, as much as 20 times more [carbon emissions](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually defended his occasional usage of private jets to guarantee his household's security, and has said that on the unusual celebrations 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 included fresh difficulties for a market already striving to justify its contribution to [cutting corporate](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including using private jets are unfortunate when you consider that our industry has actually delivered fuel effectiveness enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," said [Bombardier Aviation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes sustainable fuel usage will assist the industry make [inroads](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) with corporations and wealthy purchasers. According to [industry](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) data, billionaires only have a 19% [service jet](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) ownership rate.<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 including alternative fuel pumps for going to planes - is not likely to please all [critics](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain skeptical that biojetfuels, generally blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable impact on public understandings about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [Jatropha](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) or Brazil-nut fuel can make company jets look eco-friendly," stated air 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 could drive future 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, could broaden production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and experts are also seeing more interest from clients who want to buy carbon credits to offset emissions from their [flights](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a corporate jet usage research study his business recently completed for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that cost, expense per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I think people are ending up being more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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