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 most significant market show in Las Vegas luxury jets are [tempting purchasers](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) with their smooth silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and progressively, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to display novel forms of air travel fuel deemed less harmful to the climate, from used cooking oil to the clearly less [glamorous](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually acquiesced environmental pressure on aviation and committed to cutting in [half carbon](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) [emissions](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) by 2050 with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that [adopting eco-friendly](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) fuel to suppress emissions might make company jets more appealing to environmentally conscious purchasers - specifically corporations facing concerns over [sustainability](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less [contaminating personal](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) jets might also spare the [abundant](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) and popular the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his partner Meghan over a recent private jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display 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 consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, chief industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by Gulfstream.<br>
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<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
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<br>A few of the other 79 aircraft on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly 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 annual carbon emissions globally, but can give off, on average, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has safeguarded his [periodic](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) use of personal jets to guarantee his [household's](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) safety, and has stated that on the unusual occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers state incidents such as the furore over his [travel plan](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) have actually included fresh challenges for a market currently aiming to validate its contribution to cutting business costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including making use of personal jets are regrettable when you think about that our market has actually delivered fuel performance improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel use will help the industry make inroads with corporations and [wealthy buyers](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889). According to market information, billionaires only have a 19% organization jet [ownership](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for going to airplanes - is not likely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet [occasion](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain skeptical that biojetfuels, usually combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant influence on public understandings about [high-end](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) 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 service jets look eco-friendly," said [aviation expert](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet operators for sustainable fuels now far [exceeds supply](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow said.<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 business and specialists are likewise seeing more interest from consumers who wish to buy 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 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 price, cost per hour, range, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) driver. But I believe people are becoming 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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