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<br>By Allison Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's greatest industry program in Las Vegas luxury jets are drawing buyers with their streamlined shapes, plush cabins - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to [display](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) novel forms of air travel fuel considered less damaging to the climate, from used cooking oil to the distinctly less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually acquiesced ecological pressure on aviation and committed to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 [compared](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing eco-friendly fuel to curb emissions could make organization jets more appealing to [environmentally mindful](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) especially corporations dealing with questions over sustainability from investors or [green campaign](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less contaminating private jets could likewise spare the abundant and well-known the negative publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his partner Meghan over a recent private jet journey to [southern](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) 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 byproducts of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary commercial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) 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>A few of the other 79 [aircraft](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) on display screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel blends expected to be pumped at the show.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>[Private jets](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) represent less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions globally, but can emit, usually, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has defended his occasional use of personal jets to guarantee his household's safety, and has actually said that on the uncommon events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers state events such as the furore over his travel plan have actually included fresh challenges for a market currently striving to justify its contribution to cutting business 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 provided fuel efficiency improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will help the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to market information, billionaires only have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image makeover - with jets sporting stickers like "this aircraft flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for checking out aircrafts - is unlikely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts remain skeptical that biojetfuels, generally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial impact on public understandings about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [Jatropha](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," said air travel analyst [Richard](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) [Aboulafia](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
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<br>Demand from [business jet](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) operators for [eco-friendly fuels](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) now far goes beyond supply and their interest might [drive future](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) production, Sherbacow stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](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) at its [California](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) plant, could [broaden production](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and specialists are likewise seeing more interest from clients who wish to [buy carbon](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) 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 utilization research study his business just recently [completed](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that price, cost per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) driver. But I think individuals are ending up being more mindful of the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the world." ([Reporting](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and [Alexandra](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) Hudson)<br>
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