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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 luring buyers with their smooth shapes, plush cabins - and increasingly, their usage of [alternative fuels](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price).<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and are eager to showcase novel types of [aviation fuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) deemed less hazardous to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the clearly less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually acquiesced environmental pressure on air travel and devoted to halving carbon emissions by 2050 [compared](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing sustainable fuel to suppress emissions might make business jets more [appealing](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) to [ecologically mindful](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) buyers - specifically corporations facing concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less contaminating personal jets might likewise spare the abundant and [well-known](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) the unfavorable publicity experienced by [Britain's Prince](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) Harry and his [spouse Meghan](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) over a recent private jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display 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 industry," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) 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 display are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel mixes expected 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 overall yearly carbon emissions worldwide, but can give off, usually, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has protected his periodic usage of personal jets to guarantee his family's safety, and has actually said that on the uncommon events he does not fly [commercially](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But [planemakers](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) state events such as the furore over his schedule have actually included fresh challenges for a market currently making every effort to validate its contribution to cutting business costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including the use of private jets are unfortunate when you consider that our industry has actually delivered fuel efficiency improvements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks [increased sustainable](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) [fuel usage](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) will help the market make inroads with corporations and [rich buyers](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053). According to market data, billionaires just have a 19% [company jet](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image makeover - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this airplane flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for going to aircrafts - is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, normally blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial influence on public understandings about [luxury travel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html).<br>
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<br>"No amount of [Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) or Brazil-nut fuel can make company jets look eco-friendly," said air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from organization jet operators for renewable fuels now far surpasses supply and their interest could [drive future](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) at its California plant, might expand production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and specialists are also seeing more interest from clients who wish to purchase carbon [credits](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) to offset 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 study his company recently completed for a [Fortune](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I think that rate, 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 affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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