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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 market show in Las [Vegas high-end](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) jets are luring purchasers with their smooth shapes, luxurious cabins - and progressively, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are eager to showcase unique kinds of air travel fuel deemed less harmful to the climate, from used cooking oil to the distinctly less [glamorous meat](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like [airline](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) companies, have actually acquiesced ecological pressure on [aviation](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and devoted to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting renewable fuel to suppress emissions could make [service](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) jets more attractive to environmentally mindful purchasers - especially corporations facing [questions](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) over [sustainability](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The schedule of less [contaminating private](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) jets might likewise spare the abundant and popular the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan over a current personal 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 tallow.<br>
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<br>The newest waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, chief business officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by [Gulfstream](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<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](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable 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 account for less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions worldwide, but can emit, usually, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>[Prince Harry](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) has actually defended his [occasional](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) use of personal jets to [guarantee](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) his family's security, and has actually stated that on the uncommon events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But [planemakers](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) say events such as the furore over his [travel plan](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) have added fresh difficulties for a market currently striving to justify its [contribution](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) to costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving using private jets are regrettable when you think about that our market has actually provided fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will help the market make inroads with corporations and wealthy purchasers. According to market data, billionaires only have a 19% organization jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image makeover - with jets sporting [stickers](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) like "this airplane flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for visiting planes - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain doubtful that biojetfuels, normally blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant effect on public understandings about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [Jatropha](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," said air travel analyst 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 production, Sherbacow stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) at its California plant, could broaden production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>[Corporate charter](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) companies and experts are likewise seeing more interest from consumers who wish to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions played a role in a corporate jet usage study his business recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that rate, cost per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. 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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