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<br>By Allison 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 enticing purchasers with their smooth shapes, plush cabins - and significantly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to display unique types of air travel fuel considered less damaging to the climate, from used [cooking oil](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) to the noticeably less [glamorous meat](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) waste.<br>
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<br>[Business jet](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) operators, like airline companies, have acquiesced ecological pressure on aviation and committed to cutting in [half carbon](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that [adopting sustainable](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) fuel to suppress emissions might make company jets more attractive to environmentally conscious purchasers - specifically [corporations facing](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The [schedule](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) of less [polluting personal](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) jets could also spare the rich and popular the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan over a recent private jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The most current waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial [officer](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) of Boston-based biofuel manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized by Gulfstream.<br>
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<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
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<br>Some of the other 79 aircraft on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other [eco-friendly fuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) 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 overall annual carbon emissions worldwide, but can produce, usually, up to 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 actually safeguarded his periodic usage of private jets to guarantee his household's safety, and has said that on the [uncommon occasions](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers say occurrences such as the furore over his travel plan have actually [included fresh](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) [challenges](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) for a market already striving 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 regrettable when you think about that our market has delivered fuel effectiveness enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the industry make inroads with [corporations](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and . According to industry information, billionaires just have a 19% company jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for going to planes - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain doubtful that biojetfuels, usually combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial effect on public perceptions about [high-end](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from company jet operators for renewable fuels now far goes beyond supply 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, might broaden production up to 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and experts are likewise seeing more interest from clients who desire to purchase carbon credits to balance out [emissions](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) from their [flights](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions contributed in a [corporate jet](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) utilization 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, cost per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I think people are ending up being more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, [Editing](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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