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By Allison Lampert
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LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's biggest market program in Las Vegas high-end jets are [tempting purchasers](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) with their smooth shapes, plush cabins - and progressively, their use of alternative fuels.
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Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are eager to display novel types of aviation fuel deemed less [hazardous](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) to the climate, from used cooking oil to the definitely less glamorous meat waste.
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Business jet operators, like airlines, have acquiesced ecological pressure on aviation and dedicated to [cutting](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.
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Their hope is that adopting eco-friendly fuel to suppress emissions could make organization jets more attractive to environmentally mindful buyers - specifically corporations facing concerns over sustainability from investors or green project groups.
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The accessibility of less [polluting personal](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) jets might also spare the abundant and popular the negative promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his better half Meghan over a recent private jet journey to southern France.
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Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.
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The current waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food industry," said Bryan Sherbacow, chief business officer of [Boston-based](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized by .
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"All of our item is inedible."
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Some of the other 79 aircraft on display screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable fuel mixes anticipated to be pumped at the program.
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FLIGHT SHAMING
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Private jets represent less than 0.1% of overall annual carbon emissions internationally, however can release, typically, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter [firm Victor](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).
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Prince Harry has actually protected his occasional usage of private jets to guarantee his family's safety, and has said that on the unusual events he does not fly commercially he offsets his [emissions](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price).
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But planemakers say events such as the furore over his travel plan have added [fresh difficulties](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) for an industry already striving to validate its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.
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"Incidents of flight shaming involving using personal jets are regrettable when you think about that our industry has actually provided fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.
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Bombardier [believes increased](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) sustainable fuel use will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to industry information, billionaires just have a 19% [company jet](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) ownership rate.
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But even an image makeover - with [jets sporting](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) sticker labels like "this airplane flies on renewable fuels" and [organisers adding](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) alternative fuel pumps for visiting planes - is unlikely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 [luxury jet](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) event.
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[Environmentalists](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) and some experts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, generally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable influence on public understandings about [luxury travel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608).
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"No quantity of [Jatropha](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel analyst Richard Aboulafia.
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Demand from organization jet operators for renewable fuels now far surpasses supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow stated.
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World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) at its California plant, might broaden production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.
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Corporate charter business and experts are likewise seeing more interest from customers who want to purchase carbon credits to balance out [emissions](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) from their [flights](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608).
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Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions contributed in a business jet usage study his business recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.
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"At the end of the day, I believe that cost, cost per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I think individuals are becoming more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, [Editing](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)
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