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By Allison Lampert
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LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's greatest market program in Las Vegas high-end jets are drawing purchasers with their smooth shapes, luxurious cabins - and increasingly, their use of alternative fuels.
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Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to showcase unique kinds of [air travel](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) fuel considered less hazardous to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the definitely less attractive meat waste.
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Business jet operators, like [airline](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) companies, have bowed to ecological pressure on aviation and committed to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.
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Their hope is that [adopting eco-friendly](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) fuel to curb emissions could make service jets more [appealing](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) to ecologically mindful [purchasers](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) - especially corporations facing questions over sustainability from shareholders or green project groups.
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The schedule of less contaminating personal jets could also spare the [abundant](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) and popular the unfavorable publicity experienced by [Britain's Prince](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) Harry and his better half Meghan over a recent personal jet trip to France.
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Five Gulfstream jets on [display](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.
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The most recent waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary commercial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized by Gulfstream.
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"All of our item is inedible."
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A few of the other 79 aircraft on screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable fuel mixes expected to be pumped at the show.
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FLIGHT SHAMING
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Private jets account for less than 0.1% of total yearly carbon emissions worldwide, however can discharge, usually, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter company Victor.
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[Prince Harry](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) has defended his occasional usage of [private jets](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) to ensure his family's safety, and has stated that on the rare events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.
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But planemakers say incidents such as the furore over his itinerary have included fresh difficulties for a market already making every effort to validate its contribution to cutting business expenses.
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"Incidents of flight shaming involving making use of private jets are regrettable when you consider that our market has actually provided fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.
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[Bombardier](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) thinks [increased sustainable](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) fuel use will assist the market make inroads with corporations and rich purchasers. According to industry information, billionaires only have a 19% service jet ownership rate.
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But even an image transformation - with [jets sporting](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) stickers like "this airplane flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers including [alternative fuel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) pumps for checking out planes - is not likely to please all [critics](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet event.
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Environmentalists and some analysts remain hesitant that biojetfuels, typically blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial influence on public understandings about luxury travel.
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"No quantity 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 business jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel analyst Richard Aboulafia.
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Demand from organization jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow stated.
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World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) at its California plant, might expand production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.
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Corporate charter business and [specialists](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) are also seeing more interest from [consumers](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) who desire to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from their [flights](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US).
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Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a business jet usage research study his business recently completed for a Fortune 500 business.
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"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 individuals are ending up being more mindful of the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)
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