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<br>By [Allison](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's most significant industry show in Las Vegas luxury jets are enticing buyers with their streamlined shapes, [plush cabins](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) - and significantly, their usage of [alternative fuels](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/).<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to [display](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) novel forms of [air travel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) fuel considered less harmful to the environment, from used cooking oil to the clearly less attractive meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually bowed to environmental pressure on air travel and committed to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting renewable fuel to curb emissions might make business jets more appealing to ecologically conscious purchasers - especially corporations facing [concerns](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) over sustainability from investors or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less contaminating private jets could also spare the rich and well-known the negative publicity experienced by [Britain's Prince](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) Harry and his partner Meghan over a current personal jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are [utilizing California-produced](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The newest [waste-based fuels](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food industry," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](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) [manufacturer](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) 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 airplane on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel 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 total yearly carbon emissions worldwide, however can release, usually, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually defended his periodic usage of [private jets](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) to ensure his household's security, and has actually said that on the unusual occasions 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 difficulties for a market already striving to justify its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including making use of personal jets are unfortunate when you think about that our industry has actually delivered fuel effectiveness enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>[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 industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to market information, billionaires only have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on renewable fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for going to airplanes - is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, normally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant effect on public perceptions about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," said [aviation](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet [operators](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) for sustainable fuels now far surpasses supply and their interest could [drive future](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) at its [California](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) plant, could expand production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter business and consultants are also seeing more interest from clients who want to [purchase carbon](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) credits to offset emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a corporate jet utilization research study his company recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I think that cost, cost per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I believe individuals are becoming 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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