Add Clean Getaway: Meat Waste Joins Biofuels At Luxury Jet Show

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<br>By Allison Lampert<br>
<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the [world's](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) greatest [market program](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) in Las Vegas luxury jets are luring purchasers with their streamlined shapes, plush cabins - and increasingly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are eager to [showcase](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) novel kinds of air travel fuel considered less hazardous to the climate, from used cooking oil to the clearly less attractive meat waste.<br>
<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have acquiesced ecological pressure on air travel and dedicated to halving carbon emissions by 2050 [compared](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) to 2005.<br>
<br>Their hope is that embracing eco-friendly fuel to suppress emissions might make organization jets more appealing to environmentally conscious purchasers - particularly corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
<br>The schedule of less contaminating personal jets might also spare the abundant and famous the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan over a [current private](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) jet trip to southern France.<br>
<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
<br>The most recent waste-based fuels [consist](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) of "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, chief commercial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) producer World Energy, which [produces fuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) from meat waste utilized by Gulfstream.<br>
<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
<br>A few of the other 79 [airplane](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel mixes expected to be pumped at the show.<br>
<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions globally, however can emit, typically, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the [London-based personal](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) charter firm Victor.<br>
<br>Prince Harry has actually [safeguarded](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) his periodic usage of private jets to ensure his family's security, and has actually stated that on the uncommon occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
<br>But planemakers say incidents such as the furore over his travel plan have included fresh difficulties for a market already making every effort to validate its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.<br>
<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving the usage of personal jets are unfortunate when you consider that our market has provided fuel effectiveness enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier [Aviation](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) [President David](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) Coleal.<br>
<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel use will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy purchasers. According to market data, billionaires just have a 19% company jet ownership rate.<br>
<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this airplane flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for going to aircrafts - is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
<br>Environmentalists and some experts stay skeptical that biojetfuels, normally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant influence on public perceptions about luxury travel.<br>
<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) or Brazil-nut fuel can make company jets look eco-friendly," said aviation expert Richard [Aboulafia](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).<br>
<br>Demand from service jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest might drive future production, [Sherbacow stated](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US).<br>
<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million [gallons](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) of [biofuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) at its California plant, might broaden production up to 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
<br>Corporate charter companies and [consultants](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) are also seeing more interest from consumers who desire to buy carbon credits to offset emissions from their [flights](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price).<br>
<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a business jet utilization research study his business recently for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
<br>"At the end of the day, I think that price, cost per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I think individuals are becoming more familiar with the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, [Editing](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) by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>