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<br>By [Allison](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's most significant market show in Las Vegas luxury jets are tempting buyers with their sleek silhouettes, 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 deemed less harmful to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the [distinctly](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like [airline](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) companies, have actually acquiesced ecological pressure on aviation and committed to halving carbon emissions by 2050 [compared](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting sustainable fuel to curb emissions could make business jets more appealing to ecologically mindful buyers - especially corporations dealing with [concerns](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) over sustainability from shareholders or [green project](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less [contaminating personal](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) jets could also spare the rich and popular the unfavorable publicity experienced by [Britain's Prince](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) Harry and his spouse Meghan over a current private jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display screen in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The most recent waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary business 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 World Energy, which [produces fuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) from meat waste utilized by Gulfstream.<br>
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<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
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<br>A few of the other 79 airplane on display are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other [sustainable fuel](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) [mixes expected](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to be pumped at the [program](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of overall [yearly carbon](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) emissions globally, but can discharge, typically, as much as 20 times more [carbon emissions](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually defended his occasional use of personal jets to ensure his family's safety, and has said that on the uncommon events 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 itinerary have actually included fresh obstacles for a market currently making every effort to justify its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving the usage of private jets are unfortunate when you think about that our industry has provided fuel efficiency improvements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation [President](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) David Coleal.<br>
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<br>[Bombardier](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) thinks increased sustainable fuel use will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy purchasers. According to industry data, billionaires only have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this airplane flies on renewable fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for checking out aircrafts - is unlikely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain hesitant that biojetfuels, generally mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant effect on public perceptions about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) or Brazil-nut fuel can make company jets look eco-friendly," stated aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet for sustainable fuels now far surpasses supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which [produces](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) at its California plant, could expand production up to 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and experts are also seeing more interest from customers who wish to buy carbon credits to offset emissions from their flights.<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions contributed in a corporate jet utilization study his business recently completed for a [Fortune](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) 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that cost, expense per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) driver. But I believe people are ending up being more familiar with the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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