Add Clean Getaway: Meat Waste Joins Biofuels At Luxury Jet Show
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<br>By Allison Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's biggest market program in Las Vegas luxury jets are [enticing buyers](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) with their sleek silhouettes, [plush cabins](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) - and progressively, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>[Fuel producers](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) and jetmakers are keen to showcase novel forms of aviation fuel deemed less harmful to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have acquiesced ecological pressure on air travel and [dedicated](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) to [cutting](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) in [half carbon](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that [embracing sustainable](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) fuel to suppress emissions could make service jets more appealing to ecologically conscious purchasers - specifically corporations facing questions over sustainability from investors or green campaign groups.<br>
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<br>The accessibility of less polluting personal jets might also spare the [abundant](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and famous the negative promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his better half Meghan over a recent personal jet journey to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The latest waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food industry," said Bryan Sherbacow, [primary commercial](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) manufacturer 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](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) on screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel mixes anticipated 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 overall annual carbon emissions internationally, but can discharge, typically, as much as 20 times more [carbon emissions](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually defended his periodic use of [personal jets](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) to ensure his family's safety, and has actually stated that on the unusual occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers say events such as the furore over his travel plan have added fresh [difficulties](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) for a market already making every effort to justify its contribution to cutting corporate costs.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including making use of private jets are unfortunate when you consider that our market has actually delivered fuel performance enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel use will help the market make inroads with corporations and rich buyers. According to market information, billionaires just have a 19% company jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for going to aircrafts - is not likely to please all [critics](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) at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts remain skeptical that biojetfuels, normally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant impact on public perceptions about high-end travel.<br>
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<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," said air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet for renewable fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow said.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which [produces](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) at its California plant, might 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](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) who want to purchase carbon credits to balance out emissions from their [flights](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions contributed in a corporate jet [utilization](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) research study his company just recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I think that rate, cost per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) driver. But I think individuals are ending up being more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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