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By Allison Lampert
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LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's most significant market show in Las Vegas high-end jets are tempting purchasers with their smooth silhouettes, plush cabins - and significantly, their use of alternative fuels.
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Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to showcase novel kinds of aviation fuel considered less hazardous to the environment, from used cooking oil to the distinctly less attractive meat waste.
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operators, like airlines, have actually bowed to environmental pressure on aviation and committed to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.
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Their hope is that [embracing sustainable](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) fuel to suppress emissions might make organization jets more appealing to environmentally mindful buyers - especially corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.
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The accessibility of less contaminating personal jets could likewise spare the rich and well-known the negative promotion [experienced](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) by Britain's Prince Harry and his other half Meghan over a recent personal jet journey to southern France.
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Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.
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The most current waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, chief industrial officer of [Boston-based](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized by Gulfstream.
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"All of our product is inedible."
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A few of the other 79 aircraft on screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 [gallons](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) of other eco-friendly fuel mixes expected to be pumped at the show.
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FLIGHT SHAMING
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[Private jets](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) represent less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions worldwide, but can discharge, usually, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private [charter](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) company Victor.
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Prince Harry has actually [defended](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) his periodic usage of personal jets to ensure his household's security, and has said that on the unusual occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.
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But planemakers say occurrences such as the furore over his travel plan have actually included fresh obstacles for a market currently making every effort to justify its [contribution](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) to cutting business costs.
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"Incidents of flight shaming involving the usage of personal jets are regrettable when you think about that our industry has delivered fuel performance enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," said [Bombardier Aviation](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) [President David](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) Coleal.
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Bombardier believes [increased sustainable](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) fuel usage will help the market make inroads with corporations and wealthy purchasers. According to industry data, [billionaires](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) just have a 19% [company jet](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) [ownership](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) rate.
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But even an image transformation - with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for visiting aircrafts - is not likely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet event.
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Environmentalists and some experts stay doubtful that biojetfuels, typically blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable impact on public understandings about high-end travel.
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"No amount of [Jatropha](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) or Brazil-nut fuel can make company jets look eco-friendly," said aviation expert Richard [Aboulafia](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).
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Demand from company jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow stated.
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World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) at its California plant, might broaden production approximately 150 million [gallons](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) by 2022.
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Corporate charter companies and consultants are also seeing more interest from [consumers](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) who wish to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from their flights.
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Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions played a role in a corporate jet utilization research study his business just recently completed for a Fortune 500 business.
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"At the end of the day, I think that rate, cost per hour, range, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I believe individuals are becoming more familiar with the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and [Alexandra](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) Hudson)
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