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By Allison Lampert
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LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's most significant industry show in Las Vegas luxury jets are enticing purchasers with their smooth silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and increasingly, their usage of alternative fuels.
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Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to [showcase](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) novel types of aviation fuel deemed less hazardous to the environment, from used cooking oil to the noticeably less attractive meat waste.
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Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually acquiesced environmental pressure on air travel and devoted to cutting in [half carbon](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) [emissions](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) by 2050 compared to 2005.
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Their hope is that embracing sustainable fuel to suppress emissions could make organization jets more appealing to environmentally conscious buyers - especially corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from investors or green campaign groups.
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The accessibility of less polluting private jets could likewise spare the abundant and popular the unfavorable promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his partner Meghan over a current personal jet journey to southern France.
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Five jets on display in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.
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The latest waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food industry," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) manufacturer World Energy, which [produces fuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) from [meat waste](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) [utilized](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) by Gulfstream.
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"All of our product is inedible."
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Some of the other 79 aircraft on display are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel mixes expected to be pumped at the show.
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FLIGHT SHAMING
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Private jets represent less than 0.1% of overall annual carbon emissions globally, but can discharge, usually, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private [charter company](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) Victor.
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Prince Harry has protected his occasional use of personal jets to ensure his family's safety, and has said that on the [unusual occasions](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.
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But planemakers say events such as the furore over his schedule have added fresh difficulties for a market already making every effort to validate its [contribution](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) to cutting corporate costs.
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"Incidents of flight shaming including making use of personal jets are unfortunate when you think about that our industry has provided fuel performance improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.
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Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the market make inroads with corporations and rich purchasers. According to market data, [billionaires](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) only have a 19% service jet ownership rate.
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But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for [checking](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) out [airplanes -](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet event.
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Environmentalists and some [experts stay](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) skeptical that biojetfuels, usually combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable effect on public understandings about luxury travel.
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"No amount of [Jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel analyst Richard Aboulafia.
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Demand from service jet operators for sustainable fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow said.
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World Energy, which [produces](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) at its California plant, might broaden production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.
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Corporate charter business and consultants are likewise seeing more interest from consumers who desire to [purchase carbon](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) credits to balance out [emissions](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) from their [flights](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053).
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Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a business jet utilization research study his business just recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.
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"At the end of the day, I think that cost, expense per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) driver. But I believe individuals are becoming more familiar with the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by [Tim Hepher](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and Alexandra Hudson)
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