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By Allison Lampert
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LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's greatest industry program in Las Vegas luxury jets are drawing purchasers with their sleek silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and significantly, their use of alternative fuels.
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Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to display novel types of aviation fuel deemed less damaging to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the noticeably less glamorous meat waste.
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Business jet operators, like [airline](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) companies, have actually bowed to [ecological pressure](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) on air travel and committed to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.
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The accessibility of less polluting personal jets could likewise spare the abundant and popular the negative publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his partner Meghan over a recent personal jet trip to southern France.
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Five Gulfstream jets on display in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.
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The current waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based biofuel manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized by Gulfstream.
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"All of our item is inedible."
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A few of the other 79 aircraft on display are [anticipated](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other [renewable fuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) blends [anticipated](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) to be pumped at the show.
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FLIGHT SHAMING
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Private jets account for less than 0.1% of total yearly carbon internationally, however can discharge, on average, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per [guest mile](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter firm Victor.
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But planemakers say events such as the furore over his itinerary have actually included fresh obstacles for a market currently striving to justify its contribution to cutting business expenses.
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"Incidents of flight shaming including making use of personal jets are regrettable when you consider that our industry has provided fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," stated Bombardier Aviation [President David](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) Coleal.
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Bombardier thinks [increased sustainable](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) fuel usage will assist the market make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to market information, billionaires only have a 19% service jet ownership rate.
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But even an image makeover - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this airplane flies on renewable fuels" and organisers including [alternative fuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) pumps for checking out aircrafts - is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.
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Environmentalists and some analysts remain skeptical that biojetfuels, normally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant effect on public understandings about high-end travel.
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"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) or Brazil-nut fuel can make company jets look eco-friendly," stated aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia.
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Demand from business jet operators for sustainable fuels now far exceeds 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.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) at its California plant, could [expand production](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.
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Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, [stated emissions](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) played a role in a corporate jet usage study his business recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.
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"At the end of the day, I think that rate, 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)
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