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<br>By Allison Lampert<br>
<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the [world's](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) greatest market program in Las Vegas high-end jets are [luring purchasers](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) with their smooth silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and significantly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are eager to showcase novel types of aviation fuel deemed less harmful to the environment, from utilized cooking oil to the distinctly less glamorous meat waste.<br>
<br>[Business jet](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) operators, like airlines, have actually acquiesced ecological pressure on air travel and devoted to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
<br>Their hope is that adopting renewable fuel to curb emissions might make service jets more appealing to environmentally mindful buyers - specifically corporations facing questions over sustainability from investors or green campaign groups.<br>
<br>The schedule of less [contaminating personal](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) jets might also spare the rich and popular the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan over a recent personal jet trip to southern France.<br>
<br>Five Gulfstream jets on [display](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from [inedible beef](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) tallow.<br>
<br>The latest [waste-based](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food industry," stated Bryan Sherbacow, chief industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) [manufacturer](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by Gulfstream.<br>
<br>"All of our product is inedible."<br>
<br>Some of the other 79 airplane on display screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other [renewable fuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) mixes expected to be pumped at the show.<br>
<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
<br>[Private jets](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) account for less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions globally, but can produce, typically, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.<br>
<br>Prince Harry has protected his periodic use of [personal jets](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) to guarantee his [household's](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) security, and has actually stated that on the uncommon occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
<br>But planemakers state occurrences such as the furore over his travel plan have included [fresh difficulties](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) for a market already making every effort to validate its contribution to cutting business costs.<br>
<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving the use of personal jets are unfortunate when you think about that our industry has delivered fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said [Bombardier Aviation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) President David Coleal.<br>
<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to market data, billionaires just have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this airplane flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers including alternative [fuel pumps](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) for going to aircrafts - is not likely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 event.<br>
<br>Environmentalists and some analysts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, generally blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial impact on public understandings about luxury travel.<br>
<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," said air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
<br>Demand from organization jet operators for sustainable fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow said.<br>
<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) at its California plant, might expand production approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
<br>Corporate charter [companies](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and [experts](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) are likewise seeing more interest from clients who wish to purchase carbon credits to [balance](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) out emissions from their flights.<br>
<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions contributed in a business jet utilization research study his business just recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
<br>"At the end of the day, I think that cost, cost per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) driver. But I believe people are becoming more familiar with the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>