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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 buyers with their streamlined silhouettes, luxurious cabins - and significantly, their usage of [alternative fuels](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608).
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Fuel producers and [jetmakers](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) are eager to showcase unique forms of air travel fuel deemed less hazardous to the climate, from used cooking oil to the noticeably less glamorous meat waste.
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Business jet operators, like airline companies, have acquiesced environmental pressure on air travel and committed to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.
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Their hope is that [embracing renewable](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) fuel to [suppress emissions](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) could make jets more appealing to ecologically mindful purchasers - particularly corporations facing concerns over sustainability from investors or [green project](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) groups.
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The availability of less polluting private jets might likewise spare the rich and popular the unfavorable promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his partner Meghan over a current private jet journey to southern France.
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Five Gulfstream jets on [display](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) in Las Vegas are utilizing 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," stated Bryan Sherbacow, chief commercial officer of [Boston-based](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by Gulfstream.
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"All of our item is inedible."
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Some of the other 79 airplane on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel blends anticipated 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 yearly carbon emissions worldwide, however can discharge, usually, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the [London-based](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) private charter firm Victor.
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Prince Harry has protected his periodic use of personal jets to [guarantee](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) his household's security, and has said that on the uncommon occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.
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But planemakers state incidents such as the furore over his travel plan have actually included [fresh challenges](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) for a market currently aiming to justify its [contribution](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) to cutting business costs.
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"Incidents of flight shaming including the usage of private jets are unfortunate when you think about that our market has provided fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," [stated Bombardier](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) Aviation President David Coleal.
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Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel use will help the industry make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to market information, [billionaires](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) only have a 19% company jet [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 remodeling - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on renewable fuels" and organisers adding [alternative fuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) pumps for going to planes - 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 high-end jet occasion.
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Environmentalists and some analysts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, usually combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a [considerable](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) effect on public perceptions about luxury travel.
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"No amount of [Jatropha](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) or Brazil-nut fuel can make company jets look eco-friendly," said air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.
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Demand from organization jet operators for renewable fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow said.
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World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) at its California plant, might broaden production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.
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Corporate charter business and specialists are likewise seeing more interest from consumers who want to buy carbon credits to offset emissions from their flights.
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Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions played a function in a corporate jet usage research study his business just recently completed for a Fortune 500 company.
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"At the end of the day, I believe that cost, expense per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I believe people 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.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) Hudson)
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