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<br>By [Allison](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) Lampert<br>
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<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the [world's](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) most significant [industry](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) show in Las Vegas luxury jets are drawing purchasers with their streamlined shapes, luxurious cabins - and significantly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel [manufacturers](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and jetmakers are eager to display novel types of aviation fuel considered less damaging to the climate, from used cooking oil to the clearly less glamorous meat waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have bowed to environmental pressure on aviation and dedicated to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that adopting eco-friendly fuel to curb emissions might make service jets more attractive to environmentally mindful buyers - particularly corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The [availability](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) of less [polluting personal](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) jets might also spare the rich and popular the negative promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his better half Meghan over a recent personal jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The most recent waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, chief commercial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) producer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by [Gulfstream](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).<br>
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<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
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<br>Some of the other 79 airplane on screen are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable fuel blends [expected](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>[Private jets](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) account for less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions worldwide, however can give off, usually, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually protected his occasional use of personal jets to guarantee his family's security, and has stated that on the [unusual celebrations](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) he does not fly commercially he offsets his .<br>
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<br>But planemakers say [occurrences](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) such as the furore over his [itinerary](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) have added [fresh challenges](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) for a market already aiming to justify its contribution to cutting business expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving using personal jets are regrettable when you consider that our market has delivered fuel performance enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
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<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will assist the market make inroads with corporations and rich purchasers. According to industry information, billionaires only have a 19% organization jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for visiting aircrafts - is not likely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet event.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts stay skeptical that biojetfuels, generally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable influence on public perceptions about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) or Brazil-nut fuel can make company jets look eco-friendly," said aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
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<br>Demand from company jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest could [drive future](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) production, Sherbacow stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which [produces](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) at its California plant, might broaden production up to 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and specialists are also seeing more interest from clients who wish to purchase carbon credits to balance out [emissions](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) from their [flights](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions played a role in a corporate jet utilization study his company just recently completed for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I think that rate, expense per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I think people are becoming more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." ([Reporting](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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