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<br>By Allison Lampert<br>
<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's most significant market show in Las Vegas high-end jets are tempting purchasers with their smooth silhouettes, plush cabins - and significantly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to display unique types of aviation fuel deemed less harmful to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the definitely less attractive meat waste.<br>
<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually bowed to environmental pressure on air travel and dedicated to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
<br>Their hope is that adopting sustainable fuel to [curb emissions](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) might make company jets more attractive to environmentally mindful [purchasers -](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) especially corporations facing questions over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
<br>The availability of less contaminating private jets might likewise spare the rich and famous the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his partner Meghan over a recent private jet journey to [southern France](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price).<br>
<br>Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are [utilizing California-produced](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) fuel from [inedible beef](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) tallow.<br>
<br>The most recent waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food industry," said Bryan Sherbacow, chief business officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by Gulfstream.<br>
<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
<br>Some of the other 79 airplane on display screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other eco-friendly fuel mixes anticipated to be pumped at the show.<br>
<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of overall annual carbon emissions internationally, however can discharge, usually, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal [charter company](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) Victor.<br>
<br>Prince Harry has safeguarded his periodic use of personal jets to ensure his family's safety, and has said that on the [rare celebrations](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) he does not fly commercially he [offsets](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) his emissions.<br>
<br>But planemakers state events such as the furore over his itinerary have included fresh [obstacles](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) for an industry already striving to validate its contribution to [cutting corporate](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) costs.<br>
<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving using personal jets are unfortunate when you think about that our market has actually delivered fuel efficiency enhancements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
<br>Bombardier thinks increased sustainable fuel usage will help the industry make inroads with corporations and rich purchasers. According to market information, billionaires just have a 19% business jet ownership rate.<br>
<br>But even an image remodeling - with [jets sporting](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) [sticker](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) labels like "this aircraft flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers including pumps for checking out planes - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain skeptical that biojetfuels, [typically blended](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant effect on [public perceptions](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) about luxury travel.<br>
<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," [stated air](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) travel analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
<br>Demand from service jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest could drive future production, Sherbacow stated.<br>
<br>World Energy, which [produces](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) at its California plant, could broaden production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
<br>Corporate charter business and consultants are also seeing more interest from clients who want to purchase carbon credits to balance out emissions from their [flights](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile).<br>
<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a corporate jet usage study his company recently [finished](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
<br>"At the end of the day, I think that cost, expense per hour, variety, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I believe individuals are ending up being more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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