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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.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) most significant market program in Las Vegas high-end jets are drawing purchasers with their sleek shapes, [plush cabins](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) - and increasingly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
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<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are eager to display unique kinds of air travel fuel considered less hazardous to the environment, from used cooking oil to the distinctly less waste.<br>
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<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have acquiesced environmental pressure on [aviation](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) and devoted to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
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<br>Their hope is that embracing renewable fuel to suppress emissions might make organization jets more attractive to ecologically conscious buyers - particularly corporations dealing with questions over sustainability from investors or green project groups.<br>
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<br>The availability of less polluting personal jets might likewise spare the rich and famous the unfavorable publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his better half Meghan over a recent private jet trip to southern France.<br>
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<br>Five Gulfstream jets on [display screen](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) in Las Vegas are [utilizing California-produced](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) fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
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<br>The most current waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food industry," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary business officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by Gulfstream.<br>
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<br>"All of our product is inedible."<br>
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<br>A few of the other 79 aircraft on display are expected to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable fuel mixes expected to be pumped at the program.<br>
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<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
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<br>Private jets [account](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) for less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions worldwide, however can emit, on average, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter firm Victor.<br>
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<br>Prince Harry has actually defended his periodic usage of private jets to ensure his household's security, and has stated that on the rare celebrations he does not fly [commercially](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) he offsets his emissions.<br>
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<br>But planemakers say incidents such as the furore over his schedule have added fresh challenges for an industry currently making every effort to justify its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.<br>
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<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving using personal jets are unfortunate when you consider that our market has actually provided 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](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) fuel usage will assist the market make inroads with corporations and wealthy buyers. According to market data, billionaires only have a 19% business jet ownership rate.<br>
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<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on renewable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for checking out aircrafts - is unlikely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.<br>
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<br>Environmentalists and some analysts stay hesitant that biojetfuels, normally combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial effect on [public understandings](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) about luxury travel.<br>
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<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," [stated air](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) travel expert Richard [Aboulafia](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889).<br>
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<br>Demand from business jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow stated.<br>
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<br>World Energy, which [produces](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) at its California plant, might broaden production up to 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
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<br>Corporate charter companies and experts are also seeing more interest from customers who wish to [purchase carbon](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) credits to [offset emissions](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) from their [flights](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm).<br>
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<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions played a function in a business jet usage study his company recently [finished](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
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<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that price, expense per hour, range, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I believe individuals are becoming more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it affects the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, [Editing](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
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