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<br>By [Allison](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) Lampert<br>
<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's most significant market show in Las Vegas high-end jets are luring buyers with their smooth shapes, plush cabins - and increasingly, their use of [alternative fuels](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).<br>
<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are eager to display unique forms of aviation fuel deemed less harmful to the climate, from used cooking oil to the clearly less glamorous meat waste.<br>
<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually bowed to [environmental pressure](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) on air travel and devoted to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
<br>Their hope is that adopting renewable fuel to curb emissions could make business jets more attractive to environmentally mindful buyers - especially corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green project groups.<br>
<br>The accessibility of less contaminating private jets might likewise spare the abundant and well-known the negative publicity experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his partner Meghan over a recent personal jet [journey](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) to southern France.<br>
<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display screen in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from [inedible beef](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) tallow.<br>
<br>The latest waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are byproducts of the food market," [stated Bryan](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based biofuel manufacturer World Energy, which [produces fuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) from meat waste used by [Gulfstream](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
<br>Some of the other 79 aircraft on display screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel blends [expected](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to be pumped at the show.<br>
<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of overall yearly carbon emissions internationally, however can release, usually, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter firm Victor.<br>
<br>Prince Harry has actually [defended](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) his [occasional usage](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) of personal jets to guarantee his family's safety, and has said that on the rare occasions he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
<br>But planemakers state occurrences such as the furore over his schedule have actually included fresh difficulties for a market already striving to validate its contribution to cutting corporate costs.<br>
<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including using personal jets are unfortunate when you consider that our industry has actually provided fuel effectiveness improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
<br>Bombardier thinks [increased sustainable](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) fuel use will assist the market 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 adding alternative fuel pumps for checking out aircrafts - is unlikely to [satisfy](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) all [critics](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
<br>Environmentalists and some analysts remain hesitant that biojetfuels, usually combined 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial impact on public understandings about luxury travel.<br>
<br>"No amount of [Jatropha](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) or Brazil-nut fuel can make organization jets look eco-friendly," said air travel analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
<br>Demand from [organization jet](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) operators for eco-friendly fuels now far surpasses supply and their interest could drive future production, [Sherbacow stated](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited).<br>
<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) at its California plant, could broaden production up to 150 million [gallons](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) by 2022.<br>
<br>Corporate charter companies and experts are also seeing more interest from customers who desire to credits to offset emissions from their [flights](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited).<br>
<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said emissions contributed in a business jet utilization research study his company recently completed for a Fortune 500 [business](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
<br>"At the end of the day, I think that cost, expense per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) driver. But I believe people are ending up being more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the world." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>