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<br>By Allison Lampert<br>
<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's most significant [market program](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) in Las Vegas high-end jets are drawing buyers with their smooth shapes, luxurious cabins - and increasingly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to display unique types of air travel fuel considered less hazardous to the environment, from used cooking oil to the noticeably less [attractive meat](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) waste.<br>
<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually bowed to ecological pressure on aviation and committed to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2005.<br>
<br>Their hope is that adopting sustainable fuel to curb emissions might make service jets more attractive to ecologically conscious purchasers - specifically corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from [investors](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) or green project groups.<br>
<br>The schedule of less contaminating private jets could likewise spare the abundant and famous the [unfavorable promotion](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his [partner Meghan](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) over a [current private](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) jet trip to southern France.<br>
<br>Five Gulfstream jets on display screen in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
<br>The newest waste-based fuels include "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food industry," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary industrial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) producer 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 are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other renewable fuel blends [anticipated](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) to be pumped at the show.<br>
<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of overall [yearly carbon](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) emissions internationally, but can produce, typically, as much as 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter company Victor.<br>
<br>Prince Harry has safeguarded his periodic usage of private jets to guarantee his family's security, and has said that on the unusual celebrations he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
<br>But planemakers say [occurrences](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) such as the furore over his itinerary have actually [included fresh](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) challenges for an [industry](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) already striving to justify its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.<br>
<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving using personal jets are regrettable when you consider that our market has actually provided fuel efficiency improvements of 40% over the past 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
<br>[Bombardier believes](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) fuel use will assist the industry make inroads with corporations and rich buyers. According to industry information, billionaires only have a 19% organization jet ownership rate.<br>
<br>But even an image makeover - with jets sporting stickers like "this aircraft flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers including alternative fuel pumps for visiting airplanes - is unlikely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 high-end jet occasion.<br>
<br>Environmentalists and some analysts remain hesitant that biojetfuels, typically blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a substantial impact on public perceptions about luxury travel.<br>
<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," stated aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
<br>Demand from organization jet operators for sustainable fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest might drive future production, [Sherbacow](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) said.<br>
<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million [gallons](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) of [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) at its California plant, might broaden production as much as 150 million [gallons](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) by 2022.<br>
<br>Corporate charter companies and experts are also seeing more interest from customers who wish to purchase carbon credits to balance out emissions from their flights.<br>
<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said [emissions played](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) a role in a corporate jet utilization research study his company recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
<br>"At the end of the day, I think that rate, expense per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I believe people are becoming more mindful of the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." ([Reporting](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and [Alexandra](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) Hudson)<br>
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