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<br>By Allison Lampert<br>
<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's most significant in Las Vegas luxury jets are drawing buyers with their streamlined shapes, plush cabins - and increasingly, their use of alternative fuels.<br>
<br>Fuel manufacturers and jetmakers are keen to display novel kinds of [air travel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) fuel considered less harmful to the environment, from used cooking oil to the definitely less attractive meat waste.<br>
<br>Business jet operators, like airline companies, have actually bowed to ecological pressure on aviation and committed to halving carbon emissions by 2050 [compared](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) with 2005.<br>
<br>Their hope is that adopting sustainable fuel to suppress emissions might make organization jets more attractive to environmentally mindful buyers - especially corporations dealing with questions over sustainability from shareholders or green campaign groups.<br>
<br>The accessibility of less polluting personal jets could also spare the abundant and well-known the [negative publicity](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) experienced by [Britain's Prince](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) Harry and his other half Meghan over a current private jet journey to southern France.<br>
<br>Five Gulfstream jets on 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 market," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary commercial officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste utilized by Gulfstream.<br>
<br>"All of our product is inedible."<br>
<br>A few of the other 79 aircraft on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other [renewable fuel](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) [blends anticipated](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) to be pumped at the show.<br>
<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of total annual carbon emissions worldwide, however can discharge, on average, approximately 20 times more carbon emissions per passenger mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.<br>
<br>Prince Harry has protected his periodic use of [personal jets](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to ensure his household's safety, and has said that on the rare celebrations he does not fly commercially he offsets his [emissions](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608).<br>
<br>But [planemakers](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) state events such as the furore over his itinerary have [included fresh](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) difficulties for an industry currently aiming to justify its contribution to cutting business costs.<br>
<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving the use of personal jets are unfortunate when you think about that our industry has actually delivered fuel performance enhancements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
<br>Bombardier believes increased sustainable fuel usage will help the industry make inroads with corporations and rich purchasers. According to market information, [billionaires](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) just have a 19% service jet ownership rate.<br>
<br>But even an image [remodeling -](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) with jets sporting stickers like "this aircraft flies on eco-friendly fuels" and organisers adding [alternative](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) fuel pumps for checking out aircrafts - is unlikely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet event.<br>
<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain [skeptical](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) that biojetfuels, typically blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a significant influence on public perceptions about luxury travel.<br>
<br>"No amount of [Jatropha](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) or Brazil-nut fuel can make service jets look eco-friendly," said air travel analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
<br>Demand from organization jet operators for eco-friendly fuels now far goes beyond supply and their interest might drive future production, [Sherbacow](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) stated.<br>
<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) at its California plant, might broaden production as much as 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
<br>Corporate charter business and [consultants](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) are likewise seeing more interest from customers who want to buy carbon credits to offset emissions from their flights.<br>
<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions contributed in a business jet usage research study his company just recently [completed](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that cost, cost per hour, range, speed and efficiency, that's still the (sales) chauffeur. But I think 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](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and Alexandra Hudson)<br>