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<br>By Allison Lampert<br>
<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's biggest market show in Las Vegas luxury jets are drawing purchasers with their smooth shapes, plush cabins - and increasingly, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to showcase unique kinds of aviation fuel considered less damaging to the climate, from used cooking oil to the clearly less [attractive meat](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) waste.<br>
<br>Business jet operators, like airlines, have actually acquiesced ecological pressure on air travel and dedicated to cutting in half carbon emissions by 2050 [compared](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) to 2005.<br>
<br>Their hope is that adopting eco-friendly fuel to curb emissions could make company jets more attractive to environmentally mindful purchasers - especially corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from shareholders or green project groups.<br>
<br>The availability of less contaminating personal jets could likewise spare the rich and well-known the negative promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his spouse Meghan over a current private jet trip to southern France.<br>
<br>Five Gulfstream jets on screen in Las Vegas are utilizing California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
<br>The most current waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food market," said Bryan Sherbacow, [chief business](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) 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 aircraft on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other [renewable fuel](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) blends anticipated to be pumped at the [program](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).<br>
<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
<br>[Private jets](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) account for less than 0.1% of overall annual carbon emissions internationally, but can release, on average, up to 20 times more carbon emissions per guest mile than jetliners, according to the London-based personal charter company Victor.<br>
<br>Prince Harry has safeguarded his periodic use of private jets to ensure his family's safety, and has actually said that on the uncommon events he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
<br>But planemakers say events such as the furore over his schedule have added fresh challenges for an industry already striving to validate its contribution to cutting business costs.<br>
<br>"Incidents of flight shaming including the use of private jets are regrettable 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](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) thinks fuel use will assist the market make [inroads](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) with corporations and rich buyers. According to market information, billionaires just have a 19% [organization jet](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) ownership rate.<br>
<br>But even an image remodeling - with jets sporting sticker labels like "this aircraft flies on renewable fuels" and organisers [adding alternative](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) fuel pumps for [visiting aircrafts](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) - is not likely to please all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
<br>Environmentalists and some analysts remain skeptical that biojetfuels, usually blended 50-50 with kerosene, will make a considerable effect on public understandings about luxury travel.<br>
<br>"No amount of [jatropha curcas](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) or Brazil-nut fuel can make business jets look eco-friendly," said air travel expert Richard Aboulafia.<br>
<br>Demand from business jet operators for renewable fuels now far [exceeds](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) supply and their interest might drive future production, Sherbacow stated.<br>
<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million [gallons](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) of [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) at its California plant, could expand production up to 150 million [gallons](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) by 2022.<br>
<br>Corporate charter business and consultants are likewise seeing more interest from customers who desire to buy carbon [credits](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to offset emissions from their [flights](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/).<br>
<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, stated emissions contributed in a business jet usage study his [company](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) recently finished for a Fortune 500 business.<br>
<br>"At the end of the day, I believe that rate, cost per hour, variety, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) driver. But I think individuals are ending up being more knowledgeable about the sustainability of operations and how it impacts the planet." (Reporting By [Allison](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>