Add Clean Getaway: Meat Waste Joins Biofuels At Luxury Jet Show
parent
b8680f7417
commit
ab2ae80567
|
|
@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
|
||||||
|
<br>By Allison Lampert<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>LAS VEGAS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - At the world's most significant industry program in Las Vegas luxury jets are drawing buyers with their sleek silhouettes, plush cabins - and progressively, their usage of alternative fuels.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>Fuel producers and jetmakers are eager to display novel types of aviation fuel deemed less hazardous to the climate, from utilized cooking oil to the definitely less glamorous meat waste.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>[Business jet](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) operators, like airlines, have bowed to [environmental pressure](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) on aviation and devoted to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>Their hope is that embracing sustainable fuel to suppress emissions might make [service](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) jets more appealing to ecologically conscious buyers - particularly corporations dealing with concerns over sustainability from [shareholders](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) or green project groups.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>The [availability](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) of less [contaminating private](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) jets could also spare the [abundant](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) and famous the unfavorable promotion experienced by Britain's Prince Harry and his partner Meghan over a recent personal jet journey to southern France.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>Five [Gulfstream jets](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) on display in Las Vegas are using California-produced fuel from inedible beef tallow.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>The newest waste-based fuels consist of "fats, grease and oils that are by-products of the food industry," stated Bryan Sherbacow, primary business officer of Boston-based [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) manufacturer World Energy, which produces fuel from meat waste used by Gulfstream.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>"All of our item is inedible."<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>A few of the other 79 airplane on screen are anticipated to be powered by 150,000 gallons of other sustainable fuel blends anticipated to be pumped at the show.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>FLIGHT SHAMING<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>Private jets represent less than 0.1% of total yearly carbon [emissions](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) globally, but can produce, typically, as much as 20 times more [carbon emissions](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) per traveler mile than jetliners, according to the London-based private charter company Victor.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>Prince Harry has defended his occasional use of to ensure his [family's](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) safety, and has stated that on the unusual celebrations he does not fly commercially he offsets his emissions.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>But planemakers state events such as the furore over his travel plan have actually included fresh challenges for a market already striving to validate its contribution to cutting corporate expenses.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>"Incidents of flight shaming involving making use of private jets are regrettable when you think about that our market has actually provided fuel effectiveness improvements of 40% over the previous 40 years," said Bombardier Aviation President David Coleal.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>Bombardier believes increased [sustainable fuel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) usage will assist the market make [inroads](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) with corporations and rich buyers. According to market information, billionaires just have a 19% company jet ownership rate.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>But even an image transformation - with jets sporting stickers like "this airplane flies on sustainable fuels" and organisers adding alternative fuel pumps for going to airplanes - is not likely to satisfy all critics at the Oct 22-24 luxury jet occasion.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>Environmentalists and some experts remain doubtful that biojetfuels, typically mixed 50-50 with kerosene, will make a [considerable](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) effect on public understandings about high-end travel.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>"No quantity of [jatropha curcas](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) or Brazil-nut fuel can make company jets look eco-friendly," stated air travel analyst Richard Aboulafia.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>Demand from business jet operators for sustainable fuels now far exceeds supply and their interest could drive future production, [Sherbacow](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) said.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>World Energy, which produces 40 million gallons of [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) at its California plant, could [expand production](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) approximately 150 million gallons by 2022.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>Corporate charter business and specialists are likewise seeing more interest from consumers who wish to purchase carbon credits to [offset emissions](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) from their flights.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>Brian Proctor, CEO of Mente Group, a U.S. consultancy, said [emissions played](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) a role in a corporate jet utilization study his company just recently finished for a Fortune 500 company.<br>
|
||||||
|
<br>"At the end of the day, I think that rate, expense per hour, range, speed and performance, that's still the (sales) motorist. But I believe people are ending up being more conscious of the sustainability of operations and how it affects the planet." (Reporting By Allison Lampert, Editing by Tim Hepher and Alexandra Hudson)<br>
|
||||||
Loading…
Reference in New Issue