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The future of fuel: It smells like popcorn

Martin Tobias and his new business partner, John Plaza, were driving around downtown Seattle last week when a bus went by, blasting exhaust fumes into the air.

"Smell that?" Tobias said. "That’s diesel."

A few minutes later, Plaza parked his Chevy pickup at a curb in Pioneer Square to demonstrate what a vehicle fueled by biodiesel smells like. Rising from the exhaust pipe was an aroma similar to popcorn.

It’s also the smell of a new career for Tobias, who in May became chief executive of Seattle Biodiesel, a small company in South Seattle that sells an alternative fuel for diesel engines.

By Kim Peterson

Seattle Times technology reporter

Full Story: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002387370_biodiesel18.html

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