Biodiesel guru sees fuel joining mainstream

Josh Tickell, who looks like a young version of the movie director Ron Howard in a banker’s blue shirt, appears out of place in his Venice Beach neighborhood, which is best known for its hippies, hipsters and long stretches of sand.

But the 29-year-old biodiesel expert, as much as anyone around this eco-conscious community, is on the cutting edge of earth-first attitudes. Next month, his second book on biodiesel, called “Biodiesel America: How to Achieve Energy Security, Free America from Middle East Oil Dependence and Make Money Growing Fuel,” is due out in bookstores.

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