Southeast Asia's turn to crops for fuel leaves less for food and exports

A truck is fueled with B50, Indonesia's new 50/50 blend of diesel and palm oil-derived biodiesel, for a road test in Cirebon on April 21. © Reuters

Worries dog hasty Iran war-linked shift to higher biodiesel blends in Indonesia, Malaysia

JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR/BANGKOK -- Picking up a few items at a 7-Eleven in Bangkok, housewife Somporn Chomchuen was surprised to see a notice limiting each shopper to six 1-liter bottles of cooking oil.