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        "id": 1669674,
        "msgid": "vocational-school-lecturer-dont-undermine-food-self-sufficiency-in-pursuit-of-energy-self-sufficiency-1775818316",
        "date": "2026-04-10 17:19:20",
        "title": "Vocational School Lecturer: Don't Undermine Food Self-Sufficiency in Pursuit of Energy Self-Sufficiency",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Energy",
        "summary": "Mohamad Endy Julianto, a lecturer at Diponegoro University's Vocational School in Semarang, has urged the government to avoid converting productive agricultural land into energy plantations while striving for energy self-sufficiency. He highlights the risks of global oil price surges on Indonesia's economy and advocates for smarter solutions like producing biodiesel from palm oil and bioethanol from crops such as sugarcane and cassava. Endy envisions a future with widespread electric vehicles, hydrogen for heavy industries, and biodiesel for ships, emphasising that mass conversion of motorcycles to electric models could rapidly reduce fuel imports and avert an energy crisis.",
        "content": "<p>Don\u2019t let productive agricultural land be entirely transformed into\nenergy plantations.<\/p>\n<p>Semarang (ANTARA) - Mohamad Endy Julianto, a lecturer in Industrial\nChemical Engineering Technology at Diponegoro University\u2019s Vocational\nSchool in Semarang, has reminded the government not to undermine food\nself-sufficiency in its efforts to achieve energy self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t let productive agricultural land be entirely transformed into\nenergy plantations,\u201d Endy said in Semarang on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, when global oil prices surge above 100 US dollars\nper barrel, Indonesia immediately feels the impact: with swelling fuel\nsubsidies, transportation costs rise, food prices soar, and people\u2019s\npurchasing power declines.<\/p>\n<p>However, he continued, a far smarter solution than continuously\nincreasing subsidies is to build an independent energy system.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that palm oil can be processed into biodiesel for\ntrucks, buses, ships, heavy equipment, and generators. Meanwhile,\nsugarcane, cassava, molasses, and sorghum can be converted into\nbioethanol as a petrol substitute.<\/p>\n<p>He described Indonesia\u2019s future with electric motorcycles dominating\ncity streets, buses and logistics vehicles using batteries, heavy trucks\nand industries relying on hydrogen, while inter-island ships use\nbiodiesel and hybrid systems.<\/p>\n<p>He views electric vehicles not merely as a modern trend, but as a\nnational strategy to reduce fuel imports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf electric motorcycles and cars are developed on a massive scale,\nnational fuel consumption can drop drastically,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He even considers the plan to convert millions of motorcycles to\nelectric motorcycles as the fastest and most realistic step to save\nIndonesia from the threat of an energy crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, he hopes that productive agricultural land will not be\ntransformed into energy plantations.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/vocational-school-lecturer-dont-undermine-food-self-sufficiency-in-pursuit-of-energy-self-sufficiency-1775818316",
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