Prabowo at the 100th Anniversary Reception of Pondok Gontor

Besides food, Prabowo claimed the government is also progressing toward energy independence. He asserted Indonesia stopped importing solar fuel since July 1.

“These days, solar fuel is scarce worldwide. Even with money, it might not be available. Praise be to God, we can produce our own solar fuel, fellow citizens,” he said.

Prabowo revealed that solar fuel can be produced from palm oil. He also expressed increased confidence that palm oil is a valuable crop because it can yield many products.

“From palm oil, we can get 57 derivatives; we can get medicine, soap, various things, especially fuel,” Prabowo said.

He also mentioned plans to develop gasoline production from coal.

“Our smart professors—real experts, not those others— from engineering faculties have succeeded in making solar fuel from palm oil. We will also produce gasoline from coal soon,” Prabowo explained.