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Call for more state promotion of ethanol

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The Bangkok Post

The Tapioca Ethanol Association is urging energy policymakers to promote more use of cassava-based ethanol in order to help motorists cope with high fuel bills, which have been driven up by the global oil price surge. Although prices of gasoline and gasohol, a mix of gasoline and ethanol, fell by about three baht a litre last week, crude oil prices remain high, standing above US$100 a barrel, according to Thai Oil Plc, Thailand’s largest oil refinery by capacity. Last week the price of crude oil moved between $104-107 per barrel. The Tapioca Ethanol Association said it believed global oil pric…

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