How cooked is Southeast Asia?

Iran just choked the world's most important oil lane. And if you live in Southeast Asia, your rice is about to become a luxury item.

The Strait of Hormuz carries 20% of the world's oil and 82% of Southeast Asia's fertilizer supply. When Iran closed it, they didn't just block tankers — they put a timer on 2.4 billion people's food supply. This video breaks down the 90-day clock, why Thailand and Vietnam can grow rice but might not be able to harvest it, and why Indonesia is three weeks away from an industrial shutdown.

TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:44 - Chapter 1: The Closure of Strait of Hormuz
00:01:49 - Chapter 2: How It Affects the Global Economy
00:05:58 - Chapter 3: How It Affects Southeast Asia
00:08:35 - Chapter 4: The 90-Day Clock
00:10:33 - Outro

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Rice Degree explores how the 2026 Iran war and Strait of Hormuz closure created an energy and food crisis across Southeast Asia. We cover the oil supply disruption, fertilizer shortage, and the 90-day countdown facing the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam and why your bowl of rice is about to cost more than ever. This is the geopolitical crisis nobody in Asia can afford to ignore.

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