Edelbrock—Layoffs

Uh, that's why I phrased it as "refining of anything into a motor fuel". If the government legislated a ban on motor fuels, they wouldn't leave an obvious loophole like ethanol. As the old saying goes, they may be crazy but they aren't stupid.
Their economic life blood depends on oil too... and they know this. It's all about pleasing their voter base. Make a law, raise a tax, stop a pipeline, and in the end you'll still pull up to a gas station and fill-er-up. It'll just cost you a few more.... Again, if they believed this, they'd all scrap their Caddies and Jets.