Long ago the federal government made a really foolish mistake: they passed the Flexfuel law. This was supposed to give us fossil fuel independence. But for every gallon of ethanol made it has required a gallon or more of fossil fuels to make it and get it into our gasoline. Dumb!! https://cleantechnica.com/2021/10/15/when-are-we-going-to-stop-doing-stupid-in-the-name-of-going-green/