Fossil fuel oil refineries operate on a portion of the products they produce.
Ethanol plants can not do that, they must import fossil fuels into the process because ethanol does not have enough BTU to self sustain the process.
End of argument.
You’ll get no argument from me, but you didn’t debunk my point. The fullness of time will prove me right or wrong. P.S. I’m no fan of ethanol in gasoline as a mandate.