Ethanol refineries have been built in the past 2 years- about 160+ as far as I read in the past week. They seem to have no problem getting past all the enviros, etc.
Ethanol is the government’s favorite child. Each gallon of ethanol is supported with a $0.50 tax credit and $0.51 tariff. Our ethanol program would make an old Soviet Commissar of Agriculture proud.
That's because ethanol is Good and oil is Bad.