You bet they know that they are diverting corn to be burned as a very inefficient fuel away from food production in the face of a looming world wide food shortage. For a totally manufactured reason to shut down oil production since burned ethanol creates more co2 than gasoline when distillation costs are taken into account. The Biden Administration’s actions are reminiscent of the disastrous and counterproductive decisions made during the 1920s and 1930s by the Soviet to collectivize and implement their ill considered policies. Their politically correct solutions to every one of their self inflicted disasters created a new disaster in it’s own right while at the same time making the original problem worse, not better. In this case, not only are Biden morons (or evil bastards if intentional) driving the potential for food shortages, but the artificial scarcity of corn is going to drive inflation across the board - for fuel costs and for food costs and food availability. The Biden crew also shares another trait with the Soviet Bolsheviks - a penchant for blaming their political opposition and persecuting them for the problems the Bolsheviks manufactured all by themselves. Team Biden has already brought the terrors of the 1980s Cold War back , now they are working on reinventing the Soviet tragedy of the 1920s and 30s here in America
Two things here:
1. Nobody is “diverting corn” here. Ethanol is already a component of gasoline in the U.S. today. All they’re doing is allowing it to be used through the entire year instead of eliminating it during the summer months.
2. This has nothing to do with the components of gasoline and everything to do with minimizing supply chain disruptions. Using different blends of gasoline at different times of the year is an enormous pain in the ass … which is why President Trump tried to do this exact same thing in 2019.