If this is true, it ought to be a very easy thing to prove. I have no expertise at all when it comes to the refining side of the business, so I don't know. But all it would take is someone who does know and is armed with the facts to get the truth out. Californians are not going to tolerate a gasoline shortage based on a lack of ethanol if it doesn't make any difference.
That's what's so dang frustrating... they do tolerate it!!! The media and public education has conditioned them to trust ANYTHING labeled "EnvironMentally Friendly," even if it's blatantly false, wasteful and expensive. They take it on faith, like religious altruism!!!