The earth is hardly exhausting the resources to make abundant, affordable gasoline. The technology to make gasoline, even when oil wells run dry, already exists. Rising gasoline prices will automatically set the stage, so that synthesizing gasoline from a wide variety of source materials will become increasingly profitable. However, the enjoyment of plentiful gasoline may not be in our future in spite of its feasibility. Political interference with the construction and operation of refineries and synthesizing plants places the world at the mercy of those who believe they must deprive humankind of cheap fossil fuels. Their persistent obstruction of the construction and expansion of petroleum refineries has already proved capable of contriving a mild energy crisis.