With high fuel prices across America imperiling Republican majorities in Congress, President Donald Trump took bold and welcome free market-friendly action just days ago to bring down costs for Americans who rely on diesel engines.
But despite his executive order making tax-free, dyed diesel more widely available as part of an affordability push, researchers argue that Trump is still missing a prime opportunity to bring more widespread relief: A rollback of ethanol blending requirements that are holding fuel prices up at an artificially high level.
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