Monday, October 05, 2026

Look! Over There! 👉 Shiny Thing!

But will it lower the price of diesel? "Then Christ got died”? I ain’t listening’ to that (life’s too short), but is the CC right?
Trump: "The Fake News New York Times 'reported' on my Great, PACKED Rally in Ohio that, 'the place was not full. Some upper sections were almost completely empty.' In actuality, thousands of people were unable to get in. The Arena was totally MAXED OUT, including all upper sections. What does happen at all of my SOLD OUT Rallies, is that the people in the upper sections tend to migrate down to the Main Floor — The 'migration' process always happens! The Times knows this, and so does everyone else. I never have empty seats — Never have, and never will! Because of their dishonesty, I have cinematographers shooting the various Arenas where I speak, in that some of the Fake News likes to dishonestly report lies and untruths. In actuality, my Events for very good Republican Politicians are probably more crowded than ever. There are no empty seats, there haven’t been for years, and there never will be. The Rallies are 'HOTTER' than ever. They are all 'happenings,' and they never happened before, and will never be duplicated again. The Networks refuse, however, under any circumstances, to show the Crowds, but you can hear the thunderous applause, and know that it represents thousands and thousands of people. Watch tonight, for example, in the Great State of Nebraska, where I’ll be heading soon. See you later! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
It was a high school basketball arena. It held 4500 people. The NYT reporter was in the room as lowering the price of diesel.people started leaving. They exited the arena.

Not that this has anything to do with the price of diesel.
He thinks he’s lowered the price of diesel.  Dyed diesel is fuel that has not been taxed for road use. It’s used for off road vehicles like tractors and the like. Allowing truckers to use it might lower the price slightly for truckers. Or it might not.
 "One doesn't have to pay federal and state excise taxes on dyed diesel, but it really doesn't ​shift the amount of ⁠overall diesel manufactured for domestic purposes," said Tom Kloza, chief energy adviser at Gulf Oil.

"It would help less than it sounds like, and the version the administration can do without Congress wouldn't lower pump prices at all," said Gregg Ibendahl, an agricultural economics professor at Kansas State University. "It's a much safer idea than the ⁠export ban — ​mostly because it does less."

"While expanding access to the tax-exempt diesel could provide some relief ​to eligible end-users, it would not change the underlying wholesale diesel price," said Preben Sørli, analyst at Rystad Energy. "Refiners would still receive market price for their fuels, and the main effect ​would be lowering federal tax revenues. It would do little to change supply or market fundamentals."
In other words, the price might just go up. One problem is, truck stops may not want to carry dyed fuel. The  dye is quite permanent, so IRS agents can inspect trucks for illegal use. That means truck stops may not want to carry it, because it will stain their equipment. Truckers may not want to use it, either; for when it’s illegal again, but their trucks are stained.

Besides, the savings will be $0.24 a gallon, or $50 to $72 per fillup (that’s an absolute fillup. It would really be a bit less.). On a fuel cost of $1200 to $1800. So, save $72 to get your truck stained from fuel tank to exhaust pipe; and hope the inspector in three months is understanding.

All because Trump needs to look like he’s doing something, and has no idea what he’s doing.

My guess: this won’t make any difference at all, because dyed diesel won’t be readily available to truckers.
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