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Article29 September 2026 · Suzanne Blake

Newsweek asked what red-dyed diesel would do to pump prices

“Red-Dyed Diesel Made Available to Lower Fuel Prices—Where You Can Buy It”

Two glass sample jars of diesel side by side, one clear and one dyed red, on a workbench.

“It's the one lever they can pull without Congress and without fighting refiners over an export ban.”

— John Tirado, founder of Summa Energy, quoted in Newsweek

Newsweek asked Summa Energy what the White House proposal to open red-dyed diesel to the public would actually do to prices at the pump.

John was quoted on why loosening the red-dye rules is the one move the administration can make without Congress, and on what the futures market was already implying about the winter.

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