From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Europe’s least-bad diesel plan: release more of it ↧ ↧ Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Europe’s least-bad diesel plan: relea... The US wants ​EU states to free some of the bloc's 39 ‌mln metric tons of the fuel to curb high prices. Energy risks, and Washington’s role in the Iran war, are good ​reasons not to. But Europe has been slow ​on releases, and giving some ground may help avoid ⁠a US diesel export ban.