The higher fuel tax is awesome. Anyone who commutes- presumably solo and empty- in a full-size pickup can afford it. But yours does get really good mpg.
Run a grille block and an engine blanket. Preheat for 1 to 2 hours with a core plug heater. Do NOT idle. Everything runs colder in the cold, not just aluminum blocked engines with DI. Ethanol is harder starting in conventional engines from cold, but cold weather operations are just fine when the engine is warm. I would think a DI engine with 11:1 CR would have fewer if any issues with ethanol on cold start, but I've not personally tried it or researched it.