Conservatives Are Purposely Making Their Cars Spew Black Smoke To Protest Obama And Environmentalist

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http://www.businessinsider.com/conservatives-purposely-making-cars-spew-black-smoke-2014-7



Pickup trucks customized to spew black smoke into the air are quickly becoming the newest weapon in the culture wars.
"Coal Rollers" are diesel trucks modified with chimneys and equipment that can force extra fuel into the engine causing dark black smoke to pour out of the chimney stacks. These modifications are not new, but as Slate's Dave Weigel pointed out on Thursday, "rolling coal" has begun to take on a political dimension with pickup drivers increasingly viewing their smokestacks as a form of protest against environmentalists and Obama administration emissions regulations.

Last month, Vocativ noted many coal rollers focus their fumes on "nature nuffies," or people who drive hybrids, and "rice burners," or Japanese-made cars.

"The feeling around here is that everyone who drives a small car is a liberal," a roller named Ryan told Vocativ. "I rolled coal on a Prius once just because they were tailing me."



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[AverageJoe90]

1. Don't these morons realize.....

That there's liberal pickup truck drivers, too, including modified pickup trucks?

[Enthusiast]

11. They don't give it a lot of thought.

[RKP5637]

26. They clearly lack the smarts to give anything much of a thought ... n/t

[Proud Liberal Dem]

47. Don't they realize

that if they destroy the environment, it will kill THEM (or, eventually, somebody they care about)?

[Blue_Tires]

88. I'm almost shocked they aren't poisoning local water tables

Just to prove that clean, drinkable water should only belong to those who can afford it

[rickford66]

86. I'm on my 4th PU

Everyone's friend when they need to haul something. I buy used and keep for 9 or 10 years. 4WD, V8, 5 speeds.

[blkmusclmachine]

2. All that's missing are the bull balls. And the W'04 bumper sticker.

[gopiscrap]

48. No kidding

[betterdemsonly]

3. I guess one of the appeals of this

trend is to pretend that Dodge Rams aren't made in Mexico, and aren't foreign, just because it is American brand while pointing out the the "rice wagon" comes form a foreign company even though Toyota Prius is made in Texas and gives jobs to lots or people like them.

Wonder what they do with a Ford C-Max Plugin Hybrid? American Brand. Made in America, but a hybrid.

[RKP5637]

27. These idiots wouldn't even understand what you're speaking of ... n/t

[nomorenomore08]

5. No shit. I think you just made the understatement of the year. n/t

[HooptieWagon]

6. Trucks, not cars.

These are diesel-engine trucks. Diesel smoke is mostly soot particulates, enviromentally not as bad as smoke from a gas engine.
Overall, I'd caution people to curb their "outrage". First of all, that is their intent, to piss people off. React accordingly, and it's Mission Accomplished. Just like peep with tatoos and piercings. Ignore it, and the "fad" will quickly go away. I say "fad", because we're probably not talking big numbers here... probably only a few hundred trucks, nationwide... we're not talking many thousands. The companies that produce and install the kits will soon find out they don't sell enough to be profitable. Just a guess, but such a kit and installation might be about $2500 or so? After spewing smoke a few times, it will get old. At least the morons didn't send the $2500 to a conservative political candidate, where the damage is long term. There's also questions about voided warranty, legality (esp. in Cali. ), and resale value.
So all in all, let the morons display their foolishness. Laugh at them. Take pictures, caption them, and post on social media. When the rednecks figure out they're not getting the reaction they're looking for, but are being laughed at, then this will be fairly short-lived.

[mark eagledove]

8. Cowardly response, imo.

Yes, sure... bullies and fascists always go away if you ignore them?

[HooptieWagon]

10. They're just dumb-ass rednecks.

And I'm guessing the smoke-spewing is about 95% attention-getting, and about 5% political statement. Overreact, they win.

[CanonRay]

17. No, humiliate them on social media

[hatrack]

67. Oh, yeah, PM 2.5 particulates, capable of moving right through lung tissue, no big deal . . .

Those crazy kids!

[mark eagledove]

7. This is the evil scum we're up against. This CANNOt be legal.

This will get some child killed. Bet on it. These people need to be put somewhere for the criminally insane. The hatred for their fellow Americans is equal to any anarchist 100 years ago. They should be locked up or deported.
I'm serious.

[HooptieWagon]

14. Oh, brother <rolleyes>

No one's gonna get killed. The trucks don't spew smoke continuously. It's just a few dumbshits showing off for their buddies... like a tribal identification. This is not a social phenomena that has wheels, so to speak. It'll remain a very small "cult", and eventually disappear.

[IronGate]

21. Good god,

Settle down, nobody's gonna get killed, these people are not criminally insane, just dumbasses.

They should be locked up or deported.
I'm serious.

This statement by you scares me more than them.

[LiberalElite]

30. Uh deported to where?

I bet they were all born here. Being locked up for?? Being stupid? We would have run out of prisons long ago if stupidity were illegal.

[snooper2]

36. did you start early this morning or just never go to sleep last night?

The 4th is over you know

[yeoman6987]

61. Oh my God!

That was the most outlandish post I have seen on any social site. Seriously.........oh I thought about it and you were being sarcastic. Kids dying....

[arcane1]

77. They're not evil scum. They're dumbasses who haven't matured yet n/t

[TBF]

100. lol - I'd love to hear about the anarchists of 100 years ago -

and please be detailed with your response.

[jollyreaper2112]

9. You can always tell

You can always tell someone is going to be an asshole when they start modifying their suspension.

[Enthusiast]

12. I could never climb into one of those.

[Katashi_itto]

18. I like the blue skull pickup. Although I think its still a complete waste of money.

Getting ready to buy a Spyder Cam-Am.

Totally cool and gas efficient. It's a thirty mile commute to NASA everyday for me.
If The Batman had to commute, he'd have this

[awoke_in_2003]

71. I have been riding motorcycles for 20 years...

I test drove one of those and thought I was going to die. Steers like a tank and underpowered, but that could be because I am used to two wheel driving. If you aren't used to two wheels, though, adapting to Can-Am might be easier.

[Katashi_itto]

72. Cool, you had me worried, I haven't driven a motorbike in years.

[awoke_in_2003]

75. Definitely test drive it first...

I know some people who love them, and good for them. It just isn't for me. I hope I didn't come across as raining on your parade, I just wanted to say that they handle much differently than a motorcycle.

[Katashi_itto]

76. Oh no! I value opinions. I will test drive it to see if I like it. I really like how it looks heheh

[awoke_in_2003]

82. Find a Can Am forum...

and ask them about the differences in handling. Once you have an idea of what to expect, then go to the dealer and test ride one. Get the dealer's input, too. If you have ridden motorcycles before, let them know and ask them for advice.

[meow2u3]

39. How the hell do you get into one of those?

A ladder, or a crane?

[Katashi_itto]

74. Ladder maybe

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

83. Depends how big they are.

Some people would have a massive coronary if they had to climb a ladder.

[SkatmanRoth]

102. Some people will put big wheels on type of vehicle

[Cosmocat]

13. This is why we are fucked

When you live in a place where people go this extent, to put so much time and energy into pridefully extolling their brazen ignorance ... You are past a breaking point.

We get so many "the republican's are on their death beds!" posts here and how I wish that were true.

But, what the last quarter century has shown is that this country's standard of living (debt driven or not) is so high, people have passed the point of seriously engaging in politics. They either tune out and don't engage or they become easy victims to the republicans NEVER ENDING stream of ways to engender a sense of victimization to people's indulgences, like in this situation.

[Raine1967]

20. I really liked the last sentence you wrote:

They either tune out and don't engage or they become easy victims to the republicans NEVER ENDING stream of ways to engender a sense of victimization to people's indulgences, like in this situation.

That was a really good way of stating a lot of what iid happening. 'Engender a sense of victimization to people's indulgences'

[Cosmocat]

57. I don't think people have the first clue

what right wing propaganda does to them.

The people MAKING the money, the Hannity's of the world know it, IMO, but find a sinister pleasure in it, while making big stacks of money along the way.

But, for decades now they have created this perverse brainwashing where they tell people who THEY ARE THE TRUE AMERICANS while creating an endless array of boogymen to vilify.

They USED to, and it is interesting that they don't even try to sing this song, but they USED to say "We are party of self responsibility."

But, they are so far gone now they don't even try to stake that high ground, they just have become relentlessly obsessed over OTHER PEOPLE'S responsibility, at least what THEY think other people should be responsible for.

Creating this mean spirited, reactionary mentality that has spilled over to our society at large.

So, you end up having these jackasses with big ass trucks who think THEY are the victims feeling justified in hating the "liberal" and even further one step from taking actual action against the liberal.

A place of business near where I live, has sign hanging up, "The only good liberal is a dead liberal."

[Raine1967]

58. I feel like you just really nailed it on the head here in this post.

I may borrow what you wrote, because it is so perfect, and clarifies so much. Thank you!

[Cosmocat]

101. your welcome!

[daleo]

64. It is a strange business person

Who alienates half of his potential customer base. And, a stupid one. You don't grow a business by shunning people.

[Mnemosyne]

94. A reservation store I go to in NY had 'Liberal Hunting Permits', I quit shopping there. nt

[Cosmocat]

98. You know

But, "they are all the same ..."

[RKP5637]

32. What you said IMO is quite true, in short, they just don't give a F. They feel cast aside IMO by the

propaganda of hope in the new US, so they just don't give a fuck. ... exactly as you say IMO ... "They either tune out and don't engage or they become easy victims to the republicans NEVER ENDING stream of ways to engender a sense of victimization to people's indulgences, like in this situation."

I've engaged polite and interesting conversations, for example, with some individuals in chain stores where they work, where they are dumped on constantly. They really don't get what is going on, even in their own workplace, and even more, they don't seem to give a fuck, they have just tuned out and written the future off. Then some others are just absolute robots, parroting Fox News ... apparently had a Fox News brain transplant, robots spewing out reactionary parroted Fox News crap.

[HooptieWagon]

15. Auto equivilent...

flamethrowers:

Yep, its pretty dumb. It remains a small "cult". The diesel smoke-spewers will be the same, imo.

[RKP5637]

33. One can always hope the direction of the wind changes! n/t

[betterdemsonly]

16. Collateral damage is inevitable!!

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The good news is that Conservatives always create a lot of collateral damage when they make war, so there will be a backlash. Just like there was a backlash against Iraq. The Iraqis didn't perpetrate 9/11. Just like there backlash against open carry. The traditionally right wing cops really love being identified with the "evil government," and put on their target list! People in at deep red Atlanta burbs love having people show up at little league games with AR 15s. There will be a backlash against this. In their mind all pretty girls are green enviro nuts! That will surely help their cause greatly. Yeah Right!

[KurtNYC]

19. Because many base their actions on feeling instead of thought.

The eternal teenager in them says "I want to do this just to piss you off."

[HooptieWagon]

25. Thats pretty much it, imo.

Its an identification with a "tribe", and thumbing their nose at the rest of society. Takes many forms. I'm no sociologist, but this might go back 70 years...right after WW2. There were the hot-rodders, the bikers, and yes even hippies.... many other cultures, I think its a modern form of tribalism. Maybe a sociologist wants to chip in here?

[sweetapogee]

87. i guess

on this one they can claim "Mission Accomplished!"

[we can do it]

22. What exactly do these idiots "conserve"?

[MH1]

23. Their one brain cell?

Wouldn't want to use it up, you know.

[we can do it]

24. No kidding. And they pay extra to look that stupid.

[HooptieWagon]

28. Dumbasses and their money are soon parted. nt

[we can do it]

29. Yup, guess they showed us. The same simpletons then whine about paying taxes.

[HooptieWagon]

35. Last laugh is on them.

I imagine the smoke-spewing kits void the engine warranty. Most likely increases engine wear. Probably illegal in some locales (like California). And definately hurts resale value... the market for smoke-billowing trucks is really small, and cutting holes in the bed for the stacks just gives a place for rust to start.
Just a guess, but most of these trucks are likely show vehicles not daily drivers or work trucks. Spend several grand to belch smoke, get a few oohs and aahs from Budweiser-swilling goobers, and after that it gets boring pretty quickly.

[Scootaloo]

79. We use "Conservative" because "sadist" is too on-the-nose for the media

[liberal N proud]

31. I see these assholes all the time and just consider them to be narcissistic.

Just like the motorcycles with loud pipes.

[Warpy]

37. Dumb guys with wheels are always the same

Back in the days of chariots, they used to load themselves down with arrangements of bells so that people could hear them coming a mile away. I wouldn't be at all surprised if they fed their horses a diet of green apples, hoping to lay down a trail of equine diarrhea instead of nice, neat road apples.

[Stryder]

43. Not just like...

While it's true motorcyclists install loud pipes to be noticed, it is because we've all lost friends to drivers who didn't "notice" the motorcycle.

[liberal N proud]

66. When was the last time you heard a motorcycle when you were behind the wheel?

The only time I hear a LOUD MOTORCYCLE is when I am sitting in my living room and they go screaming down the street. The loud pipe for safety is bullshit!

[Stryder]

69. Most anytime

on my way to/from work I 480, 65mph in my blind spot. But I suppose if your vehicle is better insulated than your home and or you don't give motorcycles a second thought, you just may not.

[liberal N proud]

70. Your fooling yourself.

[flvegan]

34. I'm going to say that about meat eaters from now on.

People who eat meat are doing so because they hate Obama and environmentalists. Seriously, what's the difference between "rolling coal on a Prius" and responding to a vegetarian that "I'M GONNA HAVE A STEAK RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!" anyway? Just to be an asshole? Check.

Everyone has their selfish moments, and these coal rolling dipshits are no different. Like petulant children, they show off their disdain for something good by being (what they think to be) especially bad. Big deal. Likely still less environmentally irresponsible as some hypermiling Prius asshat anyway.

Full disclosure: I hate the Prius. I also hate black-soot billowing smokestacks on huge trucks driven by douchebags.

My apologies to my meat-eating friends. I'm simply trying to make a point, and I'm using my Holier-Than-Thou Soapbox (patent pending)* to make it.


*Holier-Than-Thou Soapbox is now available for $19.95 during this special offer. But WAIT, there's more! If you act now you can get a SECOND Holier-Than-Thou Soapbox absolutely free (just pay additional shipping and handling). Holier-Than-Thou Soapbox is available in 6 colors, all beige. Holier-Than-Thou Soapbox should be used only under adult supervision. If you experience any side effects while using Holier-Than-Thou Soapbox, please discontinue use and see a physician.

Happy Sunday everyone!

[Marr]

38. Modern Conservatism is about nothing more than being an asshole.

That's about all that's left of it, after 30 years of recruitment via hate radio.

[Cosmocat]

42. That is what it has devolved into

decades of AM radio channeling a personal victimization and hatred of others.

It is pure mean spirited hatred now.

[muntrv]

40. What about Chevy Volts?

[louis-t]

41. These are people that will spend a fortune

on fuel and modifications to their cars just to piss people off? Not the sharpest knives in the drawer, are they?

[SCUBANOW]

44. Sorry I have to call BS on this one.

I live in Texas, truck country, I have seen one of these in the past 10 years. And it had nothing to do with the president, it was a poor family that could not afford to get their truck repaired.

[arcane1]

81. Heck, the California chapter has a Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaCoalRollers

[Brickbat]

45. I find these articles oddly hysterical and vaguely classist.

[Lee-Lee]

46. Meh, nothing new about this

Diesel truck modifiers are the same as those who drop a mini truck all the way to the ground, those who put a $5000 sound system in a $500 car and rattle windows all around and those who spend $10,000 to jack a truck 10 feet off the ground then never leave the pavement. Mostly single males under 25 with little or no common sense.

I saw plenty of minority teens and 20 something's using super loud music to irritate old white folks over the years too.

It's really nothing new, just the way it comes out changes over the generations.

[Turbineguy]

49. Wait until they start seeing

the repair bills.

[WhiteTara]

50. Well that should ruin their engines!

I hope it costs a fortune for them to fix their trucks.

[valerief]

51. Teh Stooooopid hurts!!!!! nt

[MissB]

52. Rollin' coal...some of them do it to bicyclists. An idiot did it here recently

to a group of cyclists and one of the bikers was an off-duty cop. Didn't go well for the truck driver.

[catbyte]

53. Wow, they hate Obama more than they love their children.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

54. They need to organize a rally of these trucks in a nice long tunnel

or underground parking lot with their windows open.

[MineralMan]

55. Morons thumbing their noses at everyone.

They think this makes their little pick-em-up trucks look like real trucks. An added benefit is the disgusted looks they get from normal people who don't like black diesel smoke so much.

Some morons fly confederate flags on their trucks. Others put stupid-ass bumper stickers on them. These guys set up their trucks to belch black smoke.

Morons, every one of them.

[ck4829]

56. Of course

"If Obama said that fresh air is good for you, the republicans would stop breathing"

And ironically someone else chimed in and said it was stupid and that he was an idiot for saying that.

https://www.facebook.com/dailyrundown/photos/a.128160933925004.30326.100265686714529/664216450319447/?type=1&comment_id=664249836982775&offset=0&total_comments=246

[Boom Sound 416]

59. Ssshhh

Chevy diesels are made in Japan.





and assembled in La.

[Taitertots]

60. If I see someone rollin coal, I'm going to call the police

And I'm going to say "Someone is blocking the road with a smoke cloud and trying to cause traffic accidents."

[lady lib]

62. This happened to me yesterday.

I live in the greater Phoenix area and was driving my Prius home when one of those monstrosities let loose thick plumes of black smoke just ahead of me. Apparently, I had been "coal rolled." The thing is, my windows were up so I didn't get any of it. The idiot driving his truck probably inhaled far more. Just when you think they've scraped the bottom they manage to go deeper.

[Takket]

84. would anyone care to offer a defense as to why what happened to lady lib is not attempted murder?

I don't see how intentionally blinding a driver in the middle of traffic can't be construed as attempted murder any more than if a passenger with a death wish reached over and covered the driver's eyes hoping he/she would get into an accident

[lady lib]

95. I could see. It was more like attempted douchebaggery.

Mission accomplished.

[daleo]

63. This is beyond stupid

It reminds me of people who ostentatiously smoked cigarettes in public to prove their disdain for health nuts. I knew a few - at least one died of lung cancer. He was a nice guy, but got caught up by something stupid. Beyond stupid.

[DirkGently]

65. Eh. Modified diesels have been doing this for years.

There is a subgroup of hotrodders who tune big truck turbo diesels for maximum horsepower. A side-effect is gouts of thick black smoke out the exhausts. Those huge trucks can actually be made to be incredibly fast.

Now, this most likely does make them more polluting, for the same reason, which is dumping a lot of fuel into the motor. But it normally goes with a "chip" tune and sometimes other modifications.

But it's been around for years, and is hardly Obama-specific, or (at least originally) a deliberate thumb-in-the-eye to environmentalists.

Still kind of stupid, but it's definitely not new, and in most cases not simply a case of "sending a message" or what have you.

[Paladin]

68. This is the automotive equivalent of the Open Carry movement.

Both feature right-wing rednecks with more money than brains, reverting to childish, expensive taunts against those with whom they disagree. And both movements are making their opponents look very good by comparison. Nice work, fuckwits.

[awoke_in_2003]

73. These people are like same ones...

who put truck nuts on their truck. They have the maturity level of a 5 year old.

[Scootaloo]

78. Congratulations on increasing your gas bill by 1/4, dumbasses

The Saudis ought to send thank-you cards.

[hobbit709]

80. That should be "Dumbasses" instead of "Conservatives"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

85. One can be fined for that shit in some places.

[LyndaG]

89. So, they think they're immune from cancer and breathing diseases?

Who are they spiting?

[Octafish]

90. Shouldn't that be against federal law? Modifying catalytic converter?

Toss 'em in prison and throw away the key, which is a conservative thing to say.

[NYC_SKP]

97. They're diesels, no converters. And state law is what applies.

So unless there are state laws in power, and troopers or sheriffs willing to enforce them, there's not much to be done.

Let them drive into some parts of California, however, and they might not get out with their truck intact.

[Octafish]

99. Thanks! Perhaps some sugar in the tank could turn the diesel down a notch.

A popular rumor from junior high school, many decades ago...

[AgingAmerican]

91. Republicans shit

where their children and grandchildren have to eat and sleep.

[neverforget]

92. They're juveniles

and idiots.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

96. Utterly depressing, in so very many ways.