Rolling coal is the practice of tampering with a vehicle’s emissions control system, causing it to spew black clouds of sooty exhaust.

  • GigglyBobble
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    259 months ago

    The practice is sometimes used as a form of anti-environmental protest.

    Sometimes? What are the more common reasons?

    • Neato
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      159 months ago

      To look like you’re an impressive person with a big, strong truck that is so powerful it can’t help but not spew lung-destroying emissions. They’re just cosplaying truckers.

      • hiddengoat
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        129 months ago

        You don’t even see that shit out of semis anymore. It’s just burning fuel for no reason.

        • ferret
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          89 months ago

          Hate to be that guy, but half the problem with this stuff is how much of it is unburnt

    • PupBiru
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      39 months ago

      i’d probably read the sometimes as applying to environmental protest rather than the practice… as in there are other forms of environmental protests, and this is one that is sometimes used

    • @luckyhunter@lemmy.world
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      29 months ago

      the emission systems reduce the power and fuel efficiency. removing or bypassing emission systems means they burn less fuel and get more power.