Posted on 07/05/2014 1:23:07 PM PDT by PoloSec
FULL TITLE: Conservatives Are Purposely Making Their Cars Spew Black Smoke To Protest Obama And Environmentalists
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."
Weigel spoke to a seller of coal rolling customization equipment who described why some drivers see spewing smoke as a political protest.
"I run into a lot of people that really don’t like Obama at all," the salesperson said. "If he’s into the environment, if he’s into this or that, we’re not. I hear a lot of that. To get a single stack on my truck—that’s my way of giving them the finger. You want clean air and a tiny carbon footprint? Well, screw you."
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automatic transmission fluid, take it out to their car and pour it down the carburetor (with the engine running of course). The result was a thick stinky cloud of white.
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If I remember correctly, if you had an oil burner and were trying to sell it, you did the ATF ‘trick’.
Just jogged my memory about “laying pipe”, some years ago. LOL
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Or just plain old “Go to town and get your ashes hauled”
See there I made ya smile! :)
How else do you expect liberals to "get it?"
And crap like that is exactly why people view conservatives as wanting to turn the country into a sewer like China. And it’s a CORRECT view.
Is that your opinion, as a liberal?
Yep ! FR never fails.
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“How else do you expect liberals to “get it?” “
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I hate to be negative here,but they’ll never get it.
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Geez Lois, diatribes like this do no go for chess players. Can you please change your screen name to SoccerMom? I like chess.
“....Slate’s Dave Weigel pointed out on Thursday..”
You needn’t know more than that! Guy is absolutely, totally off the wall. Then there’s Slate.
>>>It’s not great,it’s asinine and juvenile<<<
Have to agree. Ever get behind a guy in an old Junker with blue smoke pouring out the Tailpipe? The smell is nauseating and you do your best to get ahead of him.
I guess some people would have no problem with their Children breathing in this crap because they think it’s funny. HAR DE HAR HAR...
If you owned a piece of Property and your Neighbor decided to burn Tires on his land with the smoke blowing your direction, I don’t think all the supporters of this crap would say “no problem” if they were on the receiving end.
My Property Rights end at my Property Line. Obviously the lack of common courtesy is not just a Liberal trait.
I slam my brakes for tailgaters. Especially the idiots in small cars that do it. I drive a large, 12 year old gas guzzling SUV.
Hit me, go ahead. I need the money. I also have a long, storied history with a bad back that's been repaired surgically four times. When I roll out of my vehicle feigning pain -- it'll be totally believable once my back history is looked into and it'll cost one of those green weenies hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars to settle....
Like I said: go ahead and hit me.
” Obviously the lack of common courtesy is not just a Liberal trait.”
— What bothers me is the danger of distracting someone that is behind the wheel.
Back in 2004 I was checking out DU and some idiot posted that he had encountered a car with a Bush bumper sticker.
This happened on an interstate with an older couple in the front seat.
He was proud to say he almost ran them off the road.
I was horrified——and so were some of the DUers.
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“Lifters, whether hydraulic or solid, are inside the engine itself. Pouring something into the air intake and letting it go through the clinders will never even get close to them.”
They’re in the heads iggy
My age is showing!
Ditto...
My stance is if you need to give someone the finger in traffic, just, uh... give ‘em the finger. If a Prius is tailgating you, brake check ‘em.
Down shifting my 98 Chevy diesel will fumigate and smoke anyone who is unfortunate enough to be right and behind me. Yes i do it to annoying pricks in traffic, but its most gratifying if its some fruit hipster in an econobox.
And if there happens to be a young child in that vehicle who has asthma? Well, thats just too bad, right? As long as you get your giggles and jollies.
More histrionic than thou, much?
Children that sensitive would not be riding in a car because they'd have to live in a plastic bubble.
We have a saying in my industry: If you’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be tough!
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