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

Business Insider ^ | July 5 2014 | Hunter Walker

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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."

[BudgieRamone]

sure I have severe asthma and allergies. grew up around fumes dust mold and worse. even been to the hospital a few times near death. diesel fumes were never the cause. sure they stink but odds of that happening are almost nil. and 99% of the i have made eye contact witht the lone driver I smoke out. Thanks anyway for your concern.

[bert]

In reality, it’s beer foaming agent, Coke fizz

[Kenton]

What they are doing is most definitely political speech and is thus protected by the first amendment.

Probably true if all they were doing is speaking. But don't forget, in this lawless administration, polluting the air trumps probably the first amendment. After all, they enforce the laws they want to enforce and ignore the rest.

It'll be interesting to see what comes of this, now that it's received a bit of publicity.

[bert]

[Rannug]

You cannot imagine how long I thought about, and went over what I thought I remembered from earlier years. lol

[Conscience of a Conservative]

“Here’s one from 4 years ago featuring a logging truck and bicycle riders”

Wow. That guy is an a**hole.

[castlegreyskull]

Very funny. Unfortunately, I don’t know I can do that to my Hyundai Sonata from 2002, with nearly 200K miles on it. Maybe I can, maybe it will help that POS go another 200K while pissing off morons in their Subarus with the bumper stickers “No farms, No Food”

I don’t think they see the irony in that bumper sticker. They have it on the back of a foreign car. However, the bumper sticker promotes using local farms. I could support that, but I wouldn’t put such a sticker on a car made in Japan.

[nascarnation]

A lot of the Subies are made right here by non-union labor.

[nascarnation]

Actually ATF has very little detergent.
There’s no need because your transmission doesn’t see products of combustion like the engine crankcase.

[castlegreyskull]

Very Nice. Not to be hypocrite, I have a Toyota and a Hyundai in my garage. However, neither one has such number stickers.

I will say, yesterday I was behind a Dodge Durango, it had many bumper stickers. ‘ One was a rainbow flag and said, “follow me to the gay bar”, Another one said “Obama is a fag”. Another had COEXIST, “Written in many types of weapons”. The other one I can remember was a UN one, where it said “obama was UN american.”

I am certain he is a member of this website.