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

  • GigglyBobble@kbin.social
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    The practice is sometimes used as a form of anti-environmental protest.

    Sometimes? What are the more common reasons?

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        I got called a slur and then coal rolled for having a pride sticker on my car. Stopped leaving my windows down around trucks in small town Texas after that.

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      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.

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      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

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