Conservatives eager to stick it to Obama and his pro-environment agenda think they have found the perfect way to do it: polluting the air in protest. Theyve begun modifying their trucks to spew out plumes of thick, black smoke with the hope that the smoke negates any benefits to the environment more fuel efficient cars would have done.
People so inclined start by adding huge chimneys and equipment to their diesel trucks in order to trick the engine into needing more fuel. The consequence a giant toxic cloud of smoke thrown into the atmosphere. Its meant to be an act of defiance against the president and his administration for having the audacity to want to help the environment.
The art of ostentatiously polluting with a truck is not new. Trucks with huge exhaust stacks have been around for a long time. The shift has been in how its perceived. Rather than just a way to have fun or show off, the practice has increasingly taken a political tone.
Calling themselves coal rollers and decaling their cars to read Prius repellent, these self-described culture warriors admit to targeting people perceived of as environmentalists, liberals, or even people who buy foreign-made cars.
According to Vocativ:
The ultimate highway enemy, however, are nature nuffies, or people who drive hybrid cars, because apparently, pro-earth sentiment is an offense to the diesel-trucking lifestyle. The feeling around here is that everyone who drives a small car is a liberal, says Ryan. I rolled coal on a Prius once just because they were tailing me.
