DOJ sues eBay for selling ‘rolling coal’ devices; fines could hit $2 billion
DOJ sues eBay for selling ‘rolling coal’ devices; fines could hit $2 billion
Rolling coal is the practice of tampering with a vehicle's emissions control system, causing it to spew black clouds of sooty exhaust.
Rolling coal is the practice of tampering with a vehicle's emissions control system, causing it to spew black clouds of sooty exhaust.
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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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It's also used to assault cyclists for the crime of existing
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From that perspective, I’d rather get rolled coal than doored.
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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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You don't even see that shit out of semis anymore. It's just burning fuel for no reason.
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Hate to be that guy, but half the problem with this stuff is how much of it is unburnt
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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.
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Fud
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