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Coal isn't even all of the problem. "Rolling Coal" is a personal political statement of thousands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal https://en.wikipe

Coal isn't even all of the problem. "Rolling Coal" is a personal political statement of thousands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal Greenland once had a booming ecotourism industry, driving people across the ice sheet in diesel powered trucks. That is, until the diesel soot particulates destroyed the routes across the ice sheet.

imglorp 6y ago
That's actually easy to regulate at the state level, if states were on board. Simply failing inspection would take them off the road.
- PurpleFoxy 6y ago
  Usually they have a hidden switch to toggle the mode. I guess the best method would be dash cam evidence
  - Terrario 6y ago
    Yeah, but that would be incredibly invasive
  - x3iv130f 6y ago
    Why not have officers pull them over and fine them? We have fines for littering and broken tail lights. Egregious pollution could be included.
tptacek 6y ago
I doubt idiots in modified trucks are a major component of our problem here.
- TylerE 6y ago
  You'd be wrong. One of those trucks can emit hundreds of times more particulate matter than a compliant vehicle. Even when they aren't shooting visible smoke they are outputting a massively excess amount of pollution.
  - tptacek 6y ago
    I'm sure that's true. There just aren't enough of them to matter that much.
    - Despegar 6y ago
      >The owners and operators of more than half a million diesel pickup trucks have been illegally disabling their vehicles’ emissions control technology over the past decade, allowing excess emissions equivalent to 9 million extra trucks on the road, a new federal report has concluded. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/climate/diesel-trucks-air-pollution.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/climate/diesel-trucks-air...
      - throwaway0a5e 6y ago
        The emissions technology significantly increases the TCO of the vehicle so it's not exactly surprising that people disable it.
        nitrogen 6y ago
        It just moves the TCO to the lungs of everyone else.
        sagarm 6y ago
        Looks like this is a problem to be solved with the application of law and order. If a few extrajudicial executions happen along the way, it's just the price we pay for an orderly society. After all, all lives matter.
        throwaway0a5e 6y ago
        Isn't it a little hypocritical to call for law and order and condone vigilantism in the same sentence?
        sagarm 6y ago

imglorp 6y ago

That's actually easy to regulate at the state level, if states were on board. Simply failing inspection would take them off the road.

PurpleFoxy 6y ago
Usually they have a hidden switch to toggle the mode. I guess the best method would be dash cam evidence
- Terrario 6y ago
  Yeah, but that would be incredibly invasive
- x3iv130f 6y ago
  Why not have officers pull them over and fine them? We have fines for littering and broken tail lights. Egregious pollution could be included.

tptacek 6y ago

I doubt idiots in modified trucks are a major component of our problem here.

TylerE 6y ago
You'd be wrong. One of those trucks can emit hundreds of times more particulate matter than a compliant vehicle. Even when they aren't shooting visible smoke they are outputting a massively excess amount of pollution.
- tptacek 6y ago
  I'm sure that's true. There just aren't enough of them to matter that much.
  - Despegar 6y ago
    >The owners and operators of more than half a million diesel pickup trucks have been illegally disabling their vehicles’ emissions control technology over the past decade, allowing excess emissions equivalent to 9 million extra trucks on the road, a new federal report has concluded. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/climate/diesel-trucks-air-pollution.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/climate/diesel-trucks-air...
    - throwaway0a5e 6y ago
      The emissions technology significantly increases the TCO of the vehicle so it's not exactly surprising that people disable it.
      - nitrogen 6y ago
        It just moves the TCO to the lungs of everyone else.
      - sagarm 6y ago
        Looks like this is a problem to be solved with the application of law and order. If a few extrajudicial executions happen along the way, it's just the price we pay for an orderly society. After all, all lives matter.
        throwaway0a5e 6y ago
        Isn't it a little hypocritical to call for law and order and condone vigilantism in the same sentence?
        sagarm 6y ago