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posted by n1 on Monday August 25 2014, @12:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the money-to-burn dept.

Conspicuous Conservation, the ostentatious display of objects that mark a person as eco-friendly, has become popular over the recent decade, with example of wealthy people making a point of being seen driving a Prius, putting solar panes in silly places and even wearing shoes "suggesting" you worked on the BP oil spill cleanup.

On the opposite side of the coin we are starting to see some rather deplorable examples of Conspicuous Pollution, the most flagrant of which is called "Rollin Coal".

These kids, (they are almost always 20 something rural guys) will spend anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000 modifying their pickups for the sole purpose of belching huge clouds of black exhaust; adding smoke stacks and smoke switches (which either trick the engine into thinking it needs more fuel, or dump diesel fuel directly into the exhaust manifold).

This is not just a handful of guys. Elizabeth Kulze posted an article with links to “an entire subculture” on Facebook, Tumblr, and Instagram. “It’s just fun,” one coal roller says. “Just driving and blowing smoke and having a good time.”

 
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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday August 25 2014, @02:19AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 25 2014, @02:19AM (#85163) Journal

    We love you because you tell it like it is.

    Speak for yourself. I respect him for his "lateral thinking" (and, maybe, his declared goal of a life fuelled by renewable liquids), but don't confuse this with love and don't confuse "unorthodox PoVs" with "like it is".

    Btw: I don't love you either; cafe or no cafe, you are ugly, babe!
    (ducks)

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by cafebabe on Monday August 25 2014, @07:09AM

    by cafebabe (894) on Monday August 25 2014, @07:09AM (#85225) Journal

    We like him to different degrees and for different reasons but there is some thought provoking truth in dissenting opinion and I'm glad that it is shared.

    Regarding beauty, consider it a public service that a geek forum doesn't allow users to upload profile pictures.

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    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 25 2014, @10:42AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 25 2014, @10:42AM (#85259)

      There is dissenting opinion and then there is outright assholery.
      The later drowns out the former for anyone who prefers not to dive headfirst into the written equivalent of goatsecx.