MaineFusion Report post Posted July 6, 2014 From the cutting off nose to spite face department comes the ultimate in blowing smoke. It boils down to some owners of diesel pickups modifying them to blow black smoke on demand by means of dumping extra fuel into the engine. They then target drivers of hybrids with the smoke as a political statement against efforts to fight climate change via reducing CO2 emissions. Of course we're laughing all the way to the bank with the money we're not spending on fuel, while they cry about how much fuel costs when they fill up at the pump. http://www.businessinsider.com/conservatives-purposely-making-cars-spew-black-smoke-2014-7?google_editors_picks=true I intentionally avoided the rhetoric of conservative vs liberal used in the article, because it unfairly stereotypes all drivers of hybrids as tree hugging liberals and conservatives as highway trolls who are bent on being obnoxious to make a political point. I personally found the article interesting not for the politics but because of how obnoxious some people can be. I have not experienced this issue my self and I doubt FFH drivers in general will experience this. The FFH doesn't shout "hey I'm a hybrid" like the Prius and the FFH isn't a "foreign rice burner" as these trolls call "foreign" made cars thus we won't attract their attention (never mind most of these foreign jobs are made in the U.S. and our "domestic" FFH is actually made in Mexico). 4 acdii, hybridbear, Wade Burtch and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeff_h Report post Posted July 6, 2014 I just experienced this black smoke thing last week, among many other instances of rednecks in pickups stomping the gas... I'm free to spend my money on a vehicle that burns very little gas, and they are free to spend their money on far more gas - enjoy, Cletus. 2 MaineFusion and hybridbear reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites