• grue@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Fun fact: they have to modify the emissions system of the truck to do it, violating Federal law (the Clean Air Act).

    If you try to “roll coal” in an unmodified diesel (in proper working order), the “best” you’ll get is a light haze of soot, not a black cloud. This is because the manufacturers do actually try to design them to be efficient, and every bit of soot represents unburned fuel that didn’t get converted into propulsive force.

    • OpenStars@discuss.online
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      5 months ago

      violating Federal law

      Ngl, that sounds like a “feature”, not a bug, given that we are talking about Texans here. I’m not even being pejorative, that’s literally a thing they often proffer as worth being proud of, Remember The Alamo and such.

      And yes that is a fun fact - thanks for sharing it!:-)