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Re:Tesla adds bidirectional charging capability by martythemaniak on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @09:01AM (#23246339)
To be honest the cafe scene you described sounds like an over-the-top scene from a movie show as well, much like the one you posted.
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Re:Tesla adds bidirectional charging capability by DonHopkins on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @09:37AM (#23246634)
The cafe scene really happened. The Dutch tend to be straightforward and just say what they think.

Have you ever heard the term "Rolling Coal"? It's an actual "thing" done by the same kind of people who think Hummers make them look cool.

Rolling Coal On Protesters Compilation (BlackLivesMatter, Trump Haters, Tree Huggers):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYPMbLO4pAY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal

>Rolling coal is the illegal practice of modifying a diesel engine to increase the amount of fuel entering the engine in order to emit large amounts of black or grey sooty exhaust fumes into the air. Rolling coal is sometimes used as a form of anti-environmentalism. Such modifications may include the intentional removal of the particulate filter. Practitioners often additionally modify their vehicles by installing smoke switches and smoke stacks. Modifications to a vehicle to enable rolling coal may cost from US$200 to US$5,000.

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Re:Tesla adds bidirectional charging capability by fingerlocks on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @11:27AM (#23248025)
Rolling Coal only works on Diesel engines. The Hummer H2 was not diesel.
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Re:Tesla adds bidirectional charging capability by thedrbrian on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @12:15PM (#23248618)
The whole story sounds like something from /thathappened.
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