Redline Rebels: Why Car Lovers Aren't the Real Climate Villains

By Jack Mercer

Petrolheads are being painted as public enemies-demonized by governments, scolded by NGOs, and buried in click-bait headlines that blame weekend burnouts for a warming planet. Redline Rebels fires back with torque and nuance. Jour-nalist-rac-er Marco Vassallo spans six con-tin-ents, from Japan's neon touge runs to Cuba's diesel-swapped '57 Chevys, unveil-ing how car culture unites fam-i-lies, spins local econ-omies, and often in-novates the very green tech-nolo-gies pol-i-cy-makers claim to champion.

Inside these pages you'll hear the untold carbon math that puts hobby mileage below big-box delivery fleets, watch EV drifters duel fuel-burning icons, and peek behind the curtain of synthetic-fuel labs turning captured CO₂ into high-octane freedom. You'll meet the women teaching valve-lash in Saudi Arabia, the Kenyan mechanics building rally cars from scrap, and the Gen-Z coders who swap batteries as fast as their grandfathers changed plugs.

Redline Rebels doesn't deny climate change; it dismantles lazy scapegoating. By weaving narrative adventure with hard data, Vassallo shows why the open road still matters-and how the next generation can keep the spark alive without choking the sky.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1923545736
• ISBN13: 9781923545731
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"