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Humanity making progress like it always does (mbin.grits.dev)
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I'm so dopey. I thought this was suggesting that we'd invented some clever formulation to stop dead bugs sticking to windshields in 2020 and that we'd all have fully autonomous cars by 2050.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There ARE fewer bugs, and that's a problem, but also cars are more aerodynamic and would kill fewer bugs these days regardless.

Hmmm... This article suggests the opposite.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/12/car-splatometer-tests-reveal-huge-decline-number-insects

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What is it about then 0_o ?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It is about how the death of the insects is a precursor to the death of the rest of us. In the 90’s, there were a lot more bugs in the world, and it was very noticeable on road trips. They’re all gone now.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

I was outside, next to a park on a lake, and I mentioned to someone the lack of ambient bugs. He was insistent that there were bugs around somewhere but it took me several minutes to locate ONE and it was the only one I could find.

No dragonflies, ladybugs, bees, wasps, butterflies, beetles, grasshoppers... I couldn't even see any ants, flies, or mosquitos. The one I found looked similar to a gnat. It's spring here. There should be bugs.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It is probably because newer cars are more aerodynamic and the bugs just fly over

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

That's a very small part of it. Most of it is that we're destroying our surrounding ecosystem with multiple different pressures.