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Humanity making progress like it always does (mbin.grits.dev)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 6 months ago (6 children)

I'm 51, I spent the 90's in Louisiana, and since my wife doesn't fly, we have driven across the USA more times than we can count. In the 90's, if you didn't have a bug screen on your grill, the LoveBugs would clog your radiator and you would over heat. You also needed the windshield scrib and squeegee to scrub off the bug splatter every time you filled up. Now, you don't need either of them.

[–] xenspidey 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I have been thinking about this recently. How much of this is lack of bugs vs aerodynamics. I mean back in the day we all drove big rectangles. I'm not denying the fact that it could be a mass extinction of bugs. Just curious.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago

Nope, seems to purely be the mass extinction thing. In fact:

modern cars hit more bugs, perhaps because older models push a bigger layer of air – and insects – over the vehicle.

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

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