Humanity making progress like it always doesmbin.grits.devimage mozz ( @mozz@mbin.grits.dev ) Science Memes@mander.xyz • 4 months ago message-square61fedilinkarrow-up1484
arrow-up1484imageHumanity making progress like it always doesmbin.grits.dev mozz ( @mozz@mbin.grits.dev ) Science Memes@mander.xyz • 4 months ago message-square61fedilink
minus-square Sigilos ( @BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network ) linkfedilinkEnglish81•4 months agoOh, my. I hadn’t even noticed how much less I’ve had to clean my Windshield lately. That is a very bad sign…
minus-square henfredemars ( @henfredemars@infosec.pub ) linkfedilinkEnglish34•4 months agoIt’s been a couple years since I’ve had to scrape the bugs from my windows.
minus-square snooggums ( @snooggums@midwest.social ) linkfedilinkEnglish13•4 months agoI had to last week. It was the first time in years.
minus-square KingJalopy ( @KingJalopy@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish12•4 months agoIn Sacramento I clean mine almost daily. Just depends where you are really. Lots of farm land will always have lots of bugs.
minus-square hessenjunge ( @hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-24 months agoLet me give another example: Traveling from Central Europe to Southern Europe to spend your holiday. In 1980/1990 you had to clean your windshield a couple of times when driving there. Not any more.
minus-square jabathekek ( @jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ) cakelinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoUnless they use shit-tons of insecticide. The farms around my home-town did, or started too a bit before I left.
minus-square mexicancartel ( @mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoWaaiiittt… How fast you need to go to get flies on your windows? I think my place has much more flies but i never saw this thing
minus-square Honytawk ( @Honytawk@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglish8•4 months agoCouldn’t that also be new improvements in car aerodynamics where bugs simply glide off instead of getting squished?
minus-square Ephera ( @Ephera@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish27•4 months agoApparently, it’s the other way around, presumably because unaerodynamic cars pushed around a big air cone, which deflected the insects. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/12/car-splatometer-tests-reveal-huge-decline-number-insects
Oh, my. I hadn’t even noticed how much less I’ve had to clean my Windshield lately. That is a very bad sign…
It’s been a couple years since I’ve had to scrape the bugs from my windows.
I had to last week. It was the first time in years.
In Sacramento I clean mine almost daily. Just depends where you are really. Lots of farm land will always have lots of bugs.
Let me give another example:
Traveling from Central Europe to Southern Europe to spend your holiday. In 1980/1990 you had to clean your windshield a couple of times when driving there.
Not any more.
Unless they use shit-tons of insecticide. The farms around my home-town did, or started too a bit before I left.
Waaiiittt… How fast you need to go to get flies on your windows? I think my place has much more flies but i never saw this thing
Couldn’t that also be new improvements in car aerodynamics where bugs simply glide off instead of getting squished?
Apparently, it’s the other way around, presumably because unaerodynamic cars pushed around a big air cone, which deflected the insects.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/12/car-splatometer-tests-reveal-huge-decline-number-insects