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Remember when you had to scrape your windshield down after a car trip? I noticed the birds vanishing in my area, but I had no idea it was happening on this scal
by butterfi 7y ago
Remember when you had to scrape your windshield down after a car trip? I noticed the birds vanishing in my area, but I had no idea it was happening on this scale.
- lostapathy 7y agoA lot of that is aerodynamics improving in newer cars. I drive a Jeep Wrangler and it catches a lot more bugs than our modern Honda
- newnewpdro 7y agoI drive old cars, and have had the same exact model for over a decade, and cross the country often between the west coast and midwest. It used to be that I'd have to clean my windshield at gas stops and the car would need its bumper and hood washed of insect genocide on arrival. These days neither are necessary, it's very apparent.
- fingerlocks 7y agoYou obviously haven’t driven through southern Oregon on highway 97 during sunset. Had to use the windshield wipers because I couldn’t see from all the bug carcasses on the windshield.
- StavrosK 7y agoHe's comparing two different years in the exact same region to show decline, his point isn't that there aren't any insects left on earth.
- newnewpdro 7y agoI haven't, but have certainly experienced driving through regions where there are still insects. Northern MN for example, that was reminiscent of what it used to be like driving through NE. That's besides the point though, at least along the route I drive most often, which is i80 between SF and Chicago, there's been a very visible decline of insects over the past ~1.5 decades according to the windshield gauge.
- quibbler 7y agoSo insect population changed drastically within a decade? A decade doesn't seem that long for changes in cars.