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where have all the insects gone? | Financial Times (archive.ph)

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When I was a little kid, a road trip included tons of smashed bugs on the windshield. Now, none. I wonder how much of that is improved aerodynamics of the car windshield vs fewer bugs. I was unable to open the linked article, so this will remain a mystery for now.

[–] gandalf_der_12te 2 points 2 months ago

I saw a meme a while ago with three panels:

in the first panel, insects smashing against a driving car (labeled 1990)
in the second panel, just the driver, but no insects (labeled 2020)
in the third panel, the driver is gone, it's just the car (labeled 2050)

unfortunately i can't find the meme anymore.