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minus-squareSigilos@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 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-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIt’s been a couple years since I’ve had to scrape the bugs from my windows.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI had to last week. It was the first time in years.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoCouldn’t that also be new improvements in car aerodynamics where bugs simply glide off instead of getting squished?
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 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.
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