I'd say and cars just think about how many bug splatters you see on an average decent trip on the highway now multiply that by the millions of cars on the road daily. It's not the root cause but it certainly didn't help

[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh certainly can't help. But we know that the pesticides and herbicides have carryon effects to unintended species. Ones that the parent companies that invented them didn't report on because they don't kill those species. Ones that don't necessarily kill them, but lead to things like the white nose fungus running amock in bats, or lead to Colony Collapse Disorder or other infections in bee colonies.

[–] kbotc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Why would white nose fungus and pesticides be linked in the slightest? The issue with that is tourists who don’t want to admit they’ve been driving from national park to national park visiting each cave along the way without sanitizing anything. Same reason Zebra Mussels are spreading so rapidly. Just like people blaming 5G for COVID: It’s easier to externalize blame rather that come to terms with the, frankly, minuscule amount of spores that are needed to destroy the entire roosting colony.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

My car used to look terrible after a drive to the local wilderness area, now I'll be lucky to see one smack my window per trip.