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I think we can figure it out! Just off the top of my head I can imagine no-fly zones over key breeding areas & endangered species habitat, no-fly times during peak migration corridor hours, automatic collision avoidance software for eVTOLs to avoid birds & bats in the air, maybe some kind of infrasound "warning" to deter birds from eVTOLs like airports already use...I think we can indeed figure out ways to have our electric flying cars and healthy sky-life too!

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I strongly agree that we should protect insect and bird populations. However, the "insect apocalypse" narrative is a bit more nuanced than that Guardian article makes it seem. A recent meta-analysis in Science magazine compiling data from 166 long-term surveys found that while terrestrial insect populations are declining, freshwater insect populations are actually *increasing*, possibly due to successful clean water efforts.

https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aax9931

https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/10/the-insect-apocalypse-is-more-nuanced-than-it-first-appears/

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/insect-apocalypse-really-upon-us/583018/

https://www.sciencealert.com/insect-armageddon-may-be-real-scientists-say-but-there-s-something-you-need-to-know

To be clear, I do agree we should build more insect- and bird-friendly landscapes and work to conserve their populations! I just think that the apocalyptic rhetoric can be a bit counterproductive, especially when it's an exaggeration.

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