• CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    2 hours

    Yes, I hate mosquitoes, but they’re a pretty significant part of the ecosystem. But Google is well known for their measured and thoughtful approach, and especially long-term planning, so I’m sure it’s going to be just fine.

    • Mpatch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1 hour

      50/50 this has been in the works for a long time by many trust worthy people and companies well before Google. How Google got their dick in this? Who the hell knows. They also wanted to do the same in New Zealand for rats. They are invasive and have decimated the local bird population by eating eggs. It almost went ahead until some dumbfuck indigenous big chief was all like “nature finds a way” well now, birds are dead and rats are everywhere. Guess nature got fucking lost.

    • davidgro@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2 hours

      I’m honestly ok with the ecosystem risk to eliminate the specific species that bite humans. Other species will likely fill the niche they have as food, etc. Mosquitoes are literally the deadliest animals, killing way more people than even other people.

      • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1 hour

        What exactly is the risk to the ecosystem? Since you’re okay with it, you should know what it is, right?

        The ecosystem is pretty important for things like us having food.

        • CodingCarpenter@lemmy.mlEnglish
          42 minutes

          How about this. I would rather the entire ecosystem including you and I collapse than keep putting up with the little vampires. For such a snarky prick I don’t see with any answers

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3 hours

    Sterile mosquitoes. Which is actually a highly effective strategy for lowering mosquito populations. Also, only the females bite you - the male mosquito’s entire purpose in life, with no exaggeration, is to bang and then die.

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26 minutes

      We sure? Do we want to trust Google with this? Why is Google involved at all. Feel a conspiracy with this.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2 hours

      …am I a male mosquito? I don’t bite. I bang, and…well one day I’ll die.

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
    1 hour

    Didn’t this already happen once, and it turned out that sterile mosquitoes aren’t as sterile as they thought? I might (and hope to) be misremembering.