Josh Gabbatiss
@joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
Climate policy correspondent at Carbon Brief 🐸
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josh.gabbatiss@carbonbrief.org ✉️
https://bsky.app/profile/carbonbrief.bsky.social
Sometimes context is important...
E.g. Do birds collide with solar panels? The evidence is patchy, but it seems they sometimes do.
But here's how some numbers for annual US bird collisions stack up:
Solar panels ☀️ 300000
Fossil fuel plants 🏭 14500000
Buildings 🪟 676500000
Cats 😿 2650000000
E.g. Do birds collide with solar panels? The evidence is patchy, but it seems they sometimes do.
But here's how some numbers for annual US bird collisions stack up:
Solar panels ☀️ 300000
Fossil fuel plants 🏭 14500000
Buildings 🪟 676500000
Cats 😿 2650000000
August 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Sometimes context is important...
E.g. Do birds collide with solar panels? The evidence is patchy, but it seems they sometimes do.
But here's how some numbers for annual US bird collisions stack up:
Solar panels ☀️ 300000
Fossil fuel plants 🏭 14500000
Buildings 🪟 676500000
Cats 😿 2650000000
E.g. Do birds collide with solar panels? The evidence is patchy, but it seems they sometimes do.
But here's how some numbers for annual US bird collisions stack up:
Solar panels ☀️ 300000
Fossil fuel plants 🏭 14500000
Buildings 🪟 676500000
Cats 😿 2650000000