There’s been some research into space-based solar power by the DoD for that exact reason. It was a while ago, but launch costs have come down substantially and the idea is possibly viable at this point. And even back then, IIRC it was projected to be less than we spent air conditioning the desert in Iraq.
That’s actually pretty cool but for a wartime setting that would be one huge, centralized and vulnerable target
There’s been some research into space-based solar power by the DoD for that exact reason. It was a while ago, but launch costs have come down substantially and the idea is possibly viable at this point. And even back then, IIRC it was projected to be less than we spent air conditioning the desert in Iraq.