Saudi electricity demand

[Rodent + 1,424]

https://qz.com/1284239/70-of-saudi-arabias-electricity-is-used-for-air-conditioning/

70% of Saudi electricity usage goes toward air conditioning, and 100% of electricity is generated from fossil fuels. 

[Marina Schwarz + 1,576]

No worries, they'll soon turn the desert into a solar farm. Or something.

[DanilKa + 443]

1 minute ago, Marina Schwarz said:

No worries, they'll soon turn the desert into a solar farm. Or something

it gets a bit dusty at times. May need to keep an army of slaves foreign laborers to keep it clean...

[Marina Schwarz + 1,576]

Right, I forgot about the dust. It's tough living in the desert, no question about it. So it'll have to be "or something".

[Tom Kirkman + 8,860]

How about installing wind turbines to generate electricity to power fans that will blow sand off the solar power panels that will generate electricity so they can sell more oil & gas instead of burning hydrocarbons for generating electricity to power the air conditioners.

(Sorry, Rube Goldberg moment there...)

[DanilKa + 443]

4 minutes ago, Tom Kirkman said:

How about installing wind turbines to generate electricity to power fans that will blow sand off the solar power panels that will generate electricity so they can sell more oil & gas instead of burning hydrocarbons for generating electricity to power the air conditioners.

may as well collect the blown sand and sell it to "frackers")) - let's be real here, wind turbines consume power and sun is not always shining in the desert