Saudi Arabia is an interesting country in a world of very cheap solar energy. On the one hand the global shift in energy markets would undermine the basis of th

Saudi Arabia is an interesting country in a world of very cheap solar energy. On the one hand the global shift in energy markets would undermine the basis of their prosperity and shift geopolitical power elsewhere. On the other hand, they have perfect conditions for solar generation themselves, very high levels of sunshine and huge amounts of land. Cheaper energy means reduced costs for all sorts of things which make living in such a hot place realistic or attractive. The land is also not far from the coast, and cheaper energy means more of that land could potentially be irrigated. You really wonder what would happen there if solar ends up undercutting oil many times over, it could be a collapse, or it could be a booming population living in high-tech cities, and the desert turned green.