If you choose your latitude right (roughly 10-30 degrees North), the variability caused by eccentricity and axial tilt mostly cancels out. https://images.squar

If you choose your latitude right (roughly 10-30 degrees North), the variability caused by eccentricity and axial tilt mostly cancels out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b40f74f9cdfc6480dec5f1/593b84b0-a720-4c12-ad82-04ec0be555b4/mars+solar+irradiation+at+the+top+of+the+atmopshere.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b40f74f9cdfc... As for dust storms, you need stored energy anyway -- nuclear power goes down too! A big tank of oxygen counts as "stored energy," and so does a big container of desorbed lithium carbonate (CO2 scrubber material).