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by RunSet 1 day ago
Collect solar power in orbit (where sunlight is uninterrupted) and microwave[0] it to earth.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_power_transfer#Microw...

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I'm fairly sure that when it's dark where I am (because I'm in the shadow cast by Earth), it's also dark in orbit above me (because it's in the shadow cast by Earth).