You kind of hit on a valid point there. The liberal elites were clammoring for wind farms to be established off the east coast until those wind farms could be seen from their homes, then they became bitter opponents of developing wind power.
My back yard isn't large enough to house a nuclear power plant, but there's plenty of open space all over the country. Go to Georgia and check it out.
For some reason, liberals think that the only viable sources of energy for modern society are the ones which aren't viable yet today.