The OP is a real stretch.
The thing to remember is that we're at the beginning stages on alternative energy. It will get more efficient, more cost-effective, less obtrusive.
Regardless, it's the future, and everyone should embrace that. This isn't a liberal or conservative issue. Developing renewable sources of energy is ultimately the best course not just for sustainability & the environment, but for issues like national security, as well.
I'll never really get why conservatives celebrate every failure & downplay its importance. Same as the folks who argued 30 years ago that computers wouldn't really amount to anything, because they were so big & clunky.