Underwriting
Why is it that nuclear power requires a HUGE underwriting by government? How about all the tax breaks fossil fuel companies get? How about the fact that fossil fuel companies don't have to pay the external costs caused by the pollution their products create? If renewable energy sources competed on a level playing field they'd get far more subsidy than they do now.
It's easy to come up with an anecdote about something that went wrong and ignore all the instances where it's working.