Meanwhile, advocates of renewables—especially wind—often found it difficult to build public support for wind, in part because the existing power providers (mines, oil fields, nuclear) tend to be out of sight and out of mind.
This is the key part. Most adults are barely grown up children most of the time and we hate having to deal with consequences or externalities. Even turning to conspiracy and denialism to avoid them.
Energy dense sources putting out an invisible gas was easy to ignore, solar and wind farms are not.
