How many taxpayer dollars were used to set up the nuclear industry in France?

Why not go the route of Spain instead?

is one of the three world’s largest users of wind power with an installed capacity of 15,515 MW at January 2008.[1]

On particular windy days, wind power generation has surpassed all other electricity sources in Spain.[2] Wind farms are known as parques eólicos in Spain, eólico being an adjectival form of Aeolus. On April 18, 2008 the all time peak for wind generation was seen (10,879 MW, 32% of Spain's power requirement).[3]--WIKI

32% in a relatively short period of time.

Of course we don't want to do that, as it would not allow the energy monopoly to keep raping the American people, while lobbying Congress for tax breaks.

For an energy source that is not economically feasible, sure is strange that Spain would invest in wind power capable of providing over 10,000 MW of electricity.