Not "where's the thorium reactors?" That probably won't work. But why don't we have rows of windmills from the Texas panhandle to the Canadian border (the real US wind belt), and EHV DC lines west to California, east to Chicago, and south to Houston. That could power the US west of the Mississippi. Totally do-able. Proven technology. Profitable.
Because rich people have huge market stakes in the status quo. That's how you get billions in oil company subsidies and token garbage for wind, solar, battery research, etc. It is pure corruption.