:: You would want the prices to go up a lot because it would drive the next stage towards renewables, ::
Gads, I hate idiots espousing their ignorance to the public. Each energy change was driven by market forces and lower costs.
We used to have just the sun (solar power) to keep warm, then some pre-conservative found a burning log. Cutting down other logs, he kept his family warm. Having a surplus, he sold the extra logs to his welfare-state neighbors (aka, Dhimmicrats); at this point he became a conservative. As more republicans clear-cut the forests, logs became cheaper.
And so on...
Another source of renewable energy would be slaves.
And all we hear is a whimper.
Yes mister Marxist dictator.