Making "green"[1] energy more competitive is not the same thing as making it cheaper. Yes, providers my switch to more green energy if the cost differential is

Making "green"[1] energy more competitive is not the same thing as making it cheaper. Yes, providers my switch to more green energy if the cost differential is not as great, but that doesn't mean that the consumer sees any real benefit. For the consumer not to be impacted, the critical step would be for the actual cost of "green" energy to go down. This is done by allowing coal and "green" energy to compete in a relatively unregulated manner[2]. [1]Scare quotes are in place to remind people that we are using a binary label to describe the ecological impact of an energy source, when in fact that ecological impact would be better described in scalar or vector terms. [2]yes, I know the energy sector is heavily regulated.