So why is it acceptable for the government to grant pipeline companies the power of imminent domain, so they can transport fuel from Canada to Texas? Why not let the "free market" determine what the pipeline companies need to pay for access to that land?
And can't say "free market" and not account for externalities, like pollution, or the cost of wars we've fought to retain access to cheap oil in the ME. Energy policy in this country hasn't ever been governed by a "free market." For various reasons, many of them very good ones, the government has placed a heavy hand on the market to ensure that we have plentiful and cheap fossil fuels, for industry, growth, etc. Nuclear owes its existence to $billions in R&D handed over for free to energy producers, not to mention the ongoing subsidies that make nuclear energy viable.
Point is, you can whine about renewables all you want, but please don't insult our intelligence by pretending that fossil fuels never have or don't still enjoy massive government subsidies. The only question is how big those subsidies were and are.