yes, but the underlying driving thing is the technology. politics and money push the "deploy" button, but when they do, it's because a newer better technology arrived. maybe we'll jump over tunderbold and move to the Next Big Thing directly

no. we can buy a really big cloud umbrella for 7 billion, to keep us in the shade. but when that vapour is out of the air, just like the days after 9/11, we're in for a very hot summer.