Some people think technological acceleration will bail out the current political order. We’ll grow our way out! Or so the logic goes.

But did streaming bail out Blockbuster? Did smartphones bail out Nokia? Or did the Industrial Revolution bail out the monarchy?

The growth did come.
But so did the disruption.

renewable energy technology is bailing out the status quo, especially the states in which that energy was dependent on its incumbent product (gas, oil) to begin with. 

California, Texas, and many Midwest wind farm states.