Two of the five scenarios involve a short-term fix extending the current tax and spending policy with a promise to fix the next budget and a large-scale long-term compromise.
So, you have a lot of opportunities to see what is going on with your mutual funds or your individual stocks and look at it on the long-term scale to see where it is in the cycle.
Regardless, ocean-based energy advocates seem to be learning the lessons of their renewable energy predecessors, identifying and addressing environmental impact concerns long before full-scale deployment.