On top of that, some suggest that "2019 could be the busiest year of LNG" ever, driven by an uptick in large-scale projects.
As she shows, the effort to conserve remaining vaquitas is a torturously uncertain challenge — but ever driven by the idea, articulated by field biologist George Schaller, that "we cannot recover a lost world".
That is just one example of how the energy industry is transforming more rapidly than ever, driven by technology, changing economic conditions and shifts in political power.
Looking at Baez now, silver-haired and still beautiful at 73, it is hard to imagine she was ever driven by the need for the approval of others.
Mr Coupe said: "Our customers want us to offer more choice – and for that choice to be faster than ever, driven by the rise of mobile phone and digital technology.
By all appearances, the process is more vigorous than ever, driven by the competitive nature of this year's Congressional races and the victories of both parties over small-town television managers.
Mike Coupe, Sainsbury's chief executive, said: "Our customers want us to offer more choice and for that choice to be faster than ever, driven by the rise of mobile phone and digital technology.
The domestic debut of "X2 was the fourth largest ever, driven by Hollywood's increasing practice of opening event movies on as many screens as possible to magnify the opening weekend numbers.
I have been asking these questions in part because I do not want to have to explain to the teachers, students, and families at the Mason School why five people who have only ever driven by their school agreed to recommend closing it.
