It should. The appearance of a new technology creates value which will be shared by society in some way. If a solar breakthrough removed the need for gasoline,

It should. The appearance of a new technology creates value which will be shared by society in some way. If a solar breakthrough removed the need for gasoline, oil workers would lose out in the short run, but every car owner would have more money to spend on other things, so jobs would be created elsewhere. Whereas if oil just disappeared, value would be lost overall.