Savior or Destroyer?

We have put ourselves in an interesting position in that we cannot live without technology, but if it will ultimately save is us a question that remains unanswered. It is an extremely loaded question, from the vagueness of the terms to the uncertainty of the future, there is no easy way to answer.
The use of the words “save us” is unclear in this question. What exactly does that mean? In environmental terms it can mean save us from a world of environmental degradation. It would mean using technology to create clean energy initiatives, to find new ways to reduce the amount of existing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and to replace habitats that have been loss or destroyed by climate change, etc. There are so many different things that we hope that technology has the ability to do, but would the completion of one of these goals be considered saving us? In think in part it would be, it is saving us from an impact that, had the technology not been created to help, we would have surely felt (although we shouldn’t forget that it was technology that created most of the environmental issues today, think Industrial Revolution). But solving one issue doesn’t save us completely, it may by us more time but that’s a far stretch from saving us. There are so many current (and I’m sure future) environmental issues that it would be naïve to think that a single technological innovation would solve them only. But that is what we would need to be truly saved, without this we’re just saving ourselves from little issues while avoiding others. We’re just buying time.
There is also a sense of uncertainty about technology. We have no idea what technological will like 10 years, 5 years, or even 3 years from now. We assume that it will lead to advances in our lifestyles. The cornucopian view has taught us that in the end someone will come up with a response using technology to get us past whatever hardship is before us. Historically this is what has happened and this is what we all hope deep down will happen, so even if it’s just the slightest bit, we like to believe it. But we really have no idea. It is as possible that the new technological would be detrimental to the environment as it is helpful. Technology could mean a faster way to harness oil or to retrieve mountain top coal; this technology could also be the same one that causes an increase in air pollution because the poor yet speedy removal methods are less inefficient. Technology has the possibility to be our savior but also our destroyer.
I realize that I did not exactly answer the question of will technology save us with a yes or no that it deserves. At this point I don’t think it’s possible to know if technology will save us because there are chances that it could do the exact opposite. I like to think that it has a capability of at least helping us (save might be too strong of a word) to work through many environmental issues. I think it will help to shape the future of environmental policies and practices, as new technologies come into place then new policies can enforce the use of more efficient technologies. But none of this is guaranteed because the future is too unpredictable.