Superconductor development will enable energy to be transported farther with less energy lost in transit  This will probably improve industrial productivity, for a similar improvement resulted when oil and natural gas replaced coal as the primary fossil fuels used in North America
Shipping costs, a function of the distance fossil fuels are shipped and the losses of material in transit, decreased for factory owners at that time
It is a generalization for which the claim that superconductor development will enable energy to be transported farther with less energy lost in transit is offered as an illustration.