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 cited as evidence that shipping costs are a function of the distances fossil fuels are shipped and the losses of material in transit.