So, a conductor with essentially zero resistance will “revolutionize energy”?
How is that? Will it multiply the output of solar panels by 1000? No. Will it make batteries last 100 years, store and release power with 100% efficiency even in cold temps? No. Will it make EVs run 500 miles on a 5 minute charge? No. Will it supply power when the grid is down? No.
Then what the hell good is it?
In the article “ A room-temperature superconductor could also allow longer-lasting batteries, lossless power grids, and potentially, practical nuclear fusion reactors, he added. “
Replace long distance power lines with superconductors and that’s about a 20% increase in capacity due to elimination of transmission losses alone. Replace motor coils with superconductors and you would eliminate a lot more electricity use.
“Then what the hell good is it?”
Well, for one thing, it might allow the phenomenon of magnetic levitation to become ubiquitous.
Well, if you can eliminate resistance, you can have circuits that don't generate waste heat. That would allow you to create conventional computer chips that don't get hot so you can make them operate at much higher frequencies and therefore much, much faster.
Superconductors are also the basis for quantum computing.