Well this is just clearly wrong, no? If all electrical conductors in the power grid were suddenly zero resistance, we would only get ~10% more electricity available than today. That's not enough to have such large consequences. We would still be stuck in scaling hell for renewables for several decades.
The difference is you could move electricity from the sunny side of the planet to the dark efficiently and from Northern to Southern hemisphere, which would enable you to use cheap solar power for all electricity needs in summer and winter, at nighttime and daytime.
Newly discovered material enables superconductivity at 25°C.
Scalable manufacturing process for RTSC devices developed.
Energy transmission and distribution revolutionized by lossless RTSC cables.
Compact and efficient RTSC electric motors displace combustion engines.
Maglev trains and hyperloops proliferate with cheap RTSC propulsion.
Electricity prices plummet as utilities upgrade to RTSC infrastructure.
Data centers achieve order-of-magnitude efficiency gains with RTSC chips.
Developing countries leapfrog to RTSC-enabled clean energy and transport.
Geopolitical tensions shift as oil and gas lose strategic importance.
Rapid decarbonization of energy systems as renewables become ubiquitous.
Global carbon emissions fall sharply even as energy consumption rises.
RTSC desalination plants address water scarcity in arid regions.
Cheap zero-emission power enables direct air capture of atmospheric CO2.
Materials science and industrial processes transformed by precise magnetic control.
Global economy surges with productivity gains from RTSC technologies.
Unemployment rises in disrupted fossil fuel and conventional transport sectors.
Projected outcomes of RTSC mass manufacturing: - Rapid and widespread electrification of energy and transport systems
- Decoupling of economic growth from carbon emissions and environmental impact
- Abundance of clean water and air as RTSC enables efficient purification
- Demise of fossil fuel industry and many incumbent technologies/business models
- Reduction in geostrategic importance of oil-rich regions and shipping chokepoints
- Major developing economies achieve energy independence and rapid growth
- Intense competition among nations and corps to lead in RTSC applications
- Workforce disruptions requiring transition assistance and reskilling programs
- Acceleration of space development with more capable launchers and satellites
- Societal soul-searching about purpose and meaning in post-scarcity RTSC era