Its true we can produce very efficient motors without superconductors (99% efficiency is actually 99.9% btw)... I am not sure the limitations of this though. Perhaps the 98.4% efficient motors are laptop hard drive motors as opposed to 200 HP car motors (these do tend to heat up a BIT more at...
I think the question we're looking at now is what is going to happen to the tried and true engines that currently exist vis a vis cutting edge materials engineering.
The internal combustion engine stands to benefit greatly from cutting edge thermoelectric technology... to the best of my...