The New Age of Airships Is Here—And It’s Electric
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Popular Science/Mechanics runs this story every 5 years. I'm not even going to read it this time ;-)
They are cool though. I remember watching the one in the bond film as a kid
She's built like a steakhouse, but she handles like a bistro.
Douglas Adams had such a gift for drawing the scene.
Well this one is a quote from the irreplaceable Zapp Brannigan (Futurama)
True, as did Terry Pratchett.
Utterly irrelevant here, but true nonetheless.
I've been reading stories about the return of airships all my life. Unless they make them weatherproof, it's not happening.
“It’s electric”
Boogie woogie woogie
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Ahhh, much better. Thank you.
Any time you need to bypass a paywall just copy the link to the wayback machine.
https://archive.ph/vgWGz
Or just open it in Firefox and click the reader mode button.
Try Tor browser
Are you on iphone? You can definitely do this on Firefox Android, not sure about iOS (but I would guess you can)
Heck, Safari has a reader mode too.
I'm entirely on board with this, figuratively but also literally, if given the opportunity. It would be a blast to ride one of these things long distance. As far as cargo goes, I'd like to see a comparison on volume- if it can carry more cargo, it might still out-perform faster cargo planes just for sheer tonnage.
Electric, you say…
Hindenberg.jpg
We should strap a nuclear reactor to one and use it for cargo that is dangerous.
"Oh... the humanity!!"
"one broad with a static-y vest..."
It's rigid airship!
This got me wondering: Are there that many flights that their emissions alone would be problematic (assuming all other forms of emissions are eliminated with EVs and other green energy sources)?
About 3.5% of the effects of climate change in 2022. So, yes.
Yes.
Big electric zeppelins could replace some shipping as well.
You have a MASSIVE assumption in there honestly.
Of course, there are all. Those. Chem trails
To be fair, water vapor is a chemical.
She's got a zeppelin full of eccentrics.