The New Age of Airships Is Here—And It’s Electric
The New Age of Airships Is Here—And It’s Electric
These aren’t your granddaddy’s dirigibles. Companies around the world are revolutionizing the airship as a green energy, cargo-hauling alternative.
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
Any links to a non paywalled article?
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.
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“In 1930, there was no way to detect [hydrogen]—it was a tasteless, odorless, invisible gas,” Prentice says, noting that today you can buy handheld detectors on Amazon that are capable of sensing hydrogen in parts per million. “Hydrogen will not burn at anything less than four parts per hundred, so long before you get to any risk of a fire with hydrogen, you can ventilate the area… Hydrogen is much harder to burn than people think.”
We should strap a nuclear reactor to one and use it for cargo that is dangerous.
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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.
