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.
“It’s electric”
Boogie woogie woogie
Any links to a non paywalled article?
Ahhh, much better. Thank you.
Any time you need to bypass a paywall just copy the link to the wayback machine.
Or just open it in Firefox and click the reader mode button.
I’m mobile only, but if I ever need to this is good to know
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.
Try Tor browser
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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She’s got a zeppelin full of eccentrics.
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.
You have a MASSIVE assumption in there honestly.
Big electric zeppelins could replace some shipping as well.
Of course, there are all. Those. Chem trails
To be fair, water vapor is a chemical.
