The Return of the Airship

[David Morris]

https://theweek.com/articles/824018/return-airship

Transportation is now the biggest single source of U.S. greenhouse gas
emissions, having recently passed electricity generation. Worse,
zero-carbon transportation technology is only in its early stages —
especially for air travel and shipping, which accounts for large and
growing share of emissions.

Steampunk fans and climate hawks alike want to know: what about airships?
After investigating the subject for a time, I've come to a tentative
conclusion that airships could indeed play an important role in a
zero-carbon transportation infrastructure — but probably not in the
form of romantic
luxury travel <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0vNsH81YeA>. Big and weird
cargo shipping might just be where the airship does best.