Popular Mechanics: The Electric Airship Revolution Is Almost Here. Are We Ready?
The Electric Airship Revolution Is Almost Here. Are We Ready?
By Darren Orf, Published August 2, 2023
Companies around the world, including one backed by Google co-founder Sergey Brin, are hoping to resurrect the airship as a green energy, cargo-hauling alternative, but a few obstacles still remain.
The first age of airships ended in flames—the next one begins with an entire world on fire.
With a warming climate rapidly melting the ice caps, animals blinking out of existence, and once-in-a-lifetime weather events regularly filling seven-day forecasts, scientists, governments, engineers, activists, and basically anyone who likes planet Earth are rushing to figure out ways to ditch fossil fuels for green energy.