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.