I just love them so much. Everytime I watch historical footage from the early 20th century I get very sad over the zepplins and blimps. I wish I could see them floating through my sky on a daily basis just doin stuff that isn’t solely advertising. They are the closest we have to sky whales. I just love that they float around like that, very joyous and whimsical. Fucked up we don’t make use of them anymore. I bet this makes them as sad as it makes me. Relatively low energy cost btw.

I’ve cried over this while drunk more than once. Think of me next time you call blimps useless technology

  • Soot [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I think we’re a bit quick to give up on Hydrogen. We’ve got lots of better ways to suppress and avoid fire hazards these days.

    • DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      IDK… apparently the current thinking is that the design of The Hindenburg formed a big capacitor that set off the hydrogen supply? I was only half paying attention to the YouTube video… but you’ve got a lot of other challenges to overcome. Zeppelin and blimps proliferated in a much different era, a 2 week trip across the Atlantic wasn’t a big deal… these days you would be competing with cruise ships that have movie theaters and roller coasters.