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    4 days ago
    • most lighter-than-air vehicles are airships – so yes, blimps, dirigibles, aerostats, and zeppelins are all airships
    • tend to be a lot more fuel efficient (estimated 8% of jet aircraft) since fuel is used just for propulsion not lift and propulsion
    • as well as having some truly monstrous lifting capacities
    • don’t need runways, can land in a field or anchor to a fixed mast
    • biggest con is they are slow – which wouldn’t be a con in a solarpunk future, but in today’s society where we’re lucky to get two weeks vacation and your airship trip takes a week in either direction …