• Rickety Thudds@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    Maybe people will accept certain types of freight not travelling at insane speeds?

    No, shareholders would weep bloody tears.

    • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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      8 months ago

      Certain types of freight are already expected to travel slowly… but mostly heavy/bulky items that don’t make sense to put on an aircraft where weight and space come at a premium. That calculation isn’t really going to change with airships, it will still make more sense to put those items on a train, a truck or a boat at much lower cost.

      Really the only reason to ship cargo by air is the speed… if you can’t get the speed why bother with air at all?