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I'm surprised no one's yet mentioned zeppelins/dirigibles as a possible alternative to sea or air freight (not passenger), especially for deep inner-continent t
by dsq 6y ago
I'm surprised no one's yet mentioned zeppelins/dirigibles as a possible alternative to sea or air freight (not passenger), especially for deep inner-continent transport.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship
- credit_guy 6y agoHindenburg could lift 10 tons [1]. Ever Given can carry about 20000 as much. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg-class_airship https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg-class_airship
- jjk166 6y agoThe ratio of the log of capacity to speed is roughly constant across the various forms of freight transit. Ships are slow but have massive capacity, trains are faster with lower capacity, planes have extremely low capacity but damn they're fast. Zeppelins/dirigibles are extremely slow and extremely low capacity. They have some niche utility when endurance is required (you want to stay in the air for as long as possible) but shipping is definitely not one of those circumstances.