> What about places with limited rail/roads like Alaska and Kazakhstan? What about them ? If there's no cargo facility there already, then nobody's going to s

> What about places with limited rail/roads like Alaska and Kazakhstan? What about them ? If there's no cargo facility there already, then nobody's going to suddenly turn up and build an airshipport (or whatever you want to call it). The way modern day logistics works is like an inverse pyramid, you fly/ship/train in bulk somewhere, and then you go smaller and smaller scale to the remote/rural areas ... right down to a man on a bicycle or whatever. Cargo airships, IF they ever happen, are not going to change the fundamental way modern logistics works. Basic economies of supply and demand. Sending the man on the bicycle will always be the cheapest and most sensible option for remote areas where only a handful of people live, especially if they live many miles from each other (e.g. rural farming).