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
Consider, delivery blimp. Hydrogen inside to save money, a little fan powered by solar panels on it and running a basic navigation software.
It could be wonderful. The dream Amazon is hiding from you.
Until someone shoots it and it explodes.
Hydrogen is only about 8% more buoyant than helium which doesn't explode. May as well use that.
Helium is quite hard to come by tho. Hydrogen is much easier to get.
Its not as cool if it doesn't explode.
To be fair, it wouln't explode, it would deflagrate.