Blimps Back?
2010-08-09
Instead of gas-guzzling jets and trucks, which also release lots of greenhouse gases, the next transportation vehicle for goods AND people may be an updated version of the old-fashioned blimp or helium balloon.Whitley Strieber’s novel The Grays features a classified military aircraft of this type.
In the June 30th edition of the Guardian, Juliette Jowit quotes researcher David King as saying, “There are an awful lot of people we talk to who say this is going to happen. This is something I believe is going to happen.” In Europe 22% of greenhouse gases are from transportation, compared with 28% from heat and electricity, 21% from industry and construction and 9% each from agriculture and homes.
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