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What if you just, like, put the hydrogen in a big balloon?


Dude so like, one time some guy did that and like the entire thing just blew up bro. Seriously knockered.


Hydrogen airships are unfairly demonized. Airplanes burn and blow up, too - we've just learned over time how to minimize that risk.

The main problem with an airship is they are vulnerable to weather.




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