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My understanding is that it was essentially the volatility of hydrogen that killed the Zeppelins. That plus Hitler. Has there been progress on this front?
My only suggestion is that Amory Lovins, co-author of a book called Natural Capitalism among other things, sees part of the future resolution of fuel crises in automobiles coming through building them of light-weight materials (plastics?) he claims to to be stronger than steel.
If he is right, to which I cannot speak, such materials might help out, depending on their engineering and economic characteristics.
Or are these the same as the aviation composites you mention? Well, maybe Lovins is a route into exploring the materials issue anyway.
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