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by bmn__ 2104 days ago
Airships pollute, too. Look up avgas, it contains lead.

Besides that, it's not profitable. Helium has become super expensive, and cargo airship companies barely break even while heavily subsidised. These airships are drones. A tourist airship which needs to accommodate real people and pesky safety requirements that come with them would go broke before the first lift-off.