cargo blimps
1 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 9, 2025 by Shane Parrish · across every show →
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Sep 9, 2025 positive
Fred Smith commissioned feasibility studies to use cargo blimps for FedEx
“At one point, he seriously investigated using giant cargo blimps. His executives thought he was joking, but he commissioned actual studies. The economics kind of made sense. They could carry 250 tons at about a hundred miles an hour using cheap natural gas.”