System, method and apparatus for widespread commercialization of hydrogen as a carbon-free alternative fuel source

A method of transporting energy from a producing location to a consuming location comprising:

• permitting loading of compressed or liquid hydrogen onto a lighter-than-air ship, wherein said compressed or liquid hydrogen is produced from a fixed energy source at said producing location;
• releasing compressed gas from said loaded compressed or liquid gas into one or more inflatable bladders in a plurality of compartments in said lighter-than-air ship from a one or more high pressure tanks to increase lift, each of said compartments having a venting mechanism allowing air to exit said compartment when a bladder is inflated in a particular compartment
• releasing gas from one or more of said inflatable bladders in one or more of said compartments into one or more a low pressure tanks to decrease lift, the venting mechanism in a particular compartment allowing air to enter the compartment when the bladder in that compartment is deflated, the low pressure tank recapturing said gas from said bladder;
• permitting said lighter-than-air ship to transport said loaded compressed or liquid hydrogen from the producing location to the consuming location;
• adapting said lighter-than-air ship to offload said compressed or liquid hydrogen at the consuming location.