Would a fleet of lighter-than-air drones be less costly for this application than the currently popular drone models?
5DanArmak
If electric aircraft are cheap, electric cars are much cheaper; flight takes a lot of energy! In a country with existing roads, is this difference really smaller than the cost of building and maintaining roads over time, thus "replacing roads"?
3ShannonFriedman
What is next for this idea?
Is there a certain company profile that you are looking for to take it up? Is this something you intend on implementing yourself?
If you want someone else to do it, and are open to anyone doing it, I recommend giving more detail about the idea. Who/what is needed?
If its something that you only want to explain in more detail to a a person of your choice, either because of wanting to partner with them business wise or for another reason, I recommend imagining who it is that you want to be implementing this idea or partnering with you, and writing something that you think would catch this person's attention that you are a good person for them to invest their time and energy working with.
Tagline: Cheap Transportation with Unmanned Aerial Drones
Mission: Replace oil and roads with electric aviation. Move small packages initially, and scale up to large freight and eventually people.
Technology: Electric aircraft are cheap and GPS enabled autopilots using Arduino are less than $500.