Perhaps maybe not everyone has space. Remember I said "home" not "house" as not everyone lives in a house. Even people who live in houses may not have the space. For example, apartments, condoes, townhomes, etc .Did you think about that?

You can put these outside. Just like I could put my bedroom outside. Technically possible but a stupid idea.

Integral fast reactors: "At present, there are no integral fast reactors in commercial operation . . ." So none exist.

Breeder reactor: "There are only two commercially operating breeder reactors as of 2017: the BN-600 reactor, at 560 MWe, and the BN-800 reactor, at 880 MWe.". The BN-600 requires 17-26% U-235 as opposed to less than 5% most other reactors use. The BN-800 uses mixed uranium and plutonium to deplete weapons grade stockpile. But remember weapons grade plutonium requires uranium as the base material.

Two reactors worldwide since 2017. Yet you really think we have enough to "power all of civilization"

Also it is painted white over the original silver. Restoring the outside will be a major project.

Uranium used to power nuclear reactors has to be processed. Uranium 235 used for fission reactors is less than 1% of naturally occurring Uranium which is 99% U-238. Fission grade uranium requires increasing U-235 to be concentrated to be at least 5%. While the world still has lots of U-238, it is running out of U-235.

It probably would have gotten some interest if it still had NASA equipment inside. By now that equipment would be obsolete so few secrets to protect. Or if the functional components had been stripped but the controls on the command center area kept intact.

How it was used is also important. People can buy Deloreans when they come up at auction for the price of a new car. The Delorean used in the Back to the Future movies is the only ones worth a lot of money.

It was not. If you read the summary, it was a mobile command center and not used to ferry astronauts. It also only appears in pictures escorting the shuttle on the ground. That would have been after the shuttle landed (as the title says). The chance it was used to ferry astronauts is very, very small.

And here is the problem: it has been stripped of anything related to the shuttle program on the inside. The outside still says NASA. The inside says abandoned RV from the 1980s. It was modified to be a mobile command center so there is no kitchen. There is no bedroom. The ad for the sale suggests buying this and bringing it to burning man. Renovating this trailer to be functional as a home would require major money and time. It would be far, far cheaper to buy another Airstream and custom paint it.

1. Cost: Generally home owners are buying something for less that a business could afford. 2. Space: Most home owners have limited space for installation of a battery bank where businesses may have space allocated for utilities. As a homeowner, lithium ion are a better fit for smaller spaces so they are more energy dense. 3. Regulations: Homeowners and businesses may have different regulations on what/how they can install battery banks. With homes generally install much smaller banks, they probably have more freedom to install whatever type battery they want. Businesses may have to upgrade their fire suppression system if they installed a bank of lithium ion vs sodium ion vs lead acid. Businesses may have to modify the room for lead acid batteries in case of any leakage, etc.

And what would collectors do with it? The only thing they can do is display it for the outside; they cannot really use it without major work is the problem. As for collecting it, if it had the original command equipment, that might be something collectors would want. It does not. If someone wanted to paint their airstream to look like this trailer, they could do it for less than $200K.

Let's be clear: The Trump administration is saying that. I am pretty sure your average worker bee in the IRS wants electronic filing as it makes their lives easier.

Yes and how is my protest any different? I am forcing people who have no power to make changes to deal with my protest. At least if I make the wait staff miserable maybe the restaurant owners hear about my protest.

All of which is just hurting the workers and not the owners, not the management.

The seller purchased the vehicle for $21K and wants to resell it for 10X. Looking at the pictures, nothing much says NASA than the outside. The inside is stripped of any NASA equipment and most other equipment. Realistically this trailer cannot be used a home as it does not have things like a kitchen or a bedroom. It will require a major renovation to turn it into a "command center" or even a home.

True but sodium is a more attractive solution because sodium is far more abundant than lithium. The drawback to sodium ion is that it is not as energy dense as lithium so bigger batteries will be needed to have the same capacity which reduces their usage. Sodium-ion may never be used in portable devices because of this. A benefit of less energy density is less risk of fire. Sodium-ion is denser than lead acid so installation in buildings is a more viable solution.

Also disposing a sodium ion battery should have fewer environmental drawbacks than disposing lithium.

What? I can assure that chemical battery discharge systems are not new. Hospitals have employed battery systems since forever. I personally have worked in multiple plants that that had emergency backup power based on batteries that go back decades. They switch over immediately with a secondary gas/diesel system that kicks in within minutes as the battery system was not designed to run the entire site for an extended period of time. This is system mentioned is a large scale system that can handle the entire network over a longer period of time instead of individual plant/hospital units.

[sarcasm] Yes we should make things difficult for people just trying to do their jobs because we disagree with other things. Just the other day, I made the wait staff at a restaurant miserable with my constant and ridiculous demands because they dare charge me more for food due to inflation. I sure showed those college kids working part time.[/sarcasm]