# EPA to Automakers: Horsepower War is Over. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 31, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/epa-to-automakers-horsepower-war-is-over/42753 "2008-01-31T20:40:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 54
**Author:** ![BrockwayMT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brockwaymt/32/5060_2.png) [@BrockwayMT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BrockwayMT)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/epa-to-automakers-horsepower-war-is-over/42753/54 "2008-02-01T05:31:39Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > If we replaced all of our oldest fossil fuel power plants with the nuclear variety, they could make legislation maxing it at 10MPG and we’d still come out ahead. This is like the red cross telling hospitals to be prepared to end blood transfusions because of the threat of AIDS. Sure it’s a serious threat, but there are a LOT better ways of going about doing things. Nuclear power is the answer. Nuclear power for electric heat in homes. Electric heat is easily programmable, zoneable, variable, etc. You can also use the nuclear power to charge your electric commuter car. Or what about high speed electric trains instead of planes? Or nuclear power for electrolysis of seawater to make the h2 for fuel cell vehicles? Makes too damn much sense. And the oil companies don’t like it. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/epa-to-automakers-horsepower-war-is-over/42753)._