Liberal un-reality

From the American Thinker [links omitted]:

... Electric cars were studied by a German branch of the World Wildlife Foundation . "What surprised us was that the carbon dioxide savings were so small." In the best-case scenario, the savings would be 0.1 percent. In the worst-case scenario, electric cars would be 25% worse than gasoline-powered.

Hybrids cars get better gas mileage than regular cars, especially SUVs, I'm told. However, fuel to make the car go is not the only use of energy in cars. It takes energy to make a car in the first place, for example. When the "dust to dust" energy use is calculated on a "total energy cost per mile driven" basis, the picture is the opposite of that promoted. "While the industry average of all vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2005 was $2.28 per mile, the Hummer H3 was only $1.949 per mile. That figure is also lower than all currently offered hybrids and Honda Civic at $2.42 per mile."
...
The temperance movement aimed to eliminate the evils of demon drink. I'm sure it did discourage drinking, but it also incentivized organized crime and gangsterism. In 1920, when Prohibition began, the murder rate was 6.8 per 100,000. In 1933, when Prohibition ended, the murder rate peaked at 9.7 per 100,000, the highest ever up to then.

After Prohibition ended, the murder rate subsided. By 1953 it fell below 5 per 100,000 and would stay below that level through 1963, reaching the lowest murder rates since 1906. Then the criminal reform movement took over. The Map v Ohio decision (exclusionary rule) came in 1961. Miranda warnings were mandated in 1966. The Gun Control Act was enacted in 1968. The murder rate doubled between 1961 and 1972, and would hit its highest point ever, 10.7 per 100,000, in 1980, Jimmy Carter's last year as President.

By 1980, Concealed Carry was getting a toehold. Liberals were dead set against it, saying men hiding guns would come into schools and churches and kill people. In the decade 1989-1998, CC swept most of the nation, becoming law in more than 30 states. The murder rate dropped from 10.1 per 100,000 in 1991 to 5.9 in 2004. If you know of any CC permit-holder convicted of murder, or of any gun related felony, please let me know, because I think the number of such persons is zero.

I know what some of you are thinking: the statistical evidence that Concealed Carry reduced the homicide rate is too thin. The Center for Disease Control would agree with you. The CDC did a study and found that CC had no effect on violent outcomes, either way. But if you insist on believing the CDC on that, then you should believe the CDC's conclusion on all gun control laws: "The Task Force found insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of any of the firearms laws or combinations of laws reviewed on violent outcomes." Do you know how much it hurt the CDC to say that? ...

More here. Actually, with millions of concealed carry permit holders, I don't think the number of convictions for gun-related felonies is zero, it's simply a very, very small number, and far lower than that for non-permit holders.