Both cases demonstrate a very common logic error known in philosophy circles as “begging the question”, which means assuming as necessary the very factor that should be questioned most closely. The diet case assumes that humans should eat a carb-heavy diet, and the highway case assumes that modern First World middle-class people should be encouraged to travel by personal car.
Of course, wide-spread abandonment of a life-style based on cheap carbs and personal motor vehicles would kick jeezly great holes in our economy.
The car is stuffed with stuff bound for the Ottawa-based branches of the family, and the refrigerator is down to food that keeps. I have completed all my various choir-related devoirs, and packed my bag. I still have to shove in the mandolin somewhere; there’s session I like within staggering distance of Elder Brother’s house.