I agree with that, however I would say that runaway climate effect and its impacts on the planet outweight (in importance/severity) the issue of decreased life

I agree with that, however I would say that runaway climate effect and its impacts on the planet outweight (in importance/severity) the issue of decreased life expectancy of beings living in cities/near factories. Therefore I don't think its misguided to "see the carbon as the enemy". By the way I live in Slovakia and I was baffled by our previous government stubbornly keeping the dirty hornonitrianske coal mines open through public funding. Even though they are loosing money and it would be cheaper (and much much cleaner) to just pay the miners to do nothing.