But what the news has everyone scared of is fission power plants rather than the dirty ones burning stuff... I had a hard time believing this stat when I first read it.
Imagine if climate change is actually a liberal hoax, and the only thing that cleaning up the air would do is make it easier to see Starlink at night and save seven million souls a year. Still seems worth it.
Taking your situation at face value, in that case people would spend a lot on filters but keep carbon.