Most changes work better if there's a ramp or taper. Phasing out subsidies is a good idea and possibly worth doing in parallel but carbon fees will directly affect those industries in a very direct way so it kind of cancels out.

I'm possibly reading too much into your question but carbon dividends that let everyone spend the money raised on what they need to do to adjust are a sensible part of any plan. Taxes are a very useful and soohisticated government tool, and in America certain groups have relentlessly attacked both taxes and government intervention as things that are harmful. (The exact same people arguing that tobacco, global warming, lead paint, corporate funding of politicians etc. are not bad for you)