A formula can remain visible while the relation that gave it meaning has already been lost. Carbon Consciousness examines what must remain identifiable when a theoretical relation passes through explanation, notation, interpretation, embodiment, and later use. At the center of the book is a distinction between formal persistence and informational preservation. A symbol may survive while its function does not. A form may change while the relevant relation remains intact. Preservation, in this framework, is not a question of visual sameness, repetition, or the survival of terminology. It concerns whether the distinctions, positions, and relations necessary for a function to remain identifiable have been preserved. Through C₇, U³, T, T = 0, 0→1, and ΔT, Sandra Škrinjar develops a disciplined architecture of difference, position, relation, function, transformation, preservation, and downstream loss. C₇ combines carbon as an externally established material reference with 7 as a model-defined relational index. U³ names the Universal Impulse of the Third Order within the theoretical model. T identifies foundational accuracy within the relation, while T = 0, 0→1, and ΔT distinguish the zero-distortion condition, theoretical passage into realization, and the point at which a relevant relation is no longer preserved. The book maintains strict boundaries between model-defined propositions, mathematical relations, and externally established scientific claims. Mathematical validity is not treated as empirical validation. Scientific terminology does not convert theoretical assignments into scientific facts. Internal coherence is not presented as proof of reality. Carbon Consciousness asks how an idea, model, or relation can remain identifiable through transformation without being reduced to the form in which it first appeared. This substantially revised Second Edition presents expanded definitions, clarified claim boundaries, and a more rigorous account of informational preservation and deviation.