What this lens means in Cliamte and Energy?

What This Lens Means in Climate and Energy (And Why CRT Exists) When I say “tools get replaced, architectures endure,” this isn’t theory for me. It’s the reason Carbon Recycling Technology (CRT) exists at all. For years, climate solutions have been framed as: • capture technologies, • fuels, • offsets, • or efficiency upgrades. Each solves part of the problem — but rarely owns the outcome. And when systems don’t own the outcome, they fail at scale. The Core Mistake in Climate Tech Most decarbonisation approaches treat carbon as: • a waste to be disposed of, or • a liability to be offset elsewhere. That creates dependency chains: • transport assumptions, • storage availability, • policy continuity, • market prices outside the system boundary. Just like outcome-free SaaS, these solutions participate in the system — They don’t control it. CRT Starts From a Different Question Not: How do we remove carbon? But: How do we design an energy system where carbon is no longer the failure mode? CRT treats carbon as a circulating carrier inside the system, not an external problem to manage after the fact. That architectural choice changes everything: • integration becomes the strength, not the risk, • utilisation replaces disposal, • and delivery matters more than claims. Why This Is an Architecture, Not a Technology CRT isn’t a single invention. It’s a system boundary decision: • capture, utilisation, and energy demand are designed together, • The loop closes inside the operating system, • Performance is measured by what the system delivers continuously. That’s the same shift happening in software: from features → workflows, from tools → platforms, from participation → ownership of outcomes. The Real Test The test isn’t whether a solution works in isolation. The test is: Does it still work when assumptions fail, prices move, or policies change? Architectures that internalise their risks survive. Those who externalise them don’t. CRT is built around that reality. Why This Matters Now Capital is no longer patient with abstractions. Neither is physics. Across software, energy, and climate, the same rule is asserting itself: If you don’t own the outcome, you don’t own the future. CRT is my response to that rule — applied to carbon, energy, and the real world.