TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: (M1) And (M2) additionally involves: passing the effluent containing hydrogen through a catalytic converter; cooling the effluent containing hydrogen in a boiler or cooler; and passing the effluent containing hydrogen through a scrubber or fluidized beds of magnetite. (M1) Further involves providing a first, second and third zone in the reaction chamber; directing movement of the carbon source from the third zone to the second zone to the first zone; circulating the gas from the third zone to the second zone through a first gas re-circulation line; diverting the first gas re-circulation line for producing hydrocarbon products; returning unusable hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide to the reaction chamber through a gas return means; circulating the gas from the second zone to the first zone through a second gas re-circulation line; directing an effluent of hydrogen and carbon monoxide out of the reaction chamber at a location between the second and third zone; adding steam to the effluent of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; preheating the oxygen before combustion in an oxygen pre-heater; preheating the steam in a stem pre-heater before combustion; controlling the temperature in the first, second and third zone at approximately 1100 - 1800 degrees F, approximately 800 - 1100 degrees F or approximately 300 - 800 degrees F respectively; directing the effluent of hydrogen and carbon monoxide out of the chamber at approximately 900 - 950 degrees F; passing the carbon source countercurrent to a flow of gas in the chamber; passing the effluent through a particle separator to remove particles from the effluent; forcing the flow of the effluent gas with at least one blower; supplying a carbon dioxide absorbing solution formed of sodium carbonate and water to the scrubber under pressure; circulating the carbon dioxide absorbing solution through the scrubber; converting the carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide in the catalytic converter; percolating the gas through multiple fluidized beds of magnetite in a ferrous deoxidizer to a heat extracting apparatus; producing steam in the heat extracting apparatus; placing the steam producing in the apparatus into the ferrous deoxidizer; circulating metallic iron through the ferrous deoxidizer; reacting iron with steam in the ferrous deoxidizer to produce hydrogen.