TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: The carbon extraction is accomplished by using thermal dissociation to provide dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon substance, electrical dissociation to provide dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon substance, and optical dissociation to provide dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon substance. The water is heated by countercurrent heat exchange from the hydrogen or by the oxygen. The device for concentrating tracks the sun; or for concentrating solar energy at least part of which is received by photovoltaic energy conversion device. The oxygen and the hydrogen are separated by electric charge repulsion device, are separated by selective membrane device or are separated by magnetohydrodynamic acceleration device. The hydrogen is extracted from substances selected from sea water, industrial waste water, agricultural waste water, sewage, and landfill waste water. The extraction is accomplished by using thermal dissociation, electrical dissociation, optical dissociation, and magnetic dissociation where the extraction device includes operation in conjunction with energy addition from solar, wind, moving water, geothermal, or biomass resources. In the sustainable economic development, a portion of the hydrogen is combusted with air to produce water and nitrogen and where the nitrogen is reacted with another portion of the hydrogen to produce substances selected from substances including ammonia and substances derived from ammonia; a portion of the hydrogen is combusted with air in an engine to produce water and nitrogen and where the nitrogen is reacted with another portion of the hydrogen. The hydrogen is reacted with a carbon donor to produce a substance containing carbon and hydrogen. The hydrogen is produced at elevated pressure. The hydrogen is reacted with a carbon donor selected from oxides of carbon, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide to produce an compound containing hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.