Patent ID: 8043847

Claim:
A system for producing electricity and maintaining carbon, the system comprising: a gasification reactor, which generates a fuel; a generator coupled to the gasification reactor, wherein the generator converts the fuel into electricity and CO x ; a bioreactor coupled to the generator, wherein the bioreactor receives CO x from the generator and converts the CO x to O 2 and hydrocarbon; and a tunable light source coupled to the gasification reactor and the bioreactor, the tunable light source having a vessel and a ceramic core comprising emissive material, wherein combustion of the fuel is directed into the center of the ceramic core to cause the core to glow and form a spectrum of light, comprising wavelengths and frequencies, the wavelengths and frequencies tunable by varying a parameter selected from the group consisting of fuel, pressure in the vessel, and rate of fuel gas to the tunable light, the tunable light source proximate the bioreactor, wherein the tunable light source provides light to the bioreactor, and wherein effluent from the tunable light is fed to the bioreactor.