not the post I was going to make...

[kadiera]

...but this caught my eye before I could even start writing.

Salt water can be burned with some help from radio frequencies 

Comments

[dionysus1999]

That's really exciting news, it could solve our energy problems.

[melstav]

Apparently, the RF energy is making the salt act as a catalyst. The (very light on details) article says that what is actually being burned is the hydrogen from the water.

There are a few potential issues I see:

1) how much energy to you have to put into the RF before you enable this reaction, compared to the amount of energy you get by burning water? If all you're doing is breaking the hydrogen-oxygen bond of the water (which then reforms during the burning process) I expect a net energy loss, as apposed to a gain.

2) over time, I'd expect you to have to scrape/dissolve salt and other deposits out of your combustion chamber.

Still cool tho. Just not sure how practical it's likely to be.