Paradigm Shift Alert

What if just one of the countless inventors throughout history who has claimed to make an engine run on water wasn't a fraud?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/11/14/saltwater.fire/index.html

I'm no scientist, but the obvious question is what else can loosen the bonds of hydrogen in water molecules?

The important questions are:

Is this real?

If so, does the process produce more energy than it consumes? If not, it is nothing more than a curiosity at this point.