Water burns and we don't mean when it's hot. If new discoveries are to be believed, water can be turned into fire.

Whether you believe it or not, you can use water to weld metals, cut through steel, and even use water to fuel your internal combustion engine.

How is this possible you ask? By using an experimental system that turns even ordinary tap water into a new type of gas called Brown's Gas. Brown's gas is simply water broken down into its constituent gas parts, hydrogen and oxygen. When these two gases are combined at a certain pressure and lighted, it creates an implosion of tremendous of heat and energy.

The discovery of Brown's Gas is credited to California-based inventor and Professor Yul Brown. His patented system claims it can convert plain tap water to a stoichiometric mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, apparently the fourth state of water besides ice, water, or steam, which he has christened Brown's Gas.

Brown's gas' explosive (actually implosive) nature can be used for many things, not the least of which is welding metals together. It can be used for desalinating any water into pure drinking water, to create a vacuum to pump water up from the ground, to sublimate tungsten, and cut steel.

There are already some early market versions of Brown's Gas Welders available in the market, and though still looking like they're in the prototype stage, are very serviceable. Another early setback is that cost, however, the cost of running them in the long term will more than compensate for the initial price. Brown's gas is efficient, safe, clean and inexpensive to maintain; no more dangerous oxy-acetylene tanks, simply water will suffice.

Another, far more significant use, of Brown's gas is in the area of automotive fuel efficiency.

Brown's Gas is a major component of the new and fast becoming popular Hydro Assist Fuel Cell or HAFC. This system has shown an ability to significantly reduce gas consumption in motor vehicles.

Part of what makes HAFC technology effective its ability to extract a hydrogen-oxygen mixture - brown's gas - from water by ionizing it with electricity from the battery. The brown's gas is then added to your fuel before it is burned in the engine making it burn more easily and powerfully.

The Brown's gas extracted from water in the HAFC enriches the gasoline fuel mixture. Enriched fuel gives the same if not greater amount of burn with less fuel thus improving you vehicles gas mileage.

Studies show that HAFC systems improve gas mileage at least 50%. This increase in mileage and fuel economy may vary from vehicle to vehicle, and depending on vehicle's usage.

These are currently some of the promising uses for Brown's Gas. It is a discovery that will greatly benefit many industries particularly the auto industry. Once brown's gas and the use of HAFC go mainstream, it will greatly lessen America's reliance on oil, as well as empower consumers.