Rebuttal to chem1 com - Pure Energy Systems News (PESN).doc

Rebuttal of
You've heard the saying "Figures don't lie, but liars can figure" right?
It describes this article.
The author makes a big deal about 'pure water' ...what exactly is 'pure water?'
Evidently, 'pure water' is water without any minerals...dead water.
Nearly all municipal water supplies DO have minerals...so are NOT 'pure water.'
Hence, his arguments about 'pure water' are meaningless and irrelevant.
Such as:
H+ + OH–→ H2O
... so reaction for the electrolysis of pure water is simply the production of gaseous hydrogen and oxygen:
2 H2O → 2 H2 + O2
... leaving the pH of the water at , just as it was before electrolysis.
In other words, electrolysis cannot change the pH of pure water. None of the sites hawking these "water ionizers" mention this, of course, nor do they bother to tell you the even worse news:
Pure water cannot undergo significant electrolysis
One more thing about the electrolysis of pure water: because of the very small number of ions in pure water, it conducts electric current very poorly, so the process is extremely slow and inefficient. This means that if your water supply is free of mineral impurities, no significant amount of electrolysis will occur.
Ok...so?
This is not news.
It'mon knowledge that extremely soft water (ie., no minerals) won't work with our machine. Hence, we have a reservoir for adding minerals back in if necessa