You now need to expend energy to gather those minerals from somewhere else and then put them in the water. Is the energy spent gathering those minerals more than other desalination processes?
It’s common to add a bit of salt and Epsom salts to water when brewing - the harder water improves the taste.
You get your minerals from food, not water. I doubt your premise about leaching body minerals by drinking distilled water (or rainwater!).
true. and if the salt produced by this process if free of micro plastics, people might pay even more
And wouldn't the minerals in food compensate for their lack in water?
"Results of experiments in human volunteers evaluated by researchers for the WHO report (3) are in agreement with those in animal experiments and suggest the basic mechanism of the effects of water low in TDS (e.g. < 100 mg/L) on water and mineral homeostasis. Low-mineral water markedly: 1.) increased diuresis (almost by 20%, on average), body water volume, and serum sodium concentrations, 2.) decreased serum potassium concentration, and 3.) increased the elimination of sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium and magnesium ions from the body"
Did you mean the white stuff coming out :)
There are minerals in your food. You don't need to get them all from your water. Anywhere is as good as anywhere else.