But since you're using ACT's, you're replacing them.
I totally agree that it is easier and better to dechlorinate the water, than to replace soil life. I was just making the point that he is "at least" replacing some soil life through the ACT's as opposed to using chlorinated tap water and not replacing anything with ACT's.ACT is a very good thing.
BUT-
it is not as good to "replace" your soil life as it is to cultivate it uninterrupted. tea represents a snapshot of some of the life in a soil. Your soil though, is as vast as the world or the galaxy, and as complex. An old solar system is not like a young and unstable one.
That said, it's easy to eliminate chlorine with molasses, vitamin C, etc...
question about R/O - is it more wasteful than distillation? I use a water distiller for certain projects I have that require distilled or r/o.