On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:53:38 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article , Phisherman wrote:
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:54:08 -0500, "skeeter"
wrote:

went to pick up some potassium for the water softener and the price of
potassium jumped 100% from $10 to $20 per bag.
is it worth the extra cost? i know it's environmentally better but by how
much?


Potassium ions are a little more reactive than sodium.

You have that backwards.

Check out a Periodic Table. Elements are more reactive as you move
DOWN the periodic group. High school chemistry.