alt Hacker News>if the tree were in a closed system with no solar input
... that would be the least of the tree's problems.
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taneq • today at 4:20 AM
It’s like the pop sci fact that if you took all your blood vessels and laid them end to end… you would die.
This line of reasoning has always cracked me up. The internal dialog acidentally out loud at the least flattering moment. I believe the correct response to be:
The tree is a perpetual motion machine hooked up directly to the wheelworks of nature! It PUMPS 500 liters per day usibg Wind, solar, capilar action and evaporation! How do i charge my car with this?