Can you raise water using the same technique as the trees and extract energy from it?

If you bring water up with the same system as the trees (this because of the adhesion I suppose), and then just let it go down again. Can you get energy from that? This will therefore continue to generate energy without adding energy.

Asker: Max, 17 years old

Answer

Trees and other plants raise the water by using the capillary effect.

However, harvesting energy from this is not possible.
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