>"so if we are to harness the tech in trees to figure out how the heck are they able to move water from roots to the top, we'll have a revolution on our hands"

>"so if we are to harness the tech in trees to figure out how the heck are they able to move water from roots to the top, we'll have a revolution on our hands" I guess the problem is not one of replication (see [1]) but of throughput. A pump that replicates the tree transpiration process would be too slow for any real energy application. [1] https://www.technologyreview.com/s/410833/synthetic-tree-hauls-water/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/410833/synthetic-tree-hau...