DM A segue to a prior conversation, ...sorta (since it was far from it's potential IMSO): Do not "bio-holophrens" apply interior vs exterior pressure differentials/deltas, ...often within “passive" designs/structural means, to their advantage; ...and do so in both directions? For example, plants applying for harvesting carbon intake, or vice versa, such as expelling oxygen, moving water, etc. Your question is precise enough to work with, and it's a rich one. Let me do some de

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