capillary action - via plant illness
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A ferrofluid siphon using capillary action, reservoir at the bottom, a siphon tube U-shaped [upside-down] to a receiving tank higher up; cap-action fills the tube, a magnet is exposed under the receiving tank to draw fluid out of the tube into the higher tank. When full, the magnet is blocked, a valve is opened to a separate pipe between the two tanks, with intermediate turbine.
Make electricity, profit. copyright me, 2-3-2020
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It is an interesting thought.
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a single such tube
a perpetual motion machine?
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seems like... no?
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an array of such tubes
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