Potential Energy

Wikipedia says.. “Potential energy exists when a force acts upon an object that tends to restore it to a lower energy configuration”

Assuming gravity counts as that force.. here we’ve got a pile.. err, many piles, of potential energy.

And if the physics definition does not fit here (hard to say since those leaves weren’t actually lifted up there), there is potential for a massive amount of energy to be spent on the damn things.

At least they look nice for the moment.


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