https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painless_Parker

He legally changed his first name to “Painless” when he was accused of breaking a false advertisement law by claiming that his dentistry was truly painless.[1][2] When business thrived, he hired assistants and established a chain dentistry business.[2] In the end, Parker ran 28 West Coast dental offices, employing over 70 dentists, and grossing $3 million per year.

No energy is required for regular osmosis as it is a statistical proces involving the random movement of particles: https://www.sainaptic.com/post/what-are-the-differences-between-diffusion-osmosis-and-active-transport

Trees have a vascular system for water transport: https://www.earthdate.org/episodes/how-trees-lift-water

The energy required for a piece of paper to get wet upwards is provided by the reduced surface energy: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/2254/when-water-climbs-up-a-piece-of-paper-where-is-the-energy-coming-from