Pothos leaves were sonicated with vibrational energy to simulate caustic conditions, performed in both plain water and in CO2 saturated water. The front-most leaf was cleaned in plain water, and the leaf in the rear was cleaned in the CO2 solution.
Force is relative. That is, if the pressure is the same inside and outside of the plant, the plant experiences pressure equilibrium or no pressure.
Here we tested the pressure equilibrium theory by allowing the filling of the gas spaces in the leaves with the CO2 solution and then subjecting them to ultrasonic energy of normally fatal intensity.
Notice the leaf cleaned in plain water (front) suffered significant damage, whereas the leaf cleaned in CO2 solution (rear) was nearly unscathed---further supporting the theory that having the same fluid inside and outside of the plant, the contiguity of masses---the energy is then the same throughout and around the plant, so relatively, no energy impacts the plant.