Let's see how much you know about trees, Mr Carpenter:

Would you agree a tree shoot takes its energy from the Earth until it shoots the first leaves?

I hope so.

Would you agree after that, it absorbs the energy from the sun via those leaves, and transports it back to Earth thereafter, scaling up, for the remainder of its life?

I hope so.

Would you agree humanity is now sprouting its human equivalent of leaves, all over Earth, in the form of solar farms?

I hope so.

Would you agree trees never create pollution?

I hope so.

Why would you think it has to be different for us?

What is so complex about that?