> a wind turbine, manufactured using fossil fuels This bit is true, though, and they are also erected and maintained using fossil fuels (among other things). T

> a wind turbine, manufactured using fossil fuels This bit is true, though, and they are also erected and maintained using fossil fuels (among other things). That much should be obvious, and pretending that this insight is somehow a new or shocking idea is over the top pretentious. There are people full time doing lifetime analyses on these things, and have been for several decades. This is engineering people doing engineering work. Anyone can read these reports and find out exactly where the break even points are. This is taken into account when planning large infrastructure projects like wind power parks.