That's a big distortion of the article. You left out the first line of the paragraph "When using the average global energy supply...". That is calculating the

That's a big distortion of the article. You left out the first line of the paragraph "When using the average global energy supply...". That is calculating the CO2 from coal and gas plants to generate the electricity. The very next paragraph says that when recharging on renewables, "the breakeven is just over 30,000 miles (48,280 km)". That's under three years for most people. We are not there yet, but great progress is being made.