Doublethink in science. Coal is a renewable resource?

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On the left, we have the notion that wind power represents "green energy," "sustainable energy," and "renewable energy," when, as I have shown elsewhere in this space, the coal required to make the steel for the posts holding these monstrosities up in a case where they represented significant energy, would amount the addition of massive amounts of CO2 emissions, on the order of current annual emission rates for everything (roughly 35 billion tons of CO2 per year) for the steel alone, never mind the copper, lanthanides, concrete, etc... And of course, this infrastructure would need to be replaced every 20 years or so.

Is the author of this seriously claiming that wind energy is not green, sustainable, and renewable energy because of the CO2 released during the manufacturing of the windmills?

I just want to be sure I'm understanding that paragraph correctly.