Because wind turbines don't burn fossil fuels to make energy. And if it required as much petroleum to manufacture a wind turbine as Elektra also claims, the US would have been beggared assembling the first steam locomotive.
Petroleum? Who ever mentioned petroleum? When crick, can not substantiate his/her opinion as fact, crick changes the facts.
Fossil Fuels, which does include petroleum, but also includes natural gas and coal.
The USA did not build or assemble the first Steam Locomotive, that would be England.
But it is a nice comparison;
Steam Locomotive weighs 200 tons.
Wind Turbine weighs 1300 tons
How much coal, oil, natural gas, chemicals only derived from fossil fuels does it take simply to process the natural resources to make the finished products.
Renewables is the World's largest Heavy Industry, building the most, and the largest things in the World has ever seen. Nothing is consuming more fossil fuels.
How much does that cost, crick? The answer reflects the amount of Fossil Fuels used. That is why crick and abu afk keep their traps shut when asked.