Paradox of Wind Turbine as Renewable Energy Source

I had an interesting conversation with my office space owner during our regular meetups to check the property. As we caught up on each other's work and business, he shared some details about his job. He works for a subsea cable installation company, where he remotely operates the rover that installs cables undersea from a shipping vessel. He mentioned that there has been a significant increase in cable installations for offshore wind turbines, indicating a rise in renewable wind energy sources.

This conversation reminded me of something I read in a book last year about the paradox of using fossil fuels to create wind turbines. The construction and production of wind turbines rely heavily on fossil fuels for various processes, including transporting raw materials, manufacturing steel and other components, and maintaining the turbines, for instance, using oil made from fossil fuel.

Although a wind turbine can generate as much energy as it takes to produce within a year, the dependency on fossil fuels for its production, installation, and maintenance remains significant.

It seems modern civilization has been highly dependent on fossil fuels.

I wonder what renewable energy source is less dependent on fossil fuels.