Yes, all energy requires more energy since EROEI (energy return on energy invested) on dead trees went below 10-to-1 in the past decades (initially around 100-to-1 when coal, oil and gas where initially discovered).
Wind and solar are only interesting in very small solutions (think small sailing boats), nuclear is super energy intense to build! Hydro is the ONLY balanced investment but all good locations are already in use.
You mean wind, solar and nuclear power? I mean they are capital intensive because the operational costs are dwarfed by the initial investment. With coal and gas, the fuel is an ongoing and high expense compared to the power plant itself.