I grew up with wood heat, lots of people just burn wood in the open after clearing it and often will pay you to take it. No other energy source is so cheap, but

I grew up with wood heat, lots of people just burn wood in the open after clearing it and often will pay you to take it. No other energy source is so cheap, but it’s quite a niche thing. As many other commenters note you should never burn wood in a populated area but there’s an incredible amount of space in the US that’s very sparsely populated.