Wood is a multi-purpose natural resource, renewable if the demand is not too high, VERY easy to source in most inhabited land. When a crisis happen... Well... W

Wood is a multi-purpose natural resource, renewable if the demand is not too high, VERY easy to source in most inhabited land. When a crisis happen... Well... We all dream something but we need also to go to war with the weapons we have not those we want. Let's say you have an old, far from being insulated and airtight enough home, in a climate cold enough that you need 10-15-20-30-40+ degrees more inside than outside to be in comfort. You can't count on electricity grid AT LEAST that's what many keep saying, so far without real world cases but... So you can't count on heat-pumps nor gas nor pellet nor essentially 99% of heating gear since they need electricity, even just few W to run. What you can do quickly and cheaply? Burning wood is the most simple, cheap, quick, reliable answer. Oh BTW in most EU wood burning in cities is forbidden, just some Pizzerias are allowed with deep filters for fumes, so 99% of wood burning users are outside cities and outside there is typically a significant amount of trees around so I really doubt anyone buy wood from USA to burn it directly. Instead I think some companies buy it to made pellets, and that's yes an absurdity but also another story. Pellets in theory should ONLY be made from wood waste from other usages (like producing panels, laminated stuff etc) and NOTHING more, but "the market" decide differently for business reasons and the absurdity happen. Said that wood demand have skyrocket for the green new deal, for constructions, witch again is another story.