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These states are basically begging you to get a heat pump
(arstechnica.com)
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I ran some rough numbers on this, please pick apart. It takes 10 acres of hardwood to heat 2k ft^2 sustainably. If all land was divided equally between all living humans there would be about 2 acres per person. Not everyone needs heating, trees do not grow on 100% of the land. Definitely appears to be a privileged point, but there's some gray area.
As a temporary solution, while waiting for heat pumps to be competitive, and solar taking down huge swaths of trees, it could be rationalized to make sense, especially over oil heating.
In the area I'm located, most electric is generated by LNG at 40% efficiency, the avg daily temperature is 30°F, heat pump performs at ~1.25x. Burning wood at 50% efficiency appears to be more carbon neutral solution, when compared to all other solutions, even if you were to bury the wood taken down. At least temporarily, but when the renewable solutions are in place, it's a no brainier, heat pumps win.
I don't fully agree with the original comment, but it's not a 0IQ thought, it's best intentions, around an area of gray. There isn't a right answer, it's a moving target with a complex calculation and we need people who are trying to do the right thing, even if it's good intentions gone wrong.