I live in an out of the way place. I have various diesel and gasoline burning pieces of equipment.Last week I cleared a spot for a solar greenhouse with a masonry heater. I had to take down about 10 trees and stump it too. Alone, I was able to get all the trees down and stumps up, wood bucked and split and begin preparing for the foundation in just about 4 days. All the while I was thinking about where I'd be in the project without my backhoe, chainsaw, tractor and wood splitter. Maybe have the first couple of trees down. Life will be different when fuel is scarce.
When petroleum fuels begin to really get short will there be enough allocated to us hicks out here to process firewood or will cities and towns be favored at our expense?