We are ‘greening’ ourselves to extinction

[Oh_hunnihunni]

trees are for firewood aren't they?

Depends how long they're stored for; 8 or 10 Kyears pretty much puts 'em in the coal scuttle.
Modern tendency is to stack firewood in hedges, along fence lines with bulk storage under bridges or along beaches. (Pretty much anywhere as long as its far from the accountants' property.)

Not wrong there either, and such a waste. We used to take the old landrover up along the cut lines and sort out our firewood from the slash. Mix that with a bit of kanuka or manuka from up past Hatepe and our winter heating was taken care of.

Terrible  waste of resources, allowing that to just lie there till the next decent storm.