Yea, I planned for a rise in energy costs(not this much, gotta be a temporary spike surely) about 8 years ago and planted 1500 trees with the idea of getting a gasification boiler at a later date. Still using a basic wood burner to heat the home in winter. Keeps me fit processing all the wood and saves money on a gym membership
Half of the trees are poplar and are over 50 feet but half the energy of oak so a lot of sawing and loading but it only took 6 years for them to get to 40 feet (harvest size)from 4 inch sticks.