You guys make me laugh, braggin about cutting firewood is like braggin about still running windows 3.1...
I do enjoy paying the 'oil man' to heat my house, it's cleaner and more efficient, I also enjoy paying the 'telephone man' and the 'cable man. Just because you cut your own wood doesn't make you any more hard working or honest than me, in fact a lot of you who cut wood do so without insurance or any regard for law. Also I noticed a lot of hicks tend to have an outlaw attitude where they can do what they want. Back where I'm from in the UAE you'd be looked at like you had a third eye if you were caught burning firewood like some cave-dweller. Also about the brain capacity comment, I'm sure you could look up the literacy rates of urban vs. rural places in the states... The answers may shock you.