1 ton pellets = 1.5 cord of wood? Where did they come up with this?

In an ideal world, we would all have a wood stove for those bursts of huge heat, a pellet stove for ease of use and daily constant temp burning, and an oil, propane, nat gas tri-carb furnace with 3 tanks so we could use whatever is cheapest that week to suppliment on top of our windmills, solar panels, and hamster wheel generators powered by zombies.

...and if all that isnt enough,.. no one has mentioned the ease of start up
Wood Stove: gather kindling (hope its dry)... crumple paper,... warm the flue,.. wait for draw,... slowly ad appropriate sizes pcs of wood to gain enough coals to cruise.
Pellet stove: pour bag in, push button.