why is firewood so expensive?

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Upstate NY? Me too. Ever drive down I-90 and just imagine if you had access to those millions of dead ash trees standing along the highway? I think about that every time. Thousands of years of heat rotting by the side of the road.
 
It feels expensive. But if you think of the time it takes to make a cord to sell, the seller is making maybe five to ten bucks an hour.