It could be done, however due to sheer numbers it would be a catastrophic strain on the environment. Can you imagine if 700+ million people just started cutting down trees in order to heat their home all winter? That coupled with the fact that most homes are not equipped with any heat source outside of the natural gas/electric furnace they were built with.
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Reply to ELI5 Why Can't Modern Europeans treat this winter like medieval Europeans? by KgPathos
It could be done, however due to sheer numbers it would be a catastrophic strain on the environment. Can you imagine if 700+ million people just started cutting down trees in order to heat their home all winter? That coupled with the fact that most homes are not equipped with any heat source outside of the natural gas/electric furnace they were built with.