I believe that electric chainsaws are the future for most homeowner uses. Note that unlike gas powered chainsaws though, the high torque motors in the latest battery-powered saws may not be stopped by today's chaps. The USFS has warned about this issue and is conducting safety tests on various chap/saw combinations.
The most efficient way to process firewood with a hand saw is to have two sawyers using a properly filed crosscut saw that's long enough to let them to take a full stroke (~6') and to buck up the wood when it's still green. Going it alone with a small dull saw in seasoned dry hardwood is torture at best and a slow way to fill the woodbox.
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