Then we run into the problems of deforestation. Now American forests can be forested just fine, as we are capable of replanting our trees and cutting them down the next generation. However, rainforests like in South America cannot be replanted as they largely consist of a few inches of rich soil that is basically just decomposing bio matter over a bed of useless sand. Once you strip away the trees, there is no more energy in the system to sustain itself. You end up with swampy sand dunes.
I'm all for logging, just from renewable areas.
Well, there are occasional stretches of
Terra Preta, which we can thank the natives of the Amazon Basin for.
If we use breeder reactors, we shouldn't worry that much about radioactive waste disposal. Using an IFR system, the amount of fuel needed for a 1 gigawatt reactor is about one and a half cubic feet (40 litres for you non Americans). For a month.
Storage is pretty much a non-issue. It's a small quantity of fuel, and after 200 years it's less radioactive than the uranium ore we started with. Breeder reactors are awesome that way. And since the design makes it more difficult to get plutonium out of the reactor than it is to refine plutonium from scratch, no worries about weapon buildup (not that it's particularly likely to begin with, but it's a hot button issue with a lot of people).
Also, most fireplace designs actually cool the rest of the house. Hot air goes out the chimney, so cold air gets dragged in through the rest of the house. Dedicated wood burners are somewhat different.
Oh, and they'll presumably help against the unavoidable zombie outbreak, so thats a plus. 
