I'll check if I can disable that requirement once I have a roof and can use my desktop.

I think it would also be nice to have it work without electricity. I've always found that requirement of the vanilla logging camp strange snd annoying because logging uses things like trucks, chainsaws, loaders, etc that all run on gas, and they are usually in semi-remote locations that wouldn't likely have a connection to a power grid

To make it more realistic and easier to actually fill with workers. I like to provide jobs to everyone, and this helps. It makes things look nicer if you go for aesthetics. Apparently a lot of people like this as well even though it isn't very profitable.

why the rebalance? i thought it was already nearly impossible to make a profit with wood and/or boards