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It's just temporary as the cold weather has caused demand to spike while snow is blocking some roads especially in the upper midwest.
No, it got nothing to do about snow blocking roads.
I live in the Ozarks of north Arkansas and filled my 250 gallon tank on October 25 at $1.79
Yesterday I was down to 15% so I called my supplier and he stated in a stern voice.........." name "......" previous customer ".........." address".............."$3.99 , 100 gallons per delivery only"
It is the same story in MN ( son on farm said )
The propane guy on TV said price should start dropping rapidly in 6 weeks.
I don't think the shortage is nationwide. The shortage is with people who could not plan ahead far enough to fill their tank because winter was coming. Winter always catches a portion of the population completely by surprise.
The press loves to turn every minor thing into a huge drama and they will stir up hysteria if they can.
My apologies to the people back east, because I know that they are hurting, but my family has to giggle every time the news anchor is going on about how the snow is making life hellish and he is standing there in snow that doesn't come halfway up his shoes and you can see that there is no more than an inch of snow anywhere behind him.
They do it here, too. The news anchor will be going on about how everything is shut down and cars can't drive on the road, and you can see lawn grass poking through the little bit of snow behind him.
Your first paragraph is only an opinion that was formed w/o using facts.
Wow oregon - you got THAT one right! We haven't yet got one quarter of the snow they predicted we'd get! Is this country turning into a bunch of sissies? I used to walk to school in far more snow than they keep the kids home now for!
I've been wondering the same thing for some time now When I was a kid we rode horses 2 1/2 miles each way to school, all weather. I frostbit my cheeks one time when the mercury was -25.
And no it wasn't in the 1800's when I went to school, the school is still in operation, still has the barns we used to this day.
No mention of a shortage in my area.
I only keep a couple of hundred pound tanks for shop heaters though, my primary heat is wood so not really affected here.
I did notice the price on my last tank was up when I bought it in December, but it always goes up in the winter.
My parents backup with propane heat, but have plenty of wood and when I checked last weekend they still had over 60 percent in their 1000 gal tank so they should be fine until we fill again next summer.
No, it got nothing to do about snow blocking roads.
I live in the Ozarks of north Arkansas and filled my 250 gallon tank on October 25 at $1.79
Yesterday I was down to 15% so I called my supplier and he stated in a stern voice.........." name "......" previous customer ".........." address".............."$3.99 , 100 gallons per delivery only"
It is the same story in MN ( son on farm said )
The propane guy on TV said price should start dropping rapidly in 6 weeks.
- Rats, my spouse doesn't even know what it's going to cost us yet!
Cause we've not got the bill yet (???)
Geez, I would have ask, and then said no thanks (if it's that high).
I'd put the wood burner back in till it comes down!
I guess we need to share more...
Propane has never been below $2.49/gallon here on the Texas South High Plains in the last five years I've been here. This past October, I paid $2.69. Nowadays, I only use propane for heating water and a pellet stove for heating.
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When I was a kid we rode horses 2 1/2 miles each way to school, all weather. I frostbit my cheeks one time when the mercury was -25.
