[Girlene]

I'm one of those peasants. I had no idea the propane shortage was caused by the farmers drying their corn crops for ethanol. Propane shortage linked to ethanol

Thanks for the info. Looks like the corn lobby is trying to convince the Environmental Protection Agency to raise the current mandated level of ethanol production and raise the level of corn alcohol in ethanol from the current 10 percent to 15 percent.

Idiots.

[HiTech RedNeck]

This is just what you GET when government becomes a prostitute.

[kiryandil]

Thanks for the article link. I learned a couple of other things I didn't know, such as the September/October/November propane storage rotation, and that the bumper crop was actually late corn, that hadn't ripened.

As I've written before, the crazy people are in charge of US energy production. Plan accordingly. If you don't pay attention, they'll be nicking you hard on a rotating cycle for your energy use.

This year, it's propane. Next year, it might be fuel oil. Etc., etc.

Sorry to hear you got caught in the EPA-ethanol lobby gang-rape. :-(