U.S. propane shortage hits millions during brutal freeze

Reuters ^ | 24-January-2014 | y Sabina Zawadzki and Edward McAllister

[Yo-Yo]

Did somebody say there is a Propane shortage?!?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Braggart !

[topher]

Bloomberg News has chimed in about this:

- 15 governors are taking action on the propane shortage

- Bloomberg talks about a Polar Pig -- that froze pipelines...

Here is a direct link to the Bloomberg article:

Polar Pig Deserves Little Blame for Propane Shortage

The article says that there needs to be better planning and store for the future.

We have HUGE underground facilities for Natural Gas (which can be significantly depleted in winter).

Probably some of the states that normally have cold winters (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, etc) should have some of their storage... At least the article talks about this, and this would make sense rather than having folks having to fork over 3 times the price of propane in the winter...

[familyop]

"The left, that hates fossil fuels, is to blame for this."

And middle class lefties are invested in all kinds of energy production.

[Elsie]

Never let a crisis go to waste...