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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8, pertaining to the registration of 300,000 shares of Blue
Rhino Corporation's common stock for the Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors, of our report dated September 27, 2000, except for Note 19, as to
which the date is October 26, 2000, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements and schedule of Blue Rhino Corporation included in its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2000, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.


                                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

                                                        Ernst & Young LLP

Winston-Salem, North Carolina
May 7, 2001