1 EXHIBIT 23.4 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Blue Rhino Corporation We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated September 22, 1998, except for the information presented in Note 9 for which the date is February 8, 1999, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule, which appear in Blue Rhino Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2000. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP May 7, 2001 Greensboro, North Carolina