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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 1,000,000 shares of
Blue Rhino Corporation's common stock for the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, 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