Crude & NatGas Drilling Slowing, Which Affects Propane Supplies

Commodities like oil and natural gas are just about the purest form of free market capitalism on the planet. They are textbook supply-and-demand commodities. When supply goes up or down, given the same demand, the price for the commodity will go up or down inversely. It doesn't take long for the markets to "balance." The same on the demand side. If demand goes up or down and supply stays the same, the price will go up or down. But what about propane? The propane market is different and much harder to predict.

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