SOON ONLY THE RICH WILL STAY WARM.

We say that a lot don’t we? only the rich this and only the rich that, and sometimes when we say stuff like that, what we are really doing is feeling sorry for ourselves, or maybe we are a little bit jealous because someone has got something we want ourselves, a little bit of envy, the green eyed monster, it’s allowed, there’s no shame in it, and the ever wise around us would say “get a better job” or “work harder” or “get another job” or “manage your money better.” and you know what, sometimes they aren’t wrong…but this is not one of those times, this time they would be very wrong.

The cost of living has gone up dramatically over the years, tarin remembers when a can of most of the well known branded colas, Pepsi and Coca, here’s looking at you kids, was like 30 pence now some people charge up to one pound, and some people would say “well you don’t need coke, it’s a luxury.”, tarin knows there are some people that would disagree, meet a diabetic and ask them why and how.

But “luxuries” aside everyone has been going on about energy recently and how it costs so much, how some people could barely afford it before the price hike, tarin understands, tarin is on pre-paid meters and it can be a pain to keep up and it’s not good when you miscalculate and end up without gas and electric for a few days, for some people though it’s not miscalculation, it’s not bad budgeting, it’s lack of money, crappy pay, extortionate prices on practically everything, and a screwed up government along with a bunch of broken promises and greedy jerks.

tarin doesn’t understand. When solar panels became available to the public and stuff, we were told they would slash our energy bills to practically nothing, everything would be better, cheaper and we would be better off, that was years and years ago, if this is true, why are some people re-living the ice age? why is it the cost of energy is so much higher than when we were using coal almost everywhere all the time years ago? tarin just doesn’t get it. why is it in this new age, that people who are vulnerable have to wear half a dozen sweaters, joggers under their jeans and about a dozen pairs of socks just to get warm?

tarin has a little story for ya. When he was a very young teen, tarin had his own little pad in Lancashire, he had been in the care system and now was free, yay for independence, but the thing was even back then it was a bit of a struggle to get by and one day tarin ran out of electric. A person, who shall remain nameless, helped tarin out, they did something a little naughty, this person was a damned criminal, always stealing stereo’s and crap, they were a crook but a nice crook, they had a heart of gold and would help anyone…and not for a price….unlike the government…anyway this person did something with a piece of, tarin thinks it was that weird aerial lead thingy we used to use in the age just after stone, anyway they bypassed the system and tarin had free electric for about three days until he got some money to buy some.

Later tarin discovered lot’s of people in the area knew that little hack and used it, and tarin is wondering if that little hack can still be done today, because in all honesty if there is a hack that can give you some free electric then tarin thinks he wouldn’t blame anyone for using it…as long as they dont put their lives or others lives at risk doing it. But in all truth, if ever there was a time to screw over the system that provides energy, it is now, and everyone should be doing it…everyone…the more people screwing over the energy companies, the better, then maybe the con merchants will listen and cut prices. Now okay tarin is being naughty even suggesting this and he should really not be saying it, but you know what, as long as no one is hurt tarin doesn’t give a fuck.

The fact of the matter is, the title of tarins blog is not just some dream or nightmare that may or may not happen, the fact is it is already happening, more and more people are fighting to stay warm, and it is no exaggeration to say some of the more vulnerable are fighting for their lives and they are desperately in need of a save here, and tarin is desperate for them too. tarin feels empathy for some because of his own health issues, but for most he couldn’t even begin to understand how they feel, or what they are going through, thanks to his issues and his life experiences of working with elderly, when he was able to work, tarin is very aware of how bad it was years ago and how much more terrible it must be for them now, and who doesn’t have to deal with the problems these people face? the rich, the well to do, the government and their cronies, the energy providers, and the fact is they don’t give a damn, none of them care, so if you are kidding yourself that they do, please wake from your delusion.

So tarin is going to say it once again, if people were to start stealing energy he wouldn’t blame them in the slightest, he doesn’t think it’s the best idea, and wouldn’t encourage people to do it if it put theirs or others lives at risk, but he still wouldn’t blame them.

There are some people that would say “use your votes”, apparently there’s some voting thing happening soon, but, even though tarin is a labour supporter, he is honestly not sure votes would be enough, this is as much the energy companies greed as it is the governments’ inaction, this as much the fact cats in industry as it is the stupid tw*ts in parliament. We need more than votes, someone needs to rally the troops and to start a war against the government and the industrial fat cats. that’s just tarins thoughts though. maybe he is wrong, but he is getting frustrated, angry and upset by horror stories of people suffering because of this.

tarin thanks you for reading, take care of you. be safe, be well.

love tarin.