In Austria, three festival-goers could get an annual country pass if they tattooed the word "climate pass" or one of the relevant promotional images. Written by Francesca Rivafinoli.
The Austrians have this climate and environment minister, the green Leonore Gewessler, who, apart from her opposition to nuclear energy, may be known from the fact that in 2021 she arrived by train for the climate conference in Glasgow for 27 hours as a kind of Greta epigon.
choosing the most unreasonable and one of the most expensive ways to promote the railway,
while otherwise there was a free seat on the scheduled flights even at the last moment, which could have reduced the plane's emissions per person. But at least he had the spectacular PR project, so since then he takes the climate-killing flight even for the Vienna-Kassa distance with a calmer heart.
Now here's the new campaign: the minister applied a washable tattoo on her upper arm advertising the country pass, known as an air-conditioning pass, at a music festival for the joy that three festival-goers were able to receive an annual pass worth 821 or (over 25 years) 1095 euros for 12 months, if for life has sewn the word "climate pass" or one of the relevant promotional images.
It's as if Balaton Sound, under the patronage of Ágnes Hornung, put the term "village csok" on the skin of brave Hungarian young people, for free toiletries;
or in the fast food restaurant, instead of three BigMacs, the person whose wrist is decorated with a yellow letter m in a red square until death would be entitled to four; and in exchange for a portrait of Szilárd Németh overlooking his biceps, the utility reduction would also apply to above-average consumption for half a year.
At the same time, only the very first applicants could take advantage of the opportunity offered at a total of two Austrian festivals, so a quick decision was essential - not that this is how the client, who may still be a teenager, sleeps on it: if the free train ride as a young university student tempts you, show us some of your body and we'll heat it up. the needles.
But those who ran late didn't leave empty-handed or with unstitched skin either: a person with an air-conditioning pass or a flaming air-conditioner still got to go for free, state-wise. It is an especially ideal motive for people with climate anxiety: they just need to look at the appropriate point on their own body, and the neurosis can start spinning.
But as the minister pointed out, of course only people over the age of 18 could take advantage of the opportunity, and only during the day - which is immediately reassuring, since
at an average summer festival at three in the afternoon, for example, leaving a certain Ekkstacy concert, every twenty-year-old's state is suitable for making lifelong spontaneous decisions.
If the same young adult were to commit a crime, given his age, he could still be treated as a minor in court, saying that at this stage of development, some thoughtless stupidity can still slip in.
It's not as if renting out the bodies of adults in exchange for compensation doesn't raise ethical questions - whoever says today that "don't joke, it's just a clever marketing ploy, even the word "climate pass" will be noticed on the skin of some already tattooed young people, sag schon", why would tomorrow see any problem in surrogacy? Women who have already given birth several times agree to use their bodies for a noble purpose for a financial advantage - moreover, it is "only" nine months.
But let's leave moralizing and human dignity behind, something more important is at stake here: Climate.
It's one thing that someone in a smart mind had the idea that it's worth sensitizing the youth to the protection of our planet with washable stickers and permanent tattoos, but this wise idea ran through a few officials, including the minister himself - and apparently none of them thought of it. , that before sharpening the thing, you should look at the possible environmental footprint. For example: now that we no longer trust that the European citizen will not lose the cap of the plastic bottle while drinking, so that it does not stop across the Yangtze and reach the ocean, surely we should spread titanium dioxide children's tattoo films among the young?
In terms of climate, do we really need young people (with taxpayers' money) to carve the name of our current political product onto themselves by generating a pile of hazardous waste, using all kinds of disposable devices and such and such risky materials?
It's true, Leonore Gewessler also made a "please, please, please don't litter" request to the festival-goers at the end of the successful campaign. The three-day party is now over, the clean-up work is expected to last for ten days.
As evidenced by the pictures, the first task is to eliminate the plastic and beer can islands created in the river near the festival site.
But I wonder if the Austrian budget will already finance some air conditioning piercings for young people next year.
