THERE was somewhat of a health crisis in a German car showroom last week, after climate protestors decided to demand the decarbonisation of the country's transportation sector by gluing themselves to the floor.
The activists are members of a group called Scientist Rebellion, and used superglue to attach themselves to the concrete floor of the Porsche pavilion at Autostadt, a visitor attraction adjacent to the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg.
Perhaps expecting a bigger reaction to demands including lower speed limits on Germany's autobahns, the protestors were disappointed when staff heading home at the end of the day simply turned off the lights and heating - without responding to a demand for a "bowl to urinate and defecate in".
They said they had targeted VW because Germany's national economy has "benefited much more than others from burning fossil fuels and exploitation of resources".
One of the protestors took to Twitter to make his angst known, saying that after spending the night inside the dealership - presumably in a somewhat messy state - he ultimately had to pull out of the protest after his hand became swollen as a result of being glued to the floor.
"Doctors ascertained the possibility of life-threatening blood clots in my hand, and recommended an immediate transfer to a hospital," he wrote.
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