Today's puzzler: If your school district has $1 million to allocate, should they spend it on teachers or maybe spend it on an insane scheme to prevent CO2-induced bad weather in 2050?

$30-million surplus for BC Carbon Trust | News1130

The Pacific Carbon Trust forces cash-strapped public institutions like schools and hospitals to buy “carbon credits” to keep them pollution-neutral; that money is supposed to go to private companies to make improvements.
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Bateman says the money from the Surrey and Vancouver School Districts could be better spent. “Between the two of them this year, they put in $1 million into carbon credits. That’s 10 teachers, 11 teachers… that’s 20 special education assistants.”