You cannot afford a cat . You cannot afford to work only 30 hours a week . I would recommend an additional part time job , put your total weekly hours up to at least 40 , more like 50 . If you have two sitting jobs , get a paper route for exercise and gas money . There is nothing wrong with grinding away with work for a few months . Keep yourself busy with free activities , so you ' re not looking for ways to spend money when you ' re idle . Pack your lunches every day . If you drink coffee , make it at home , live super frugal , basically . Maybe you could call the credit company , let them know that you are taking steps to work down the debt , and ask if they are able to give you any leeway . <| sep |> You would install 1 . 5 MW of solar to remediate a 1 MW fossil fuel plant . There are other good uses for this tech but the one they put in the article is literally pointless .