275 THE SWITCH FAMILY ROBINSON Father spends £400,000,000 Yes, Plug, and British Electricity have 24 others I say— they are getting on with the new cost will be spent on new Power Station millions, generating plant in Dad the next four years on the way But can we afford that much money? Will that We can't afford mean the end not to. We must of these it takes 3 to 4 to spend have more and electricity cuts? years to build a more power for new power ELECTRICITY The present generating plant shortage, due to the war, is 2,000,000 kilowatts.