Only today did it strike me that nowhere in the whole country of UK is there any submersible water pump, leave alone in individual houses or properties. The primary reason for this is the abundance of rain that the country receives all year round. Secondly there are natural rivers (Thames, being one of the biggest), tributaries and lakes scattered all across the country. So the existing abundant water is merely purified and distributed.
That explains why there is no cultivation done is most parts of the country, even in times when there is enough sunshine and warmth for one crop. The place is not close to a water reservoir and getting water to that place is costlier than merely importing the required food from another part of the world. Every time I see vast expanses of land with nothing but grass growing, I'm reminded of farmers back in India who struggle to cultivate bits of arid land. Here the land is fertile, water in plenty and heavy machinery at hand. Back in most parts of India, the farmer has no land, even if he or she has it is not always fertile, there is hardly any water is some other parts of the country, and it is all hard manual labour.
That explains why there is no cultivation done is most parts of the country, even in times when there is enough sunshine and warmth for one crop. The place is not close to a water reservoir and getting water to that place is costlier than merely importing the required food from another part of the world. Every time I see vast expanses of land with nothing but grass growing, I'm reminded of farmers back in India who struggle to cultivate bits of arid land. Here the land is fertile, water in plenty and heavy machinery at hand. Back in most parts of India, the farmer has no land, even if he or she has it is not always fertile, there is hardly any water is some other parts of the country, and it is all hard manual labour.
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