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Fuel in ground tanks can be pumped out by manually pumping enough to power a generator to power the regular pumps... which is pretty trivial to set up.

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Or you can just keep the generator fueled (they tend to come with built-in fuel tanks), and have a spare 50-gallon barrel of fuel stashed somewhere.

Fuel in ground tanks can be pumped out with a manual hand pump. It's not that hard and frequently used on remote property tanks.

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