I am surprise that nobody has address the issue of Biodiesel for the generators. it is possible to generate enough of that to keep the pumps running and also since they do have cows the waste can be made into methane. If BURT had stuck around he would have referenced the mad max movie beyond thunder dome. the colonist have a library right? I am sure that there should be books on those subjects. As much as PEGS knows about crops. she sounds like she might have grown up or at least near a farm, yes I know she was a florist when all hell broke loose but that doesn't mean that her earlier years could have happen that way,and as much as shes been rattling off ideas to CJ I am surprised this didn't come up.