# How long would electricity, TV, etc. keep going if all people disappeared?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 14, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-electricity-tv-etc-keep-going-if-all-people-disappeared/641037 "2012-11-14T23:00:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-electricity-tv-etc-keep-going-if-all-people-disappeared/641037/7 "2012-11-15T11:17:58Z")

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> [@Capt\_Kirk](#):
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> TV will be gone pretty quickly, even with taped recordings real people are involved in the process.

So **Dave** will never stop broadcasting, huh.

😉

Si

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