WLW twenty oh nine predictions

[listen2meokidoki]

Happy New Year!....BTW, I hope you go see the doctor. That cough is symptomatic of a smoker! And BTW, self-confessed smokers are equally affected....oh, I just noticed I'm a little late. More RED DWARF? I think you were right. I recently saw (travelled to 2010 & just came back to tell you) Dave Lister looking no longer young & youthful. I don't know why but I don't like him looking so old. He's no longer seems stupid, funny & accident prone. You can't be when you're like me, an old NSWelshman.

[bowman2061]

Muhaha .. everytime i open a video here on bobbyllew, youtube shows me an advertisement which offers me a medication against high blood pressur.

He .. who ever does this. I am calm, Robert Llewellyn is cool. And i watch hios videos to ....RELAX !! Shove your drugs up your pipe !

[ianrkav]

Recharching? Oops. I meant to say 'recharging'

[ianrkav]

You're right about the patents. The oil companies owned the battery patents for the GM EV1 electric car and refused to licence it to GM anymore. They also own a lot of shares in GM and other car companies too. This is why the highly efficient EV1 was recalled and crushed! People were recharching their EV1's from various solar power technologies too.

By the way, it is an electric universe. Go to holoscience with a dot and a com on the end for the facts.

Ps. Love the screensaver. I want one:-)

[astroid911]

your voice hurts my ears

[Sidowse]

@astroid911 Turn the volume down!

[McRocket]

I have watched you one Red Dwarf and Junkyard Wars for years. And have just started watching your work online in the last month or two.

If you are similar to how you seem; your thoughts, ideas, way of speaking, sensitivities, sense of humour, humility - I like you very much.

Chris

[fyphfoko]

yes. i won't go for blu ray, because they said that lazerdiscs, minidiscs and audio dvds would catch on. fok want conveniance, and more then aparent slightly better quality for vast sums of money

[kirksART]

I think we sould get defences cracking to stop that Meteor hitting the earth. ..the Threat of that one day will make all earths problems very small..and confession boxes all of a sudden very full.

I will blame Clarkson for it.

Great vids :)

[ianrkav]

Won't happen. Go to holoscience, with a dot and a com on the end. It's an electric universe!

[Gumbydunzeeto]

Additional:

Sorry Robert, I like Blu-Ray over downloads. I like cds over mp3s. I like real books over Kindle.

Real objects will never die!

[Gumbydunzeeto]

Blu-Ray won't die - but I agree with most of your other predictions.

[flurble33]

I like your screensaver :)

[RustiSwordz]

I read somewhere if you stick 5 square miles of Solar Panels in the hottest desert in the world you can generate enough electricity to power every home on Earth....

[somethingesoteric]

electric car battery patents up for grabs? That's the eal good news...

Hopefully Texaco don't buy it again

[darbs32]

Top Gear Australia is floundering without that British style "lets go show our british metal in a v8... okay then I'll just get my brolly" personalities. Australias looking to change hosts.. why not apply old bean.

[sockcuckafuthamucka]

These are getting addictive! Right, i'm off to google LiFe po4 and geothermal energy...

[ahdkaw]

I want to see you on Top Gear chewing Jeremys head off. I hope your prediction is wrong on that one. Not too good at venom, I'll leave that to others more skilled in anger.

[777RulesTheSky]

the 787 will fly

[AICabal]

That's a shame Rob, I think you and Clarkson would get on great!

... oh wait...

[topbanana188]

Does it matter whether the car battery ran out or not. Batteries run out as does petrol. Not surprising.

[Prunesqualer]

Sadly its not that simple. Batteries take a long time to charge ie hardly practical on a long journey. I guess thats the main case for hydrogen cells, you can refill quickly. I wonder if a hybrid of the two would work. Can hydrogen cells be made to store electricity from the mains?

[thestalkinghead]

recharging technology is getting better and better all the time.

[topbanana188]

I've read about the possibility of service stations which pump out spent electrolyte and pump in freshly charged stuff. Seems like a good idea to me... and it would give the energy companies something useful to do.

[reffykins]

I've done some research on lithium iron phosphate batteries. An interesting technology for sure, but I've found no evidence of significantly reduced recharging time. Do you have a reference?

Similarly, you might want to look at silver zinc batteries, which look interesting, and don't rely on lithium.

[nicholas9999]

The Obama era may go better than anyone thinks. Obama has a theory about political and human interaction that will be tested. Of course he is also a standard vanilla politician, but the U.S., and indeed the world, face huge challenges. Maybe, just maybe, people, even self-interested rich people, will respond to new answers, and not the same old crap. Let's hope.

[simierski]

More Dwarf? Fantastic! Can't wait to see Kryten back in action (change the bulb, I believe a stand up to red alert is required)!

[fakelarry1]

Is Red Dwarf run on geothermal power?

:D

[TheLastHumanOnEarth]

I think you'd look a lot better with a shaved head honestly. Looking forward to some fresh Dwarf as soon as possible. I would have never known about you if it wasn't for Dwarf.

[BigglesPiP]

Don't geothermal do-hickies emit a fair bit of heat, We'd be taking heat energy from the earth's core and directly putting a small amount into the atmosphere, and indirectly putting all the rest in too??? At least it's renewable, since the energy comes from the sun's gravitational pull.

Unrelated side-note: I drove 300 miles in a little over 4 and a half hours on Sunday night, with my lights and windscreen wipers on. Roll on the leccy car that can beat that ;-).

[andysutton]

2009 prediction: Rosmary Shrager - THE MOVIE. :)

[smileykai77]

Dude.. you soo rock!

So glad I found your channel ^^,

Kai

London, England.

[pokerrace]

I see where you're coming from but I'm going to bet against you on the blu-ray issue. The discs hold upto 50GB of data each, over 10X the amount held by a single layer DVD. With time the price of the technology will become as small as that of DVDs and therefore deliver incredible value for money on the data storage front. This alone will be enough to ensure they almost completely replace DVDs.

[XSO81]

People said the same thing about DVD when SVCD were popular; "DVD will never take off" etc. But here we are now, DVD came and is now in the same boat as SVCD were back in the day.

I personally cannot wait until DVD is done and dusted, Bluray is the future.

[mattkilleen]

You should spend all of 2009 not buying anything.

[TripTucker]

Blu ray sales are slowly picking up, but I still think I agree. It wont fully catch on, but I dont think it will die quietly either.

[TripTucker]

whats wrong with nuclear power?

where's a good source for geothermal power here? go plug up old faithful in Yellowstone?

[bobbyllew]

What's wrong with Nuclear power? I love that, I love the fact that merely being over 50 makes me, by default, wise. I'm very pro-science and technology, I'm not an organic vegan who thinks we should live in a pre industrial fantasy. However, there are some major problems with nuclear power. They can go wrong, and when they do, they go really wrong. Now I agree the technology has improved, they are less likely to fail, and thank heavens for that, but the dangers are huge, and what about the waste

[BigglesPiP]

There has bee one fatal nuclear accident. And the oldest British reactors, which are still in use, and not nearly as efficient as a modern one, are immune to both causes of the Chernobyl disaster. You physically cannot cause a meltdown in ours without doing a good deal of damage to the facility 1st. The waste, takes bunches of 245,000 to become safe, it'll be done by the time the next dominant species rises to power, even if someone "cleans the test tube".

[nicholas9999]

biggles: meanwhile, I'd like something that won't enganger my grandkids.

[BigglesPiP]

This is the problem nicholas9999, geothermal might well be like biofuels. Works on a very small scale, but a complete lemon if we all use them.

[nicholas9999]

biggles: You could be right about that. In fact, naysayers could be right about a lot of things. But wouldn't it be most sensible to go ahead and try out all the safe, non-polluting methods before we get into clean coal, nuclear and other so-called answers??

[Oldenn]

Robert, Love ya, but one of teh biggest lies in American fiction is the "Three Mile Island disaster." People on teh street believe there was a leak, but teh fact is, no leak, no one hurt, there has never been a nuclear plant accident resulting lost radiation in UK or US. I suggest driving is much more dangerous than nuclear power, as more people die etc etc. If you have been, thanks for Reading.

[Oldenn]

OK, I'll practice typing "the" the the the. :-(

[jake8k2]

omg omg omg more red dwarf !!!!!!! best be maybe a series 9??

[Zimpaz]

Shaven head eh? is that for the kryten mask???

[GTAIVFan17]

MORE RED DWARF! YEAH!! :)

[goodagofilms]

Predictions for 2009.

more war, more hunger, less money, more bail outs of richmens intrest's, more erosion of freedoms, more civil unrest. Just may be a pandemic or two, just to give us something to worry about, and kill a of the few surplus population off.

[squalloogal]

Well thats very grimm. Will no-one fall in love. No-one grow in spirit beyond expectations.I think the best and the worst of the world can be found in the human existance. If there is war someone will find comfort and peace. If there is disease someone will become whole and well.Take this line from a cartoon " yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mistery, today is a gift... that's why they call it the present." hoping you feel better.

[123IRONHIDE]

theres word that these will only be shown on the digital chanel DAVE

[123IRONHIDE]

(RED DEARF THAT IS)

[squalloogal]

Red Dwarf will find a way. I can't see them not cashing in on a Rd revival by not putting out a dvd special. Can you? seriously? When all said and done our TV shows run on money, are made for money and are continued for money. There are very few shows that aren't driven by money and these are shown as charity to make the viewing public like them more. Money = Rd on Dvd. About time as well.

[TakeyMcTaker]

Nice mix of predictions. About the swearing: I have a sister in law who listens to hardcore "gangsta" rap, and she has memorized the radio edits. In place of the cursing parts, she cuts the volume out while still mouthing the words, or simulates that record scratching sound, or in general copies whatever trick the radio editors used. I find it almost more amusing than actual swearing, so it might be worth a try, to see how your YouTube watchers react (with your fancy graphs you showed before).

[xXxLadyLushxXx]

happy new year rob..:)

[MGSGeneral]

Cars on batteries... It's a thing I occasionally thought about for years, but I would always come to my senses and call it 'never will work science-fiction'...

It's interesting to know about the patents. However, I'm still looking out to more videos of yours, but right now I'll google LiFePO4 first.

Happy New Year to you and your family!

[squalloogal]

O.K my predictions.1 Mr Llew will say he "is not going to talk about that" ALOT and will actually be forced by his own built up pressure to "talk about that". 2 Red Dwarf will be so funny I will wet my pants, but some RD devotees will bag it as (not being as good as series 5) and will take several years to get over themselves. 3 Mr llews comments will frustrate me but make me think, and my responses will be smiled at politely. 4 I will make typing errors.5 I will still watch.TFReading

[Mickice]

The main feature of DVD over VHS/BETA was subtitles.

[m001900]

i bet hes given up... i bet ill start again pretty soon hahahah

[pilotdave69]

Did you deliberately wear a shirt that makes you look like Dr No?! :-P

Happy New Year, and keep on with the occasional swearing!

[bilstonjay]

PS Red Dwarf is great but why did the BBC drop it and let Dave pick it up. Are the BBC fucking crazy? I'm trying to write a sitcom and was thinking of sending it to the BBC, maybe I'll try Dave instead - But I'm not sure Dave make original programming. Maybe I should make it myself?

[bilstonjay]

I've got a personal message for you - You seem OK for a guy on TV, you're like a man down the pub, just a nice guy *I dont wanna get sycophantic*. Most "famous" people seem like wankers in my experience. Fuck all the people who leave messages of hate. They clearly have too much time on their hands because it's hard work to hate so much - you need to sit on the net watching videos and leaving bad comments. Best guess - teenage virgin males with foreskins yet to get stroked backwards. Fuck them.

[no1getzs0da]

I don't know why my last comment never appeared. Or maybe I just can't read it. But anyway, what I was trying to say is that I got your book for Christmas--very exciting. Have a happy New Year, Bob.

Let's see if this comment posts or not...

[CraigRichardStanley]

I predict that your predictions will be correct

[winxger]

is not getting on Topgear such a problem? i thought it would more than a relief i mean to be stuck in the same area with that that bloody idiot clarkson telling 99% of the male population that the best buys are cars that we cannot afford anyway in such an arrogant manner. I would rate him the most popular face to pin to a dartboard. love your videos.

[Kelmanski]

... Don't stop swearing... It's not a bad thing.

[truthseekers666]

Thanks for keeping me thoroughly entertained during 2008 with youtube vids, I watch them all religiously and love the rants, finger up from me on that one ;-) Go get them Top Gear tards, they want petrol injected in their anuses for only then will they be happy.

[julzabro]

U found work in America? Do tell, I need a job!

[iggy35]

Finally the battery powered car,..what ever happened to the flying car that back to the future promised us??

[n14e5o15]

It's making a trip from London to Tombouctou (as a prototype) on 14th January, actually.

[AstroChan88]

I love your rants, and I don't mind the swearing so much even if normally I'm rather prudish, but then again... Freedom of speech anyone? Isn't that what new media is about? Anywhoo, Can't wait to see what you'll be up to this year and those RD episodes ^_^.

[professormoog]

Happy nude year!

I hope you're right about BlueRay I don't want to buy ALL my movies AGAIN! I only just finished replacing my Video tapes with DVDs!

Where did you find info on Battery patents? it'd be interesting to see what else is "up for grabs"

[Banshun]

I predict Kryten will get his own series. or at least get a regular part in Eastenders.

[EBursey]

Really?

I heard Corrie

:)

[Desifier123]

i need to stop swearing as well.

I have always been a swearer but my current job has made me a huge foul mouth. My wife is starting to break my balls about it.

[MRMIdAS2k]

W00T Bobby!

I take it the saved head is ti fit under the kryten mask, if so PLEASE do a llewtube in said mask because I'm so looking forward to the new episodes!

Aside from that, a battery that goes 200 miles on 5 mins is astounding, and we all need one now!

have a happy new year, to you and your family!

I'll keep watching as long as you keep posting!

[Oldenn]

Love you Bobby, but with the continuing increase in numbers of scientists publicly debunking the global warming myth and the recent, albeit quet, exposure of Al Gore's con game of selling "global warming credits" (better than a ponzi scheme really) combined with the cold winter, Americans are forgetting about the recent "global warming" nonsense. Hopefully we will turn to green technologies such as nuclear power plants and so on anyway.

[reffykins]

*slams head on desk* If it looks too good to be true, and smells too good to be true then maybe it is too good to be true!

I don't see any point trying to use facts, figures, or evidence to sway someone with such an obvious initial bias.

[JamJells]

Great vid. How surprising I agree 99% of what you predict. Blue Ray will thrive, but with an upgrade and different use. Shocking that batteries could have been better. Energy as a rule should become a public resource and owned by the people and not controlled under private or corp concerns. I also agree to expand my vocabulary and use less expletives in order to upgrade my expression and feelings about what I really mean to say yes or no to.

[BobbyRice2]

MORE Red Dwarf!

'Applaud!'

[slaggey]

Thanks for the new vid! Always glad to see them. The mental shift toward energy conservation and alternate sources in the U.S. is noticeable. It's encouraging (just took a kick in the rear to get us thinking). Don't swear less! The car pool project sounds like a fantastic idea. Happy New Year! Looking forward to many more rants in '09

[Hankonater]

Happy New Year Mr. LLewellyn (lol hope I spelled that right). We've still got 6:30hrs left here in Utah til Midnight. Just wishing you and your family the best.

[spotofbother]

Hope you have a great New Year Robert! Thanks for all your videos. I'm always entertained and educated by them and look forward to all your new projects in the coming year.

[steelpawn]

more RD nice

[SimplyPaul]

And while I think about it, your screen saver shows class :)

[SPAG22]

Why no bad predictions? All this is good stuff. :( Thanks for explaining though why Obama being elected won't change the world :)

[SimplyPaul]

Always enjoyable videos. Thanks for sharring Mr Llew. May 2009 bring you only good things and fun times :)

[queenb67]

RE: Blu-Ray...I'm married to a technophile and he's all "meh" about it. If he hasn't bought it, it's not all that.

[bromley001]

Oh, for the Dwarfiness.

Happy New Year, Bob.

[TakaraKing]

More Red Dwarf !

[fuzzymonsters]

All about the Red Dwarf!

[themuffin]

Nuke is the future; clean, cheap and efficient.

I herby pledge to join you in cutting down on unnecessary swearing.

Frank Skinner took all of the swearing out of one of his recent 'comedy' tours to see if it would still work and is doing an episode of panorama about it in febuary.

[spaceman300]

Red Dwarf-----Cool

[hathome]

GROUND AND AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS!!!

[CanadianNinjaMonkey]

Have a safe and happy new year :o)

Party like it's 1999!

[longjohnallcox]

Good post Rob..... Happy New year to you and all :-)

[HurricaneHawk]

I think that Blu-Ray might catch on, but only when the cost of the equipment and the discs go down in price. That's always the first hurdle for new technologies. Wait a few years and Blu-Ray will be on par with DVD's. And Happy New Year to you too (in 9 hours and 31 minutes).

[RenaissanceMan929]

On Barrack Obama, I suspect you may be right. I am a big fan, but I do realize that there is only so much he can do. Ultimately congress, which is HEAVILY controlled/influenced by corporate dollars, has more to do with what goes on here. People who think President Obama will wave some magic wand and make everything rosey will be very disappointed indeed. As for Blu-Ray, you MAY be right again. People watching their money will be unlikely to want to spend an extra $10/DVD plus new equipment costs

[nicholas9999]

ren: you are right. plus, there's also the power of the governors to worry about.

[EVPworld]

You da man

[Arthur40TwoDent]

Marvin

[Antelope6]

And a Happy New Year to you!

[1ukia]

Silly twitter addicts.. who needs to know you're on the toilet!?

[JackTraven2525]

I don't know if you've heard Rob, but videos that have swearing in will be be algorithmically demoted by youtube, whatever that means.

[djames216]

Rob covers it in one of his videos entitled "Censorship on You Tube".

[JackTraven2525]

is your name Rob?

[nicholas9999]

jack: is your name dumbass?? people routinely intervene in others' conversations here on youtube. wake up. thanks.

[JackTraven2525]

Don't be an asswipe. asswipe. If I wanted a conversation with you I'd ask.

[nicholas9999]

jack: wake up, nitwit - you're already IN a conversation with me, lol!! Jeez!

[eminemsta2000]

=[ id love to see you on top gear

you & clarkson would make wonderful tv :)

[fleetwoodsucks]

twenty oh nineeee

very american at the end.

[rookie4619]

looking forward to you in 2009, :)

[Whouk]

Suspect you're wrong about Blu-ray. It's defeated HD-DVD which was it's main challenge. Sales of Blu-ray capable equipment will continue and the market for the discs (which I for one can't play) will get bigger.

[GuanoLad]

I predicted the same for Blu-Ray as you have, Robert, but I was wrong. And here's why:

When America made the big push for its audiences to change to widescreen digital TV, instead of doing what we in AU and the UK did, which was have an intermediate stage of Standard Def Digital TV, the US pushed HD, Digital TV, and Blu-Ray concurrently.

And that's why Blu-Ray will continue to sell (until downloads become feasible, though the anti-torrent faction makes me doubt even that).

[Thastidyinnih]

Happy New Year to you too!

And all your subbers reading this, have a great one everybody:D

[3vopro]

Glad to hear you're coming back to the U.S. in '09... even if you're wrong about Blu-ray.

[reigninspain]

Have a great new year-give Global Warming some serious research-it's all bullshit,sure the environment is a mess and needs attention (i have worked in re-cycling for 20 years) but global warming is a massive hoax.

[nicholas9999]

reign: human capacity to screw things up is limitless. you're an idiot. in fact, people like you believe there are no limits to ocean and air to support the bad behavior of humans. please read something worthwhile, get a life, wake up. thanks.

[reigninspain]

So 20 years research and practical experience makes me an idiot?.go fuck your self you narrow minded cunt.

[nicholas9999]

reign: Wonder how many years of research is represented in all those climate scientists who are saying we've got a problem with your carbon emissions? 20,000?? All peer-reviewed! 20 years isn't much by comparison. If you've done any serious research, you should know that we've actually demonstrated what our emissions are doing to the air - it ain't pretty.

[doctorwhoone]

Happy New Year 2009 Robert , not Happy New Year Twenty Oh Nine , it sounds daft .

Cheers , Jason [ Doctor Who One ]

[espermatazoide]

YOU WIN AT LIFE!

[EBursey]

Have a great new years Bob. I spent Boxing Day traipsing round the city of Florence(beaut of a city but bloody cold) and had cause to look at caricatures being done by some artist flogging them to the tourists. All sorts of pictures of Pitt, Clooney, Cruise all the Hollywood A-List youd expect, but right in the middle of LAs finest who do I see but your mate Danny John-Jules.The artist said that his pictures of you Dwarfers were very popular and were his highest sellers.

Weird but true

:)

[bloodravenuk]

In response to your comments on the UK slang for cigarettes, you reminded me of an incident that happened to a mate.

A friend of mine was in JFK airport. He wanted a cigerette. He went to some police officers and asked 'Im gasping for a fag, is there a quiet corner where I can have one?'

It took thre of his mates to persuade them he wasnt soliciting for gay sex :S.

[M4pster]

Awesome. Always good to hear Red Dwarf is still bringing out news after all these years.

[bloodravenuk]

Ive enjoyed your videos since subscribing x months ago and look forward to more in 2009.

The power companies will only fully back renewable energy sources when the fossil fuels or within years of running out. Money talks the loadest in the this world.

I look forward to the new Red Dwarf hope you and the rest of the cast and crew have fun making them.

Happy new year to you and the family.

Jo x

[bobbywotsit]

bring on battery cars, i was also aware of the larger corperations buying up clean and cheap ideas for powering cars but was unaware that their patents would run out. good news!

tell us more about dwarf predictions!!!

[Answersinbooks]

Not that I am a conspiracy nut but I would hate to think that you may tone down your videos to avoid youtube's demotion scheme rather than to be more inclusive. Have a happy 20-o-9

[daveyboyz]

I agree - Obama has big ideas, but is up against some single minded people