>Kunstler is not in a position to speak intelligently about alternative energy options. The best he can do is report other people's opinions.

Kunstler also believe that the Y2K probably would cause a huge collapse as technology all over the US would fail plunging us into darkness. His creditablity is virtually non-existant at this point.

>The best argument that civilization can survive peak oil comes from Cuba, in my opinion.

Bad example. Cuba imports a massive amount of food from the US and its economy is dependant on toursism.

His creditablity is virtually non-existant at this point.

Clearly, that's not true. Otherwise he would not get invited to speak at conferences or in documentaries and he would sell only fiction. Also, people like oregon7 wouldn't be saying nice things about him. Maybe you meant to say that you, personally, don't accept anything he says, simply because he was predicting catastrophe over Y2K. Who knows, his prediction may have worked out, to some extent, if nothing had been done about it. Something was done about it, so some people now say that it is an example of a non-event and proves peak oil will be also.