C.J. Campbell C.J. Campbell argues in the following viewpoint that reserves of easily extracted oil are declining. He estimates that by 2003, half of the world’s finite supply of conventional oil will have been extracted, and claims that discoveries of new deposits have been waning since the 1960s. Unfortunately, Campbell maintains that the transition to alternative energy sources and to unconventional oil reserves—which are difficult and costly to extract—will engender grave economic and political consequences. C.J. Campbell has spent a career in the oil exploration business and has written the book, The Coming of the Oil Crisis.

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1. According to Campbell, how many barrels of oil are found for every barrel used"
2. Where does oil come from, according to the author"
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