How can there be any oil left at this point? I cannot wrap my head around it — with all of the cars and airplanes, plus all of the plastic that’s also made from oil. How in the world isn’t it all gone by now?
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You are just underestimating how big the planet is. Supposedly, it takes about 1 cubic mile of oil per year to run the world. That is an area about the size of central park in Manhatten, that is less than a mile tall. Go look at google maps and type in central park. Then start zooming out, to see how small that is compared to the globe.
It is still a fuckload of oil, but the world is a fuckload bigger.
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