If oil is a limited resource and plastic comes from oil,how are we not facing a plastic shortage?

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If oil is a limited resource and plastic comes from oil,how are we not facing a plastic shortage?

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Oil is a limited resource *as fuel*. But it’s not a limited resource as far as plastic is concerned. You can fill your kitchen with unnecessary plastic objects that you will use (or not) for years, on a barrel of oil. But that same barrel will only fill your gas tank once, and you’ll use it up in a week.