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 that wont be scarce for centuries but the way we obtain oil would change. And plastic although is a product in the refining process of oil, the sheer amout of oil that is refined is magnanimous for plastic to face shortage.