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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We’re still pumping oil out of the ground, and we’re still making gas and fuel oil from it. The material that plastics made from is the waste, and we’re still making lots of that too (more than we can use).