I would suspect that, in all actuality, the restriction is meant to be exceptionally long-term preventative, so that people a couple of millennia hence don't look at historical records, and wonder at which point Saturn lost its rings...
Yes, there is an awful lot there, but on the gripping hand, it's so easily accessible (no real gravity well to contend with) that it would get used before literally any other source in the system.
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor
Yes, there is an awful lot there, but on the gripping hand, it's so easily accessible (no real gravity well to contend with) that it would get used before literally any other source in the system.
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor