Cheap hydroxymethylfurfural!

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Hydroxymethylfurfural or HMF for short, is one of the main chemical building blocks of plastic. Up until now the only economic source of HMF has been crude oil, but that's just changed. Scientists have finally figured out how to make HMF from Sugar. They've been working on the problem for ages, but they've finally come up with a method that looks promising.

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[messiahdivine.livejournal.com]

Do you remember that scene from Sabrina where Humphrey Bogart was creating plastic out of sugar? :D

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Uh. No. If this 'Sabrina' was a recent movie, I didn't see it. If it was the animated series from way back, I don't remember that episode.

[messiahdivine.livejournal.com]

Hahah no.. sorry. Heh - I'm an old movie buff and I forget not everyone is! Sabrina (1954) starring Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. He is the ceo of a big company - talks about the discovery of making plastic out of sugar. Actually has a big piece of it and has all his secretaries (5-6 of them) jump up and down on a suspended piece. It was quite amusing. :D