"We need to develop new process technologies, and HMF is a building block that can replace products like PET, a plastic used for soda bottles," he notes.
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消费者购买的所谓便利不过是聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(PET)——工业史上极为重要的发明之一。
When people bought this convenience, what they were really buying was Polyethylene Terephthalate, or PET, the single most important innovation in the industry's history.