Can you guess what this is? We'll be making a major announcement in an hour relating to this image energy.gov http://t.co/VC9WuCUQ
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Energy Department (@ENERGY) January 09, 2013
The suspense is killing us.
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Update:
Here are some of your guesses so far:
We're from the government and we're here to help. RT @TwitchyTeam: Oh boy: US Energy Dept. teases 'major announcement' bit.ly/VSULxt—
Ben Howe (@BenHowe) January 09, 2013
@TwitchyTeam carbon tax?—
Chris Farris (@SH60B) January 09, 2013
@TwitchyTeam They pulled those out of their collective A$$E$ & now will use some common sense in creating policies. #pipedream—
Paul in Odell (@pstanos) January 09, 2013
@BenHowe @twitchyteam are those rain sticks?? Lmao—
Swamp Saver (@JeffTrulick) January 09, 2013
I spy new taxes. “@TwitchyTeam: Oh boy: US Energy Dept. teases 'major announcement' bit.ly/VSULxt”—
JohnG (@JohnG405) January 09, 2013
We’ll know soon enough. Meanwhile, a possible clue:
@ENERGY I think it's Extruded High Purity Europium(Eu) Metal. Do I win a prize?—
Jeryl Bier (@SpeakWithAuthor) January 09, 2013
More on that here. (via Jeryl Bier)
Update:
Ding ding ding! Jeryl is our winner!
Did you guess right? The image is of europium, which is used in #energy-efficient lights. Read about our research news: go.usa.gov/43jY—
Energy Department (@ENERGY) January 09, 2013
We were really hoping for rain sticks.