My perpetual motion bicycle wheel is still spinning after 30 years. Schwinn bicycle company bought out the patent and buried it. They would hate for their pedal manufacturing department to go the way of buggy whips.
You’re lucky. Some guy back in the 70s invented a way to make cheap gasoline.
Naturally, Big Oil had him wacked by some mafia guys.
At least the chain makers can breathe a little easier with the IKEA belt recall.
I remember that.
It was called the “Paramount Project”.