The Americans were interested in the project too, according to the article. They just didn't want to fund it. Remember that in the 50s-60s when Borisov was pro

The Americans were interested in the project too, according to the article. They just didn't want to fund it. Remember that in the 50s-60s when Borisov was promoting this scheme, the consensus of scientists was that the big threat from climate change was global cooling and that the world was endangered by a new ice age. Climatologists were writing to the US President, telling him to prepare agriculture and industry for permanently colder conditions. Back then climatology did not have the same mindshare as today, but nobody would have objected to it on climatological grounds and if anything they would have supported it.