08-10-2014, 10:06 AM
(08-10-2014, 05:23 AM)iancampbell Wrote: Yes, of course there would be a strong greenhouse effect at sea level. As a more severe version of this, it is thought that the conditions at an altitude of about 40km in Venus's atmosphere are relatively benign. (As far as temperature and pressure are concerned, anyway.)
That is an excellent point. Venus does have Earthlike conditions (pressure, temperature) at higher altitude. I wonder how you'd move them to ground level. You'd end up with the problems of the big solar-thermal mass of the ground and ocean right under your feet but...
If you can get those Earth-like conditions someplace on Venus, then you can probably get it elsewhere.
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
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"Everbody's always in favor of saving Hitler's brain, but when you put it in the body of a great white shark, oh, suddenly you've gone too far." -- Professor Farnsworth, Futurama