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Old 27-03-2011, 12:40 PM
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Venus is a scientifically poor example of the greenhouse effect on Earth as its atmosphere is 90% CO2 whereas Earth's atmosphere contains only 0.04%.
There are no perfect insulating systems and heat escapes from the Venusian atmosphere just as it does Earth's - only more slowly . Also even Venus has a nightside which accelerates heat dispersion.
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