# Venus:  An Earth gone bad?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venus-an-earth-gone-bad/485806>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 14, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venus-an-earth-gone-bad/485806 "2009-02-14T11:15:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venus-an-earth-gone-bad/485806/21 "2009-02-17T22:24:33Z")

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I suspect it’s the high content of sulfur in the atmosphere & upper crust, added to the depth of the atmosphere.

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