From: "Geo" 

"Adam"  wrote in message
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> Venus has a homongenized atmosphere. It is also not somewhere I'd like
> to live.

Compared to what it would be like without the greenhouse effect? I mean if
this is your example then why would Jupiter have 600mph winds?

> Heat is heat. Too little & everything is solid. Too much & stuff becomes
> liquid & then gaseous. All of this is not good for creatures such as you
> & I. We like little bear's porridge.

The fossil record says life, especially plant life flourishes during the
warmer periods.

> In terms of pure temp differentials, assuming we still have frozen poles
> then we will still have differentials.

Frozen poles don't matter, what matters is the temperature differential
seen at any 1 particular point during a time period.

Geo.

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