Short story is that the well-known sulfuric acid clouds are produced by plentiful CO2 combining in the atmosphere with trace SO2 and H2O gases. The high temper

Short story is that the well-known sulfuric acid clouds are produced by plentiful CO2 combining in the atmosphere with trace SO2 and H2O gases. The high temperatures prevent the CO2 and SO2 from being captured into minerals, as they are on Earth. More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Venus#Clouds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Venus#Clouds