Hi Roger Tilbury, Worthing,

Yep, got me. Factor of 2 isn't it? I was thinking entire lifespan for some reason.

Scott, Durham, NC, USA

To Patrick, Oxford and Bill, Frome.

Careful guys your prejudice against females and men who use hairspray is showing. Perhaps you are jealous that they have hair to spray!

To Dom, Fitzgerald

Careful you envy and prejudice to the USA is showing.

Have a nice day :-)

evienita, Charlotte, usa

Hi Scott, Durham,NC: Yes, you would have thought that if these scientists were brainy enough to get a probe to Venus and get some info' back to analyse that they would have been aware enough to realise that Venus is a bit closer to the Sun than the Earth and factored that into their calculations really wouldn't you. Mind you, after that episode of all of us believing the "experts" when they said that Iraq had WOMD I think you might just have a good point.

Cirep G Nol, London,

Well said Scott. Except it's 5.5 billion years for the red giant stage I believe. Still, not to worry though.

As you say Venus is far too near the sun to ever have been remotely earth-like. The 'runaway global warming' was caused entirely by the sun which is also the cause of any 'global warming' here.

Roger Tilbury, Worthing,

Typical yank thinking !

Dom Fitzgerald, Bordeaux,

Yeah right - it was humans who did it, then we escaped to earth. Why are we wasting EU money on these 'scientists'.
I forgot - it's what the EU is good at.
Scott - fully agree with you.

Prav, London,

Must have been all that hairspray

Bill, Frome, UK

Women are from Venus aren't they? Does this mean they've brought their golbal warming habits here too?? Finally here's some scientific evidence that lets us men off the hook for climate change.

Patrick, Oxford, England

Give it a break. Venus is a bit closer to the Sun so I don't think the analogy is apt. When the sun eventually turns into a Red Giant, in 11 billion years, then perhaps the Earth will experience a bit of catastrophic "runaway" global warming.

Unill then, I'm not worrying.

Scott, Durham, NC, USA