[jmcenanly]

Consider our Moon, which is basically an inert ball of rock, with no greenhouse gasses in an orbit around the Sun about the same as our own. On the side of the moon that the Sun is shining on, the temperature reaches 260⁰ Fahrenheit. On the dark side of the Moon, it gets very cold, -280⁰ Fahrenheit. This gives an average temperature of about -10⁰ Fahrenheit, rather than the global average of 59⁰ Fahrenheit. Greenhouse gasses are what keep our planet habitable.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

There is no dark side of the moon, really. As a matter of fact, it’s all dark.