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Strange evolution how people have come to believe
That we are it's greatest achievement
We're barely, we're just a collection of cells
Overrating themselves
Posted by: an REG Omega
Basically, the conditions on the surface of a glassed planet would be like the surface of Venus on a bad day. The ground temperature would be several hundred degrees celsius, with the crust partially molten. The atmosphere would be a greenhouse oven, meaning it would stay that way indefinitely. Finally, there would be increased seismic and volcanic activity, and the atmosphere would be mainly composed of a very flammable, very toxic, and very corrosive gas: oxygen.
I agree that it would produce a Venus-like environment, but some of your conclusions (or those added by others are incorrect). There is evidence that early in its creation, Venus cold have been very Eart-like prior to the run-away greenhouse effect.
1. If the water on the planet was seperated to Hydrogen and Oxygen, the Hydrogen only would form H2. O2 is formed through photosynthesis (on Earth). Since there would be no more plant life remaining, that would nix the O2. Oxygen is a very reactive and combines with other gases and elements such as iron, that would deplete much of the free oxygen in the atmosphere.
2. There is no evidence to support increased seismic and volcanic activity. If the planet was "glassed", Im assuming it would initially be hot enough to fuse any boundaries between tectonic plates, and only after eons would these plates break back apart. Volcanic activity can't be ruled out.
3. You are going under the assumption that every glasses planet is Earth-like. Each planet that we currently know of have very different atmospheric make-ups. Even in the books, the grunts homeworld is methane based.
Basically, we can only speculate on Earth-like planets.