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Well you're in luck! Venus has no magnetosphere to deflect the solar wind, only an induced ionopause. The solar wind is full of H+ ions, so I think that what you're trying to do is actually already happening to a degree (physics pun!). My guess is that the H+ recombines with solar wind electrons before it has enough interaction with the CO2 to tear it apart. You're really keen on that Venus colony, huh? Myself, I don't find the idea too feasible, but I hope I'm wrong.