Terrawatch: is this how plate tectonics gets started?

Planetary scientists studying images of Venus noticed remarkable similarities between lava plains on Venus and areas on Earth where tectonic plates interact

For those who don't like New Year, be grateful that you live on Earth and not Venus. Although the days are long on Venus (equivalent to 116.75 Earth days), the years are short, and come around every 1.92 Venus days. With a surface that seized up hundreds of millions of years ago, temperatures of more than 460C, and clouds of sulphuric acid, this isn't a friendly planet.