Patrick J. Michaels
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Patrick J. Michaels (±1942- ), also known as Pat Michaels, is a "global warming skeptic" who argues that global warming models are fatally flawed and, in any event, we should take no action because new technologies will soon replace those that emit greenhouse gases.
Michaels, who has completed a Ph.D. in Ecological Climatology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1979) is Editor of the World Climate Report. He is also associated with two think tanks: a Visiting Scientist with the George C. Marshall Institute and a Senior Fellow in Environmental Studies with the
Cato Institute.
Michaels was previously a Professor of Environmental Science at the University of Virgina.
While Michaels referred to himself as the State Climatologist for Virginia, in August 2006 the Governor clarified that the appointment was one by the University for its accredited climatology office but not an appointment by the state administration. [1] When Michaels left the university in September 2007, UVa professor James N. Galloway explained that Michaels'
"utility industry funding, private research and controversial views on global warming made him a lightning rod on climate change issues," and "left the [climatologist's] office too politicized." [2]
Writing in Harpers Magazine in 1995, author Ross Gelbspan noted that "Michaels has received more than $115,000 over the last four years from coal and energy interests. World Climate Review, a quarterly he founded that routinely debunks climate concerns, was funded by Western Fuels."[3]
Once AGAIN, the blither of the right wink kooks is exposed for what it is.
A heaping pile of dog shit
washed down with generous helpings of right wing urine based kool aid.
The only question is, which is worse;
The 3 or 4 Con Men frauds who make a living misrepresenting themselves and taking money from oil companies to produce this pig vomit, or the cross eyed mouth breathers who are stupid enough to buy into it.
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