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[[File:Michaels.jpg|frame|rightleft|alt=Patrick J. Michaels|Source: Cato Institute]]
'''Patrick J. Michaels''' (±1942- ), also known as Pat Michaels, is a largely oil-funded [[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. Patrick Michaels of the University of Virginia served as an Expert Reviewer to Working Group I of the Fourth Assessment Report of the [[IPCC]]<ref>"[http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/annexessannex-iii.html]"</ref>.