[SampleMan]

Color me skeptical, but it sounds like someone is trying to explain away the lack of effect, while keeping the cause in play.

1. If global warming isn't stopped the ice caps will melt.
2. We must stop global warming.
3. The global warming we “know” exists isn't doing what we predicted, therefore, special rules apply that allow the ice to not melt despite the horrible global warming.

Consensus:
1. Global warming must be stopped.

[rarestia]

It sounds like someone is trying to explain away the lack of effect, while keeping the cause in play.

Well put!

The first thought through my mind was, "Wow, there must be a LOT of people out there invested in this fraud. To admit they were wrong would be massive financial casualties to those who are leveraged in it."