Quoting from the article:
Earth Liberation Front, ... are claiming responsibility for a fire at a Pennsylvania auto dealership.
It appears the vehicles, destroyed at a dealership, were in fact not already sold.
However, as another poster points out, the toxic fumes from the ensuing inferno, was probably was a far greater damage to the environment then any of theose cars would have produced in their lifetimes.
Please do not misconstrue that I am defending these guys, I am not. But rather I am just correcting your statements accuracy regarding the incident.
After all, if we start basing our statements and actions on misinformation, well then we may as well be democrats.
Whoops, yeah, I missed that. Still and all, as you point out, they are cutting off their noses to spite their face.