While everyone was horrified by Lac-Megantic, the people behind this rally want to throw away the baby with the bathwater. When you hear people say that “Tar sands need to stay in the ground: there is no safe way to transport them” you know you are dealing with Luddites who won’t be satisfied by any new safety procedures. Rather than mindlessly complain, we should be supporting safety efforts by the USDOT’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). New, safer DOT-117 tank cars and operating regulations should improve the situation. Unfortunately, the “back to the stone age” people want to take advantage of tragedy to push an agenda.