<human>: Winter sucks IMO.   Which is why I am counting down the days until March 13th when Daylight Savings Time finally resumes. 

Let me get this wrong.  For nearly 8 months of the year (Spring, Summer, Fall) it is beneficial for the country to artificially "shift time" in order to have less sunlight in the morning and more at night. (This is known as Daylight Savings Time.)

But from November to March (when daylight hours are much shorter), Daylight Savings Time ends and we are forced to shift an hour of daylight from the evening to the morning. (This is known as Standard Time.)

Now, if it is beneficial to have extra daylight in the evening during DST, why is it not beneficial to do so during the winter (on Standard Time) when it is desperately needed?!

In the past, I have heard explanations such as farmers requiring light in the morning or school children's need to wait for the bus in the daylight. But are these small anecdotal issues with relatively tiny populations of people a real cause for such an enormous inconvenience to the entire country!?  Also, can't farmers just get up and work whenever the they like anyway?

As far as I know, daylight in the evening saves money on energy as people spend less on heating/lighting when they are active and the sun is out. Our current system of shifting the time screws up everyone's schedule (twice a year), increases traffic accidents (due to sleep loss), decreases in productivity, makes people sad or even gives people SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).

Rant over.

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: The removal of Daylight Savings Time robs me of precious sunlight in the Winter. Let's  keep it going all year!