Whats the deal with all the darkness?

You know what honks me off now? Darkness. Tell me something. How come it has to get dark so early? I mean there is a sunset at 3:45 pm and its dark by 5 pm. I mean the nights are so long now and with the winter coming and the storms already hitting, what happens if you lose power at 4pm? Your in darkness. I'd rather lose power at 4pm and have it get dark at 8pm then lose power at 4pm and it being dark. You cant even do anything because it gets dark so early. You cant take a walk or rake leaves or mow the lawn or just sit outside unless its lit and even then you take your life in your hands sometimes. You dont know whos lurking at nightime (or much less daytime).

Not to mention turning on lamps and what not for light when it gets dark. You figure if you turn on lamps at 4:15 pm in the winter, theres a good chance you can turn them on 8pm in the summer. Thats almost a 4hr. difference. Do you know how much money we would save if it was lighter later? I mean isnt it cheaper to use the actual sun for light, instead of using lamps that produce light and cost a fortune to use. In this economy, I think we should be trying to save money not losing it. Why cant it get dark at a quarter to 7 at night in the winter? What would be the big deal? To me, I think sunlight is better than darkness. It would costs less accidents on the roads because people can see better in the daylight and not be blinded by the strong lights of the cars. Also, I think that the roads, sidestreets are not lit that well and therefore you cant see well. I live where there is a 4 way Stop and there have been accidents and close calls, I think because of no light. I think you can save money by not lighting your lamps as much if it was lighter out.

I just think its better to have light instead of darkness. You can argue that its lighter in the morning but people are usually sleeping that early in the morning. You really cant take advantage of the sunlight at 5:30am in the morning. Does anyone feel the sameway or am I just being paranoid?