Daylight saving all year...

This web site has a lot of great information and some really hilarious anecdotes about daylight saving time. Note: daylight saving time is when it's lighter later, like in the summer. Daylight standard time is in the winter.

http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/

Example that I find funny: "When the clocks fall back one hour in October, all Amtrak trains in the U.S. that are running on time stop at 2:00 a.m. and wait one hour before resuming. Overnight passengers are often surprised to find their train at a dead stop and their travel time an hour longer than expected."

The web site explains the history of daylight saving (not daylight savings) and clarifies a lot of misconceptions. Daylight saving was originally Ben Franklin's idea but Londoner William Willett was the first person to really advocate for it. That was in 1907 with his pamphlet "Waste Of Daylight." The first time daylight saving was enacted on a wide-spread basis was during World War II in an effort to save energy and resources. Many people think that daylight saving goes back much further and the farmers need it for some reason (Personally, I thought this was because farmers liked getting up early and wanted the sun to be out).

The following two paragraphs from the web exhibits site seem to me to be enough reason to justify extending daylight saving time to the winter months.

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Following the 1973 oil embargo, the U.S. Congress extended Daylight Saving Time to 8 months, rather than the normal six months. During that time, the U.S. Department of Transportation found that observing Daylight Saving Time in March and April saved the equivalent in energy of 10,000 barrels of oil each day - a total of 600,000 barrels in each of those two years.

Likewise, in 1986, Daylight Saving Time moved from the last Sunday in April to the first Sunday in April. No change was made to the ending date of the last Sunday in October. Adding the entire month of April to Daylight Saving Time is estimated to save the U.S. about 300,000 barrels of oil each year.
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And in a good policy change by George W. Bush, we're getting closer to the goal! Also from the web site:

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On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act changed the time change dates for Daylight Saving Time in the U.S. Beginning in 2007, DST will begin on the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November. The Secretary of Energy will report the impact of this change to Congress. Congress retains the right to resume the 2005 Daylight Saving Time schedule once the Department of Energy study is complete.
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My hope is that the country will save a lot of energy and thus justify moving to daylight saving on a year-round basis. I just want it to be light when I get out of work.