Energy is not the issue.

[Fyrce]

I understand there are things u can do to pass the time (like spend 50 plats for an extra character) lol. My point is why should we have to do things like that to play. Why not be able to play as much as we want? What is the benefit of having an energy mechanism? I can clearly see the disadvantages but can't see any advantages at all.

A player CAN play as much as he or she wants -- that's called MONEY.

Or the player can be smart and figure out a game strategy and maybe have missions counting down when they eat, sleep, work or interact with their pet rat (for those 2 or 3 players that are not in the game world 24/7) or use multiple accounts to play for free without all the energy restrictions (all the players who live in game and do not eat or sleep can do this part).