The energy crisis continues to worsen as each day goes by. $XLE hit a new 52-week high recently and oil companies are profiting like never before. With that, there's the possibility that the US will let Iran and Venezuela add more oil to the world market by reducing sanctions.

Both Iran and Venezuela are allied with Russia, but they both desperately need an opportunity to make money by exporting oil to balance out their fiscal budgets. With that, I have a question for the Commonstock community: