You won't find a bleaker view of the future in a report by an investment fund than the one outlined in "Investment Implications of an Abrupt Climate Change," from the Canadian firm Sprott Asset Management. War, famine, flood and, worst of all, hyperinflation, are on the way.

And while "It is undoubtedly callous to discuss the investment opportunities that an abrupt climate change will spawn, considering the unspeakable horrors that life on our planet is facing," prudence still requires that investors prepare. According to Sprott, that means putting your money on uranium (because nuclear power is the only feasible answer to our energy needs in a carbon-constrained future), gold (because the world's currencies are going to lose their grip as governments start spending like crazy to mitigate the impact of climate change) and coal (particularly technologies for reducing emissions generated by the use of coal).

The tip to read the 56-page report, which mostly rehashes information that anyone who follows climate change news already knows, came from Treehugger, a blog with a prodigious capacity for posting environment-related news. We love Treehugger at How the World Works, especially for all the cool photos of environmentally friendly products. But a study like Sprott's could use some context.

From press coverage included at Sprott's own Web site, one learns that Eric Sprott is a notorious investment horseman of the apocalypse. Doom and gloom are his calling cards. Not only has he been beating the climate change bandwagon, but he also is a peak oil fan. And he and his principal employees seem to lean a little toward the conspiracy side. Two other reports touted on the company Web site argue that there has been sustained interference in the U.S. stock market by the United States government and that gold prices have also been manipulated from behind the scenes for decades.