In trying to figure out the relationship between human need for energy and natural disaster, there are many different conceptions of the relevant narrative. I searched the words “energy” and “natural disaster” to try to get an idea of the most prevalent narratives. Last week I found myself advocating the causal story as “the need for energy begets natural disaster” (in light of our need to construct energy creating structures that are then succeptible to natural cycles) or “the coincidence of human construction and natural geologic and meterologic cycles leads to human disaster”. This conception is not very similar to the popular narative. Here are the summarized theses of the top 7 google stories for this search:
Natural disaster endangers energy systems
Energy systems are not a luxury
Tsunamis are not related to climate change
Renewable energy may endanger the enviroment
i.e. japan
Japan endangers hopes for renewable energy
We need to research natural disaster for the sake of scientific understanding of climate change and and consider the implications for national security.