You're right, of course, and no "snark" is warranted.
An intense solar storm occurred in 1859 and severely upset the telegraph system (in its infancy) in this country. I would imagine that the early telegraph systems were rather rugged and beefy. Imagine what could happen in this era of computers and electronics. I believe that, should an event as severe as that of 1859 were to occur today, communications and electronics of all kinds might be interrupted worldwide. There are some local safeguard that can be taken such as a well grounded screen room or Faraday cage, but it would be impossible to protect everything. Should something like this happen recovery would probably take years, if ever. Imagine a world where your telephones doesn't work, your car won't start and there's no electricity.
It’s what the enviro-nuts dream of.
” Imagine a world where your telephones doesn’t work, your car won’t start and there’s no electricity. “
If you haven’t already given at least some thought to such a scenario, you probably haven’t been paying attention to political and economic trends lately...
Granted, a natural - even extraterrestial-natural - event could have the same effect....