Indeed looks like may have never heard of the Carrington Event of 1859 in which a soloar flare occured that was so strong it shocked telegraph lines melt lines and started fires even after batteries were disconnected. Now consider how much wire could have possibly have been hung in 1859 compared to today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859
That is a very real threat that we are not nearly prepared for.
All of the billions of dollars being diverted in Global Climate Change schemes would be far better spent trying to come up with ways to protect our global communications systems from the very real and natural threat of massive solar flares.
A solar flare big enough to wipe out most of our satellite communications system will hit the Earth someday. It has happened before. It will happen again. It is not a question of if, just when.