So a solar storm of Carrington magnitude strikes and the Noerthern hemisphere largely loses its electricity grids for months, if not years.
How ya gunna buy bread, breh?
2013 Lloyds report on the risk to N.America's electrical grid from a Carrington type solar event.
https://www.lloyds.com/news-and-risk-insight/risk-reports/library/natural-environment/solar-storm
When, not if….