Now this is big brain time
Overview
This is a two-panel vertical meme comparing two different locations for installing solar panels. The top panel displays a vast green agricultural field with a large solar farm constructed across a significant portion of the field, overlaid with the text 'Don't cover our fields.' referencing common public pushback against solar farms taking up space that could be used for growing crops. The bottom panel shows a commercial parking lot where solar panels are installed as elevated canopies over the parking spaces, covering parked cars and providing shade while generating electricity, with the overlaid text 'Cover our car parks.' presenting this as a far more sensible alternative that does not waste productive farmland. The meme celebrates this logical, practical solution to competing priorities around renewable energy rollout and agricultural land preservation.
Origin notes
This meme was originally posted to the social media platform 9Gag under the title 'Now this is big brain time'. It participates in online discussions about sustainable energy infrastructure, highlighting a common sense compromise to address criticisms that solar power generation uses up valuable agricultural land by proposing solar panel installations on already paved, low-utility spaces like parking lots instead.