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energy. --- ## What is the transition away from fossil fuels? With temperatures at land and sea breaking records, the prospect of [limiting global heating](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/05/still-a-chance-to-return-to-1-point-5c-climate-goal-researchers-say) to 1.5C above preindustrial levels looks increasingly remote
solar. Previous Aemo forecasts have suggested datacentre power demand could [triple in five years](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/03/datacentres-demand-huge-amounts-of-electricity-could-they-derail-australias-net-zero-ambitions), to exceed the energy used by electric vehicles by 2030. Grid demand grew in Victoria
transition to electric trucks, initially through Western Australian Iron Ore, which “will likely be our first operated asset to progressively roll-out electric haul trucks and excavators towards the end of the 2020s”. The plan
impacts, but they are now suffering through increasingly frequent price crises where meals are skipped, jobs are lost, and lights are turned off. This public dip in conditions and cost of living runs parallel
Australia, Mexico, and Nigeria. For countries not participating, "doors will be open for them to join" when they're ready, Durán says. "But this is not a space for us to fight about whether