A report out this week from research firm Navigant is entitled Gas for Climate, which we thought was something of an oxymoron. The report claims to honestly weigh two scenarios, what it calls “minimal gas” and “optimized gas” in the European Union and says they can both take us to net-zero emissions for electrical energy systems by 2050. Both scenarios assume an increase in wind, solar and some hydropower, but the two differ when it comes to how gas is used. It is worth pointing out that Navigant was previously run by Jeffrey Eisenach, right up until 2014 and he is known for conservative positions on technologies. He later through NERA, where he still works, consulted for Verizon, at the…