The issue is that if Germany is building pipelines and importing cheap Russian gas any other country would be at disavantage if it were to build a more expensiv

The issue is that if Germany is building pipelines and importing cheap Russian gas any other country would be at disavantage if it were to build a more expensive alternative. It would not be competitive. It is like some small country would tell the U.S that it's not wise to offshore electronics manufacturing to China. The small country would not be competive if it were to manufacture at home or in the U.S. Tomorrow China starts a war with the US and you could say that the small country is just using the U.S as a scapegoat because it didn't build an alternative in the U.S.