Are you implying that LNG carriers are even remotely comparable in terms of economy and bandwidth to a pipeline from one's neighbor?

> The plan is to buy the gas from somewhere else than Russia

It's not really a "plan", it's just a desire. A "plan" involves thought through supply chain, logistics, economics and so on.

This "plan" also implies stopping the gas flow through Ukraine, which is a politically complicated situation.

> so far we're doing far better than the original predictions.

Specifically?

> Doesn't mean there won't be problems, but it's certainly not as terrible as expected.

But nothing has even started yet. There hasn't really even been a real deficit yet. And still some companies already had to shut down production, just cuz it was no longer sustainable.