fossil: a person or thing that is outdated or resistant to change.
Renewables are a great long term strategy, but there isn't enough capacity to take over fossil fuels anytime soon. If we don't offer Europe an alternative they will go to places we don't want them going to replace their Russian energy, Germany is already in talks with Qatar.
Pipelines and LNG take time, but at least Qatar won't be getting a decades long sweet deal to replace Russian NG. The electrification of cars means demand for electricity and by extension NG will be going up significantly both domestically and internationally. Pipelines are the most efficient way to reduce dependence in NG from our adversaries.