As demand for copper surges due to its use in electronics and renewable energy, there's a growing realization in mainstream media of potential future shortages.
TL;DR the world is running out of easily extracted copper at an alarming rate
I have heard of other bowyers using blackthorn. I would be really interested to see how it all turns out.
CC is just a scam
Bright Young Things™️ come up with an idea for CC. Venture capitalists and governments throw money at them. They mess around for a bit and say "Sorry it doesn't work at scale" and bugger off with the money.
Venture capitalists don't care about losing the money. It's greenwashing for them. Governments don't care either as they can say "We can burn all the carbon we like as in the future CC will suck all the CO2 out of the atmosphere".
rinse and repeat, always repeat.