Noone is; this turn we're doing Water Walking remember?Chakra training exercise is a benefit all of itself, because it improves our ability to use chakra. Don't make a mistake of neglecting ninja-side for exalted side.
But if you're attesting neither is sufficient, the GCS is the logical next step.
We already know Tree Walking. We're learning Water Walking.In this particular case, do we want to spend XP on this charm, and later essence on using it, or do we spend XP on training the proposed chakra control exercise and later chakra on using it? Both have similar, but different benefits and costs.
If despite everything, those two aren't adequate? Then yes, we want Graceful Crane.
It's not like the slots we spend on chakra training are free; they come at the expense of other things.
We unlock chakra tiers by training chakra techniques, not just by practicing chakra control.
In-universe, there is no suggestion that you can get usable chakra without living people, who get chakra depleted.
Nature chakra is only available to a very small number of people, and even they can only handle so much.
Electricity =/=Lightning-nature chakra.
More generally? You are trying to science what is basically magic. That never works well.
The Narutoverse is not a rigorous simulation with hard rules whose consequences were thought out ahead of time; a lot of shit here is Rule of Cool.
Poking at it too hard ruins the illusion.