Earth's population has more than quadrupled in the past century, and yet food scarcity is farther away than ever, and food prices are cheaper than ever. And somehow, we did that without GMO. So I'm not convinced that GMO is the only way to solve the modest 25-30% population bump we'll get over the next century.
(Before you flip out, I'm not saying GMO is a bad thing. I'm saying this is bad logic.)
edit: Selective breeding is not GMO. If your argument is "We've always done GMO", you're wrong. Would you be willing to ban CRISPR and similar tech and do it all the old-fashioned way? No? Then GMO is not selective breeding.
(Before you flip out, I'm not saying GMO is a bad thing. I'm saying this is bad logic.)
edit: Selective breeding is not GMO. If your argument is "We've always done GMO", you're wrong. Would you be willing to ban CRISPR and similar tech and do it all the old-fashioned way? No? Then GMO is not selective breeding.