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The end of fossil fuels will certainly reduce crop yields and radically alter the whole business of farming and food distribution.
In any event the solution to the massive energetic cost of the H-B process is to grow more beans and less grain.
The "Haber Bosch" reference is an estimate by others who know far more than me about these things, of the importance of artificial fertilisers in human nutrition. The summary is that, globally, they increase food production by 33% over what can be achieved without them.
At a rough estimate, one third of your body weight is attributable to the Haber-Bosch process.