Reflection on Livestock and Climate Change article

Livestock and Climate Change
This article(link above), touches on the subject of GHG(Greenhouse Gas) emissions produced by livestock farming, which is the farming of animals such as poultry, cattle and pigs for consumption purposes. The article states that the livestock and feed farming accounts for 18% of total global GHG emissions and is also an industry that is destroying rain forests, which are major carbon sinks carrying up to 200 tons of carbon per hectare, compared to a degraded grassland used to feed cattle, which only carries 8 tons.
I feel that this article touches on a very good point that we overlook, that is how these livestock farming practices are destroying the environment and have a similar if not greater impact than that of fossil fuel use. The article states that aside from destroying the rain forests and all the ecosystems within it, the respiration of the livestock also accounts for global carbon emissions as there are much more animals now than there were in the past due to livestock farming. Not only that, "Fluorocarbons (needed for cooling livestock products much more than alternatives),which have a global warming potential up to several thousand times higher than that of CO2. Cooking, which typically entails higher temperatures and longer periods for meat than alternatives, and in developing countries entails large amounts of charcoal (which reduces carbon absorption by consuming trees) and kerosene, each of which emits high levels of GHGs. Disposal of inevitably large amounts of liquidwaste from livestock, and waste livestock products in the form of bone, fat, and spoiled products, all of which emit high amounts of GHGs when disposed in landfills, incinerators, andwaterways. Production, distribution, and disposal of byproducts, such as leather, feathers, skin, and fur, and their packaging.  Production, distribution, and disposal of packaging used for livestock products, which for sanitary reasons is much more extensive than for alternatives to livestock products. • Carbon-intensive medical treatment of millions of cases worldwide of zoonotic illnesses (such as swine flu) and chronic degenerative illnesses(such as coronary heart disease, cancers, diabetes, and hypertension leading to strokes)linked to the consumption of livestock products. Full accounting of GHGs attributable to livestock productswould cover portions of the construction and operation of pharmaceutical and medical industries used to treat these illnesses.", all these provide larger problems for the environment.
I agree with the article on the point that we should market a more vegan based diet to reduce the amount of livestock farming, it states in the article that forests have the ability to regenerate if we stop the farming practices. After all, we only eat meat because we are used to its tastes and not many of us are aware of the farming practices thus I feel that marketing veganism is not impossible as we just have to shake the common myths about it and also show that farming vegetables and plant based foods are much more friendly to the environment and also safer, as plants do not carry as much diseases as animals and also does not lead to chronic diseases due to saturated fat related diets which comes with meat consumption.
Why does meat taste so good?
The video above explains why we prefer the taste of meat, because we flavor our meat with plants.  It also shows that we are able to survive on a plant based diet as well and that there are many options even if we are vegans so it is not impossible to make a change. FYI, the best tasting burger in the world is a vegan burger!
However there are many people who have jobs in this sector and countries who rely on livestock for economy so they have to find alternatives to strike a balance between livestock farming and also reducing its carbon footprint.