“The piece argues that the science of lithium-ion batteries make them inherently dangerous.”
All the article did was repeatedly say lithium batteries are dangerous. It did not give any explanation.
there... Now you know why lithium batteries and anything that uses them are dangerous. Lots of angry pixies. Lots and lots.
p.s. regular batteries also have angry pixies,but the lithium ones have killer pixies that can fly out faster than other type batteries.