In early May, Elon Musk introduced the world to something very new and innovative -- batteries and systems to store renewable energy and provide power to just about everything. The invention, however, is not the most amazing part. It is scale and risk that Musk and Tesla has taken to challenge the status quo and invent an innovative way to satisfy the world's growing energy requirements that have, until recently, been dependent on a depleting and environmentally damage resource -- fossil fuels. In addition to the economic challenge, he is taking a big political, social and competitive risk -- going up against very powerful and entrenched forces that are invested in the past. In short, he is showing the world that he is not afraid of failing.
