Karl Rove's in favor of wind farm subsidies? Wait what?

Wind farms are among the stupidest, costly, and wasteful forms of "green" energy. But for huge government subsidies, not a single windmill would be productive. As it is with taxpayer subsidies, unreliable wind still makes up less than 3% of the nation's energy production. That said, why would Karl Rove be in favor of subsidies?

This is Karl himself from Hotair -- “We’ve got a growing economy that’s increasing energy consumption and wind energy should be part of the solution,” Rove said today on a panel at a wind conference in Atlanta. Extending the so-called production tax credit “should be a priority.” 

 A bill to extend through 2016 the 2.2-cent-a-kilowatt-hour credit for electricity produced by wind turbines, biomass, geothermal and landfill-gas plants has stalled in congress along with about 100 other expiring tax-related incentives.

Apparently Goldman-Sachs has positioned itself to make a king's ransom if the subsidies are renewed. This is such a weird position for a conservative like Rove to take that I can't help but wonder if he has some skin in the  game with Goldman-Sachs.

I don't believe in taxpayer subsidies for any industry. If you can make it in the free market, great. If not, find something else to do for a living.