This is my problem, too. I've gotten so entrained to hoard resources and make gold go up. I explore enough planets to put mines for every resource next to teleporters, then I run around the teleporters collecting resources until the overflow my storage. I'm a little jealous of people who have the creativity and attention to build big, elaborate bases with all of those resources - they look cool, it must feel very rewarding to see them develop, but if it's not utilitarian, I can't motivate myself.

Of course, I've got probably 200 hours hoarding resources...