So you need Aluminum Ingots to make a casing to make a....

[EZ2Remember]

So you need Aluminum Ingots to make a Standard Machine Casing to make an Industrial Blast Furnace which you need to make Aluminum Ingots. Craziness!

 

[MrZwij]

You don't need an Industrial Blast furnace to make aluminum ingots. A regular blast furnace works too.

 

[arkangyl]

You can also use Refined Iron to make the Standard Machine Casings, instead of Aluminium.

 

[Dravarden]

and you need iridium to make a matter fab to make UU to make iridium!

stupidnessception!

 

[Abdiel]

You can mine iridium in the world (very rare) or get it from ores found in the end (quite common).

 

[arkangyl]

and you need iridium to make a matter fab to make UU to make iridium!

stupidnessception!

There are many, many other ways added to acquire Iridium. Oversimplifying a mod's design choices to make them seem stupid for the sake of flamebaiting in a thread is generally not a good choice.

 

[Dravarden]

There are many, many other ways added to acquire Iridium. Oversimplifying a mod's design choices to make them seem stupid for the sake of flamebaiting in a thread is generally not a good choice.

of course its a joke, you don't get it?

 

[magicmad11]

2 words, Greg Tech

 

[Xeonen]

You will also need three nether stars to make a nether gate and three diamonds to make an iron pick, of course this is if you are using gregtech.