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To conserve gasoline in the automobile, it is desirable to have feedback on fuel consumed as a function of driving and maintenance conditions. Requirements for an ideal feedback metering system are proposed. These requirements include (1) presence of understandable units, (2) immediacy of feedback, (3) specificity of information, (4) memory of past and cumulative performance, and (5) ease of use. The metering presently available as standard equipment is found to fail all the requirements for an ideal system.
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This research was supported in part by the Education Research Foundation and in part by the Institute for Energy Analysis, both of Oklahoma State University.
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Weber, R.J. Energy conservation and feedback metering or the automobile: Ideal requirements. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 16, 301–302 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329549
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329549